Ethan Hawke

Cast

Ethan Hawke

Acting

Known for

Acting

Born

1970-11-06

From

Austin, Texas, USA

Also known as Ethan Green Hawke

Biography

Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, writer and director. He made his feature film debut in 1985 with the science fiction movie Explorers, before making a supporting appearance in the 1989 drama Dead Poets Society which is considered his breakthrough role. He then appeared in such films as White Fang (1991), A Midnight Clear (1992), and Alive (1993) before taking a role in the 1994 Generation X drama Reality Bites, for which he gained critical acclaim. In 1995, he starred in the romantic drama Before Sunrise, and later in its sequel Before Sunset (2004). In 2001, Hawke was cast as a rookie police officer in Training Day, for which he received a Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category. Other films have included the science fiction feature Gattaca (1997), the title role in Michael Almereyda's Hamlet (2000), the action thriller Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), and the crime drama Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007). Hawke has appeared in many theater productions including The Seagull, Henry IV, Hurlyburly, The Cherry Orchard, The Winter's Tale and The Coast of Utopia, for which he earned a Tony Award nomination. He made his directorial debut with the 2002 independent feature Chelsea Walls. In November 2007 Hawke directed his first play, Jonathan Marc Sherman's Things We Want. Aside from acting, he has written two novels, The Hottest State (1996) and Ash Wednesday (2002). Between 1998 and 2004, Hawke was married to actress Uma Thurman.

Black Phone 2
6.7
MOVIE2025

Black Phone 2

as The Grabber

Dead Poets Society
8.3
MOVIE1989

Dead Poets Society

as Todd Anderson

Before Sunrise
8.0
MOVIE1995

Before Sunrise

as Jesse

The Black Phone
7.5
MOVIE2022

The Black Phone

as The Grabber

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
6.6
MOVIE2017

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

as Jolly the Pimp

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
7.0
MOVIE2022

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

as Efficient Man

Predestination
7.4
MOVIE2014

Predestination

as The Bartender

Training Day
7.5
MOVIE2001

Training Day

as Jake

The Magnificent Seven
6.5
MOVIE2016

The Magnificent Seven

as Goodnight Robicheaux

Sinister
6.9
MOVIE2012

Sinister

as Ellison Oswalt

Leave the World Behind
6.4
MOVIE2023

Leave the World Behind

as Clay Sandford

Lord of War
7.3
MOVIE2005

Lord of War

as Jack Valentine

The Purge
6.3
MOVIE2013

The Purge

as James Sandin

Gattaca
7.6
MOVIE1997

Gattaca

as Vincent Freeman

The Northman
7.0
MOVIE2022

The Northman

as King Aurvandil War-Raven

Total Recall
6.0
MOVIE2012

Total Recall

as Hauser (long version only)

Blue Moon
6.7
MOVIE2025

Blue Moon

as Lorenz Hart

The Guilty
6.4
MOVIE2021

The Guilty

as Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)

New York, I Love You
6.0
MOVIE2008

New York, I Love You

as Writer

Great Expectations
6.6
MOVIE1998

Great Expectations

as Finnegan Bell

Boyhood
7.5
MOVIE2014

Boyhood

as Dad

Alive
6.9
MOVIE1993

Alive

as Nando Parrado

Before Sunset
7.8
MOVIE2004

Before Sunset

as Jesse

Before Midnight
7.5
MOVIE2013

Before Midnight

as Jesse

Explorers
6.3
MOVIE1985

Explorers

as Ben Crandall

White Fang
6.8
MOVIE1991

White Fang

as Jack Conroy

Quiz Show
7.3
MOVIE1994

Quiz Show

as Don Quixote Student (uncredited)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
7.6
MOVIE2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

Daybreakers
6.3
MOVIE2010

Daybreakers

as Edward Dalton

Reality Bites
6.5
MOVIE1994

Reality Bites

as Troy Dyer

Taking Lives
6.4
MOVIE2004

Taking Lives

as James Costa

24 Hours to Live
6.0
MOVIE2017

24 Hours to Live

as Travis Conrad

First Reformed
7.0
MOVIE2018

First Reformed

as Pastor Ernst Toller

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
7.1
MOVIE2007

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

as Hank Hanson

Tesla
5.8
MOVIE2020

Tesla

as Nikola Tesla

Juliet, Naked
6.3
MOVIE2018

Juliet, Naked

as Tucker Crowe

Assault on Precinct 13
6.2
MOVIE2005

Assault on Precinct 13

as Sergeant Jake Roenick

Regression
5.6
MOVIE2015

Regression

as Bruce Kenner

Waking Life
7.5
MOVIE2001

Waking Life

as Jesse

Stockholm
5.9
MOVIE2019

Stockholm

as Lars Nystrom

Brooklyn's Finest
6.3
MOVIE2010

Brooklyn's Finest

as Det. Sal Procida

Snow Falling on Cedars
6.1
MOVIE1999

Snow Falling on Cedars

as Ishmael Chambers

The Weight
MOVIE2026

The Weight

as Samuel Murphy

Maudie
7.8
MOVIE2016

Maudie

as Everett Lewis

Good Kill
6.0
MOVIE2015

Good Kill

as Commandant Tom Egan

The Kid
6.0
MOVIE2019

The Kid

as Sheriff Pat Garrett

Blaze
6.3
MOVIE2018

Blaze

as Radio DJ

Floundering
5.0
MOVIE1994

Floundering

as Jimmy

Dad
6.4
MOVIE1989

Dad

as Billy

Adopt a Highway
6.7
MOVIE2019

Adopt a Highway

as Russell Millings

Cut Throat City
6.4
MOVIE2020

Cut Throat City

as Jackson Symms

Getaway
5.0
MOVIE2013

Getaway

as Brent Magna

Cymbeline
3.9
MOVIE2014

Cymbeline

as Iachimo

In a Valley of Violence
6.1
MOVIE2016

In a Valley of Violence

as Paul

Raymond & Ray
6.2
MOVIE2022

Raymond & Ray

as Ray

Maggie's Plan
5.7
MOVIE2016

Maggie's Plan

as John Harding

Fast Food Nation
6.1
MOVIE2006

Fast Food Nation

as Pete

She Dances
3.3
MOVIE2026

She Dances

as Brian

White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
6.9
MOVIE1994

White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

as Jack Conroy (uncredited)

Hamlet
5.8
MOVIE2000

Hamlet

as Hamlet

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
6.7
MOVIE2022

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

as Self - Arthur Harrow

The Truth
6.0
MOVIE2019

The Truth

as Hank

Zeros and Ones
4.7
MOVIE2021

Zeros and Ones

as JJ / Justin

21 Years: Richard Linklater
6.3
MOVIE2014

21 Years: Richard Linklater

as Self - Actor

Joe the King
6.0
MOVIE1999

Joe the King

as Len Coles

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
6.8
MOVIE2016

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

as Self

What Doesn't Kill You
6.0
MOVIE2008

What Doesn't Kill You

as Paulie

Staten Island
6.0
MOVIE2009

Staten Island

as Sully

10,000 Saints
6.0
MOVIE2015

10,000 Saints

as Les Horn

The Newton Boys
6.1
MOVIE1998

The Newton Boys

as Jess Newton

Tape
6.9
MOVIE2001

Tape

as Vin

One Last Thing...
6.0
MOVIE2005

One Last Thing...

as Earl Jameison (uncredited)

The Hottest State
5.5
MOVIE2007

The Hottest State

as Vince

The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
MOVIE2007

The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

as Self

Mystery Date
5.8
MOVIE1991

Mystery Date

as Tom McHugh

A Midnight Clear
6.5
MOVIE1992

A Midnight Clear

as Will Knott

Search and Destroy
4.8
MOVIE1995

Search and Destroy

as Roger

Waterland
6.3
MOVIE1992

Waterland

as Matthew Price

Welcome Nowhere
9.0
MOVIE2013

Welcome Nowhere

as Narrator

The Woman in the Fifth
5.2
MOVIE2011

The Woman in the Fifth

as Tom Ricks

Born to Be Blue
6.5
MOVIE2015

Born to Be Blue

as Chet Baker

The Phenom
5.4
MOVIE2016

The Phenom

as Hopper Sr.

I, Object
MOVIE2026

I, Object

as (voice)

Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
6.6
MOVIE2022

Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

as Self

Chelsea on the Rocks
5.6
MOVIE2008

Chelsea on the Rocks

as Self

Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
MOVIE2023

Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

as Self

Strange Way of Life
6.3
MOVIE2023

Strange Way of Life

as Jake

Tonight at Noon
MOVIETBA

Tonight at Noon

as Lefty

Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
5.3
MOVIE2008

Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

as Self

Chelsea Walls
4.4
MOVIE2001

Chelsea Walls

as Sam (voice) (uncredited)

Starring Austin Pendleton
6.7
MOVIE2016

Starring Austin Pendleton

as Self

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
7.3
MOVIE2012

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

as Pat (voice)

The Velocity of Gary
4.2
MOVIE1999

The Velocity of Gary

as Nat

At Sundance
5.8
MOVIE1995

At Sundance

as Self

The King
6.3
MOVIE2018

The King

as Self

Let's Dance
6.1
MOVIE2018

Let's Dance

as Segment: "Table Manners"

All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life
7.0
MOVIE2015

All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life

as Self

All the Love You Cannes!
6.5
MOVIE2002

All the Love You Cannes!

as Self

Waiting for Godot
3.0
MOVIE2021

Waiting for Godot

as Vladimir

The Jimmy Show
6.3
MOVIE2002

The Jimmy Show

as Ray

The Making of Daybreakers
7.0
MOVIE2010

The Making of Daybreakers

as Self

Rich in Love
6.4
MOVIE1992

Rich in Love

as Wayne Frobiness

Twelve Years
6.0
MOVIE2015

Twelve Years

as Self

Luna Moth (Performance Film)
MOVIE2022

Luna Moth (Performance Film)

as Self

Revolver
MOVIETBA

Revolver

Hippies
MOVIETBA

Hippies

as Ralph Waldo Emerson

Invasion!
MOVIE2016

Invasion!

as Voice of the Cosmos (voice)

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
MOVIE2025

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

as Self - (archive footage)

Lion's Den
4.7
MOVIE1988

Lion's Den

as Chris

Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
6.3
MOVIE2022

Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone

as Self

The Space in Between
8.0
MOVIE2017

The Space in Between

as Self

pollyDAYS
8.0
MOVIE2003

pollyDAYS

as Self

The Last of the Tribe
MOVIETBA

The Last of the Tribe

as William Phelan

Seymour: An Introduction
7.3
MOVIE2015

Seymour: An Introduction

as Self

After Before
7.0
MOVIE2017

After Before

as Self

Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
6.0
MOVIE2020

Paul Schrader: Man in a Room

The Phoenix Portal
MOVIE2005

The Phoenix Portal

as Ben Crandall (archive footage)

Chattanooga Strong
7.0
MOVIE2015

Chattanooga Strong

as Narrator

Before the End
MOVIE2020

Before the End

as Self - Jesse

Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
10.0
MOVIE2005

Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes

Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
MOVIETBA

Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes

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