Ethan Hawke
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart
- 2025 · Black Phone 2 as The Grabber
- 2025 · The Lowdown as Lee Raybon
- 2025 · She Dances as Brian
- 2025 · Vietnam: The War That Changed America as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Leave the World Behind as Clay Sandford
- 2023 · Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short as Self
- 2022 · Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Efficient Man
- 2022 · Batwheels as Batman (voice)
- 2022 · Raymond & Ray as Ray
- 2022 · The Black Phone as The Grabber
- 2022 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight as Self - Arthur Harrow
- 2022 · The Northman as King Aurvandil War-Raven
- 2022 · Moon Knight as Arthur Harrow
- 2021 · Zeros and Ones as JJ / Justin
- 2021 · The Guilty as Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
- 2021 · Reservation Dogs as Rick Miller
- 2020 · The Good Lord Bird as John Brown
- 2020 · Tesla as Nikola Tesla
- 2019 · Adopt a Highway as Russell Millings
- 2019 · The Truth as Hank
- 2019 · Stockholm as Lars Nystrom
- 2019 · The Kid as Sheriff Pat Garrett
- 2019 · Desus & Mero as Self - Illustrious Guest
- 2018 · The Purge as James Sandin
- 2018 · Blaze as Radio DJ
- 2018 · Juliet, Naked as Tucker Crowe
- 2018 · The King as Self
- 2018 · Explained as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · First Reformed as Pastor Ernst Toller
- 2018 · GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self
- 2017 · 24 Hours to Live as Travis Conrad
- 2017 · Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets as Jolly the Pimp
- 2017 · Talking with Chris Hardwick as Self
- 2016 · In a Valley of Violence as Paul
- 2016 · The Magnificent Seven as Goodnight Robicheaux
- 2016 · Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny as Self
- 2016 · The Phenom as Hopper Sr.
- 2016 · Maudie as Everett Lewis
- 2016 · Maggie's Plan as John Harding
- 2015 · Regression as Bruce Kenner
- 2015 · Born to Be Blue as Chet Baker
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Good Kill as Commandant Tom Egan
- 2015 · Twelve Years as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Cymbeline as Iachimo
- 2014 · Predestination as The Bartender
- 2014 · Boyhood as Dad
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · Getaway as Brent Magna
- 2013 · The Purge as James Sandin
- 2013 · Before Midnight as Jesse
- 2012 · Sinister as Ellison Oswalt
- 2011 · The Woman in the Fifth as Tom Ricks
- 2011 · Moby Dick as Starbuck
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · The Making of Daybreakers as Self
- 2010 · Brooklyn's Finest as Det. Sal Procida
- 2010 · Daybreakers as Edward Dalton
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · What Doesn't Kill You as Paulie
- 2008 · New York, I Love You as Writer
- 2008 · Chelsea on the Rocks as Self
- 2007 · Before the Devil Knows You're Dead as Hank Hanson
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Fast Food Nation as Pete
- 2005 · Lord of War as Jack Valentine
- 2005 · One Last Thing... as Earl Jameison (uncredited)
- 2005 · Assault on Precinct 13 as Sergeant Jake Roenick
- 2004 · Before Sunset as Jesse
- 2004 · Taking Lives as James Costa
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2002 · Bo' Selecta! as Self
- 2002 · The Jimmy Show as Ray
- 2001 · Tape as Vin
- 2001 · Waking Life as Jesse
- 2001 · Training Day as Jake
- 2001 · Alias as James Lennox
- 2001 · Chelsea Walls as Sam (voice) (uncredited)
- 1999 · Snow Falling on Cedars as Ishmael Chambers
- 1999 · The Velocity of Gary as Nat
- 1999 · Joe the King as Len Coles
- 1998 · Great Expectations as Finnegan Bell
- 1997 · Gattaca as Vincent Freeman
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · Before Sunrise as Jesse
- 1995 · At Sundance as Self
- 1994 · White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf as Jack Conroy (uncredited)
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Alive as Nando Parrado
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1991 · White Fang as Jack Conroy
- 1989 · Dead Poets Society as Todd Anderson
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1985 · Explorers as Ben Crandall
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- Future · The Weight as Samuel
- 2024 · My Generation as Narrator
- 2023 · Strange Way of Life as Jake
- 2022 · Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb as Self
- 2022 · Luna Moth (Performance Film) as Self
- 2022 · Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone as Self
- 2021 · Waiting for Godot as Vladimir
- 2020 · Cut Throat City as Jackson Symms
- 2020 · Before the End as Self - Jesse
- 2018 · Let's Dance as Segment: "Table Manners"
- 2017 · After Before as Self
- 2017 · The Space in Between as Self
- 2016 · Starring Austin Pendleton as Self
- 2016 · Invasion! as Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
- 2015 · Chattanooga Strong as Narrator
- 2015 · 10,000 Saints as Les Horn
- 2015 · Seymour: An Introduction as Self
- 2015 · All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life as Self
- 2014 · 21 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
- 2013 · Welcome Nowhere as Narrator
- 2012 · Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God as Pat (voice)
- 2012 · Shakespeare Uncovered as Self
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2009 · Staten Island as Sully
- 2008 · Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made as Self
- 2007 · The Hottest State as Vince
- 2006 · Dead Poets: A Look Back as
- 2002 · All the Love You Cannes! as Self
- 1998 · The Newton Boys as Jess Newton
- Future · Niềm Tin Lung Lay as Ethan Hawke
- Future · Blue Tilt as
- Future · Tonight at Noon as Lefty
- 2007 · The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' as Self
- 2005 · The Phoenix Portal as Ben Crandall (archive footage)
- 2003 · pollyDAYS as Self
- 2000 · Hamlet as Hamlet
- 1995 · Search and Destroy as Roger
- 1994 · Floundering as Jimmy
- 1994 · Quiz Show as Columbia Student (uncredited)
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Reality Bites as Troy Dyer
- 1992 · Rich in Love as Wayne Frobiness
- 1992 · Waterland as Matthew Price
- 1992 · A Midnight Clear as Will Knott
- 1991 · Mystery Date as Tom McHugh
- 1989 · Dad as Billy
- 1988 · Lion's Den as Chris
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Last of the Tribe as William Phelan
- Future · Revolver as