Ethan Hawke
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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
Dead Poets Society (1989)
as Todd Anderson
Black Phone 2 (2025)
as The Grabber
Before Sunrise (1995)
as Jesse
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
as Goodnight Robicheaux
The Black Phone (2022)
as The Grabber
Sinister (2012)
as Ellison Oswalt
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
as Efficient Man
The Northman (2022)
as King Aurvandil War-Raven
Total Recall (2012)
as Hauser (long version only)
Predestination (2014)
as The Bartender
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
as Jolly the Pimp
Training Day (2001)
as Jake
Leave the World Behind (2023)
as Clay Sandford
Gattaca (1997)
as Vincent Freeman
Lord of War (2005)
as Jack Valentine
The Purge (2013)
as James Sandin
Blue Moon (2025)
as Lorenz Hart
The Weight (2026)
as Samuel Murphy
Before Sunset (2004)
as Jesse
Taking Lives (2004)
as James Costa
New York, I Love You (2008)
as Writer
The Guilty (2021)
as Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
Boyhood (2014)
as Dad
Great Expectations (1998)
as Finnegan Bell
Alive (1993)
as Nando Parrado
Daybreakers (2010)
as Edward Dalton
Before Midnight (2013)
as Jesse
White Fang (1991)
as Jack Conroy
Explorers (1985)
as Ben Crandall
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
as Hank Hanson
Quiz Show (1994)
as Don Quixote Student (uncredited)
Brooklyn's Finest (2010)
as Det. Sal Procida
Reality Bites (1994)
as Troy Dyer
Regression (2015)
as Bruce Kenner
Waking Life (2001)
as Jesse
24 Hours to Live (2017)
as Travis Conrad
Maudie (2016)
as Everett Lewis
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
as Sergeant Jake Roenick
The Kid (2019)
as Sheriff Pat Garrett
Juliet, Naked (2018)
as Tucker Crowe
First Reformed (2018)
as Pastor Ernst Toller
Adopt a Highway (2019)
as Russell Millings
Stockholm (2019)
as Lars Nystrom
Good Kill (2015)
as Commandant Tom Egan
She Dances (2026)
as Brian
Tesla (2020)
as Nikola Tesla
Raymond & Ray (2022)
as Ray
Joe the King (1999)
as Len Coles
Fast Food Nation (2006)
as Pete
Dad (1989)
as Billy
Maggie's Plan (2016)
as John Harding
Cut Throat City (2020)
as Jackson Symms
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
The Newton Boys (1998)
as Jess Newton
The Truth (2019)
as Hank
10,000 Saints (2015)
as Les Horn
Getaway (2013)
as Brent Magna
I, Object (2026)
as (voice)
Mystery Date (1991)
as Tom McHugh
The Phenom (2016)
as Hopper Sr.
Blaze (2018)
as Radio DJ
The King (2018)
as Self
In a Valley of Violence (2016)
as Paul
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)
as Jack Conroy (uncredited)
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
as Ishmael Chambers
Strange Way of Life (2023)
as Jake
What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
as Paulie
A Midnight Clear (1992)
as Will Knott
Born to Be Blue (2015)
as Chet Baker
Cymbeline (2014)
as Iachimo
At Sundance (1995)
as Self
Staten Island (2009)
as Sully
Chelsea Walls (2001)
as Sam (voice) (uncredited)
Tape (2001)
as Vin
Hamlet (2000)
as Hamlet
The Hottest State (2007)
as Vince
Floundering (1994)
as Jimmy
Zeros and Ones (2021)
as JJ / Justin
Let's Dance (2018)
as Segment: "Table Manners"
Search and Destroy (1995)
as Roger
Waterland (1992)
as Matthew Price
Lion's Den (1988)
as Chris
Rich in Love (1992)
as Wayne Frobiness
Tonight at Noon (—)
as Lefty
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short (2023)
as Self
The Woman in the Fifth (2011)
as Tom Ricks
One Last Thing... (2005)
as Earl Jameison (uncredited)
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016)
as Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight (2022)
as Self - Arthur Harrow
Twelve Years (2015)
as Self
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025)
as Self - (archive footage)
The Jimmy Show (2002)
as Ray
The Velocity of Gary (1999)
as Nat
Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
as Self
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' (2007)
as Self
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (2022)
as Self
21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014)
as Self - Actor
Waiting for Godot (2021)
as Vladimir
All the Love You Cannes! (2002)
as Self
Starring Austin Pendleton (2016)
as Self
Before the End (2020)
as Self - Jesse
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made (2008)
as Self
The Making of Daybreakers (2010)
as Self
Invasion! (2016)
as Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
Revolver (—)
Actor
Welcome Nowhere (2013)
as Narrator
Seymour: An Introduction (2015)
as Self
The Space in Between (2017)
as Self
Hippies (—)
as Ralph Waldo Emerson
After Before (2017)
as Self
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
as Pat (voice)
The Phoenix Portal (2005)
as Ben Crandall (archive footage)
The Last of the Tribe (—)
as William Phelan
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone (2022)
as Self
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life (2015)
as Self
Valerian (2004)
Actor
Chattanooga Strong (2015)
as Narrator
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes (—)
Actor
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes (2005)
Actor
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room (2020)
Actor
pollyDAYS (2003)
as Self