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