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