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).
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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0000160
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484615
Facebook: https://facebook.com/EthanHawke
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ethanhawke
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Filmography (Movies)
The Weight
Character:Samuel Murphy
Release Date:18/06/2026
Blue Moon
Character:Lorenz Hart
Release Date:17/10/2025
Black Phone 2
Character:The Grabber
Release Date:15/10/2025
She Dances
Character:Brian
Release Date:05/06/2025
Leave the World Behind
Character:Clay Sandford
Release Date:22/11/2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Character:Self
Release Date:11/06/2023
Strange Way of Life
Character:Jake
Release Date:26/05/2023
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Character:Self
Release Date:30/12/2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Character:Efficient Man
Release Date:23/11/2022
Luna Moth (Performance Film)
Character:Self
Release Date:07/11/2022
Raymond & Ray
Character:Ray
Release Date:14/10/2022
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
Character:Self
Release Date:03/10/2022
The Black Phone
Character:The Grabber
Release Date:16/06/2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Character:Self - Arthur Harrow
Release Date:24/05/2022
The Northman
Character:King Aurvandil War-Raven
Release Date:07/04/2022
Zeros and Ones
Character:JJ / Justin
Release Date:18/11/2021
The Guilty
Character:Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
Release Date:24/09/2021
Waiting for Godot
Character:Vladimir
Release Date:06/05/2021
Tesla
Character:Nikola Tesla
Release Date:14/08/2020
Cut Throat City
Character:Jackson Symms
Release Date:31/07/2020
Before the End
Character:Self - Jesse
Release Date:24/05/2020
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
Character:
Release Date:26/01/2020
Adopt a Highway
Character:Russell Millings
Release Date:01/11/2019
The Truth
Character:Hank
Release Date:10/10/2019
Stockholm
Character:Lars Nystrom
Release Date:12/04/2019
The Kid
Character:Sheriff Pat Garrett
Release Date:08/03/2019
Let's Dance
Character:Segment: "Table Manners"
Release Date:06/12/2018
Blaze
Character:Radio DJ
Release Date:17/08/2018
Juliet, Naked
Character:Tucker Crowe
Release Date:16/08/2018
The King
Character:Self
Release Date:22/06/2018
First Reformed
Character:Pastor Ernst Toller
Release Date:18/05/2018
24 Hours to Live
Character:Travis Conrad
Release Date:26/10/2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Character:Jolly the Pimp
Release Date:19/07/2017
The Space in Between
Character:Self
Release Date:28/02/2017
After Before
Character:Self
Release Date:28/02/2017
In a Valley of Violence
Character:Paul
Release Date:21/10/2016
The Magnificent Seven
Character:Goodnight Robicheaux
Release Date:14/09/2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Character:Self
Release Date:05/08/2016
The Phenom
Character:Hopper Sr.
Release Date:24/06/2016
Maudie
Character:Everett Lewis
Release Date:16/06/2016
Maggie's Plan
Character:John Harding
Release Date:27/04/2016
Invasion!
Character:Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
Release Date:01/04/2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2016
Chattanooga Strong
Character:Narrator
Release Date:13/11/2015
Regression
Character:Bruce Kenner
Release Date:01/10/2015
Born to Be Blue
Character:Chet Baker
Release Date:13/09/2015
10,000 Saints
Character:Les Horn
Release Date:14/08/2015
Good Kill
Character:Commandant Tom Egan
Release Date:09/04/2015
Seymour: An Introduction
Character:Self
Release Date:13/03/2015
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life
Character:Self
Release Date:10/02/2015
Twelve Years
Character:Self
Release Date:06/01/2015
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:07/11/2014
Cymbeline
Character:Iachimo
Release Date:03/09/2014
Predestination
Character:The Bartender
Release Date:28/08/2014
Boyhood
Character:Dad
Release Date:05/06/2014
Welcome Nowhere
Character:Narrator
Release Date:28/09/2013
Getaway
Character:Brent Magna
Release Date:29/08/2013
The Purge
Character:James Sandin
Release Date:31/05/2013
Before Midnight
Character:Jesse
Release Date:05/04/2013
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Character:Pat (voice)
Release Date:16/11/2012
Total Recall
Character:Hauser (long version only)
Release Date:02/08/2012
Sinister
Character:Ellison Oswalt
Release Date:29/03/2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2012
The Woman in the Fifth
Character:Tom Ricks
Release Date:11/09/2011
The Making of Daybreakers
Character:Self
Release Date:11/05/2010
Brooklyn's Finest
Character:Det. Sal Procida
Release Date:04/03/2010
Daybreakers
Character:Edward Dalton
Release Date:06/01/2010
Staten Island
Character:Sully
Release Date:07/02/2009
What Doesn't Kill You
Character:Paulie
Release Date:12/12/2008
New York, I Love You
Character:Writer
Release Date:06/09/2008
Chelsea on the Rocks
Character:Self
Release Date:23/05/2008
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Character:Self
Release Date:15/04/2008
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Character:Hank Hanson
Release Date:26/09/2007
The Hottest State
Character:Vince
Release Date:27/06/2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Character:Self
Release Date:07/02/2007
Fast Food Nation
Character:Pete
Release Date:17/11/2006
Dead Poets: A Look Back
Character:
Release Date:10/01/2006
Lord of War
Character:Jack Valentine
Release Date:16/09/2005
One Last Thing...
Character:Earl Jameison (uncredited)
Release Date:12/09/2005
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
Character:
Release Date:07/02/2005
Assault on Precinct 13
Character:Sergeant Jake Roenick
Release Date:19/01/2005
The Phoenix Portal
Character:Ben Crandall (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2005
Before Sunset
Character:Jesse
Release Date:16/06/2004
Taking Lives
Character:James Costa
Release Date:19/03/2004
pollyDAYS
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/2003
All the Love You Cannes!
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/2002
The Jimmy Show
Character:Ray
Release Date:16/01/2002
Tape
Character:Vin
Release Date:02/11/2001
Waking Life
Character:Jesse
Release Date:19/10/2001
Training Day
Character:Jake
Release Date:05/10/2001
Chelsea Walls
Character:Sam (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:21/09/2001
Hamlet
Character:Hamlet
Release Date:12/05/2000
Snow Falling on Cedars
Character:Ishmael Chambers
Release Date:22/12/1999
The Velocity of Gary
Character:Nat
Release Date:16/07/1999
Joe the King
Character:Len Coles
Release Date:22/01/1999
The Newton Boys
Character:Jess Newton
Release Date:26/03/1998
Great Expectations
Character:Finnegan Bell
Release Date:30/01/1998
Gattaca
Character:Vincent Freeman
Release Date:07/09/1997
Search and Destroy
Character:Roger
Release Date:23/04/1995
Before Sunrise
Character:Jesse
Release Date:27/01/1995
At Sundance
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1995
Floundering
Character:Jimmy
Release Date:04/11/1994
Quiz Show
Character:Columbia Student (uncredited)
Release Date:25/08/1994
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Character:Jack Conroy (uncredited)
Release Date:15/04/1994
Reality Bites
Character:Troy Dyer
Release Date:18/02/1994
Alive
Character:Nando Parrado
Release Date:15/01/1993
Rich in Love
Character:Wayne Frobiness
Release Date:04/09/1992
Waterland
Character:Matthew Price
Release Date:21/08/1992
A Midnight Clear
Character:Will Knott
Release Date:24/04/1992
Mystery Date
Character:Tom McHugh
Release Date:16/08/1991
White Fang
Character:Jack Conroy
Release Date:18/01/1991
Dad
Character:Billy
Release Date:27/10/1989
Dead Poets Society
Character:Todd Anderson
Release Date:02/06/1989
Lion's Den
Character:Chris
Release Date:01/01/1988
Explorers
Character:Ben Crandall
Release Date:12/07/1985
Television Appearances
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Character:Self
The American Revolution
Character:General Anthony Wayne (voice) / John Andrews (voice)
The American Revolution
Character:voice
The Lowdown
Character:Lee Raybon
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
My Generation
Character:Narrator
Batwheels
Character:Batman (voice)
Moon Knight
Character:Arthur Harrow
Reservation Dogs
Character:Rick Miller
The Good Lord Bird
Character:John Brown
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
Desus & Mero
Character:Self - Illustrious Guest
The Purge
Character:James Sandin
Explained
Character:Narrator (voice)
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Character:Self
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Character:Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Character:Self
Shakespeare Uncovered
Character:Self
Moby Dick
Character:Starbuck
Conan
Character:Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self - Guest
Real Time with Bill Maher
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self - Guest
Bo' Selecta!
Character:Self
Alias
Character:James Lennox
The View
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self - Guest
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
Great Performances
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
Images
