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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…
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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.
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Ethan Hawke's Filmography
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Deep in the Heart II: Texas Rivers
The Weight
as Samuel Murphy
I, Object
as Little Ben (voice)
She Dances
as Brian
Each Day in a Moment: 2025
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Blue Moon
as Lorenz Hart
Black Phone 2
as Grabber
Leave the World Behind
as Clay Sandford
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
as Self
Strange Way of Life
as Jake
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
as Self
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
as Efficient Man
Raymond & Ray
as Ray
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
as Self
The Black Phone
as The Grabber
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
as Self - Arthur Harrow
The Northman
as King Aurvandil War-Raven
Zeros and Ones
as JJ / Justin
The Guilty
as Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
Waiting for Godot
as Vladimir
Tesla
as Nikola Tesla
Cut Throat City
as Jackson Symms
Before the End
as Self - Jesse
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
Adopt a Highway
as Russell Millings
The Truth
as Hank
Stockholm
as Lars Nystrom
The Kid
as Sheriff Pat Garrett
Let's Dance
as Segment: "Table Manners"
Blaze
as Radio DJ
Juliet, Naked
as Tucker Crowe
First Reformed
as Pastor Ernst Toller
24 Hours to Live
as Travis Conrad
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
as Jolly the Pimp
The Space in Between
as Self
After Before
as Self
In a Valley of Violence
as Paul
The Magnificent Seven
as Goodnight Robicheaux
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
as Self
The Phenom
as Hopper Sr.
Maudie
as Everett Lewis
Maggie's Plan
as John Harding
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
Invasion!
as Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
Chattanooga Strong
as Narrator
Regression
as Bruce Kenner
Born to Be Blue
as Chet Baker
10,000 Saints
as Les Horn
Good Kill
as Commandant Tom Egan
Seymour: An Introduction
as Self
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life
as Self
Twelve Years
as Self
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
Cymbeline
as Iachimo
Predestination
as The Bartender
Dead Poets in NYC
as Self
Boyhood
as Dad
In the Dark
Welcome Nowhere
as Narrator
Getaway
as Brent Magna
The Purge
as James Sandin
Before Midnight
as Jesse
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
as Pat (voice)
Sinister
as Ellison Oswalt
Total Recall
as Hauser (long version only)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
The Woman in the Fifth
as Tom Ricks
The Making of Daybreakers
as Self
Brooklyn's Finest
as Det. Sal Procida
Daybreakers
as Edward Dalton
Staten Island
as Sully
What Doesn't Kill You
as Paulie
New York, I Love You
as Writer
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Self
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
as Self
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Hank Hanson
The Hottest State
as Vince
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
as Self
Fast Food Nation
as Pete
Lord of War
as Jack Valentine
One Last Thing...
as Earl Jameison (uncredited)
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
Assault on Precinct 13
as Sergeant Jake Roenick
The Phoenix Portal
as Ben Crandall (archive footage)
Before Sunset
as Jesse
Taking Lives
as James Costa
pollyDAYS
as Self
All the Love You Cannes!
as Self
The Jimmy Show
as Ray
Tape
as Vin
Waking Life
as Jesse
Training Day
as Jake
Chelsea Walls
as Sam (voice) (uncredited)
Hamlet
as Hamlet
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Ishmael Chambers
The Velocity of Gary
as Nat
Joe the King
as Len Coles
The Newton Boys
as Jess Newton
Great Expectations
as Finnegan Bell
Gattaca
as Vincent Freeman
Search and Destroy
as Roger
Before Sunrise
as Jesse
At Sundance
as Self
Floundering
as Jimmy
Quiz Show
as Don Quixote Student (uncredited)
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
as Jack Conroy (uncredited)
Reality Bites
as Troy Dyer
Alive
as Nando Parrado
Rich in Love
as Wayne Frobiness
Waterland
as Matthew Price
A Midnight Clear
as Will Knott
Mystery Date
as Tom McHugh
White Fang
as Jack Conroy
Dad
as Billy
Dead Poets Society
as Todd Anderson
Lion's Den
as Chris
Explorers
as Ben Crandall
No Poster
Training Day: Crossing the Line
Revolver
No Poster
Tonight at Noon
as Lefty
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
No Poster
The Last of the Tribe
as William Phelan
No Poster
Hippies
as Ralph Waldo Emerson