Ethan Hawke
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 star
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.
Born
Nov 06, 1970
Austin, Texas, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
121 acting
24 crew
Popularity
5.7
Known For
Dead Poets Society
1989
as Todd Anderson
Black Phone 2
2025
as Grabber
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
as Efficient Man
The Black Phone
2022
as The Grabber
The Northman
2022
as King Aurvandil War-Raven
The Magnificent Seven
2016
as Goodnight Robicheaux
Total Recall
2012
as Hauser (long version only)
Training Day
2001
as Jake
Lord of War
2005
as Jack Valentine
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
as Jolly the Pimp
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