Ethan Hawke

Known for ActingBorn 1970-11-06 (age 55)Austin, Texas, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Variety & CNN Actors on Actors

Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes

Welcome Nowhere

Vietnam: The War That Changed America

Dead Poets Society

The Space in Between

Talking with Chris Hardwick

Reservation Dogs

pollyDAYS

Before Sunrise

Maudie

Before Sunset

Moon Knight

The Black Phone

Explained

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

Boyhood

Before Midnight

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Shakespeare Uncovered

Gattaca

Inside the Actors Studio

Predestination

Training Day

Waking Life

Seymour: An Introduction

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Lord of War

Conan

The Graham Norton Show

The Northman

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Batwheels

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

After Before

The Last Movie Stars

All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life

First Reformed

Chattanooga Strong

Quiz Show

Bo' Selecta!

The Making of Daybreakers

The Purge

Sinister

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

Black Phone 2