Ethan Hawke
Born November 06, 1970 (Age: 55)
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Austin, Texas, USA
Biography
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.
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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Filmography
The Weight
2026
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as Samuel Murphy
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Age: 55
Blue Moon
2025
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as Lorenz Hart
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Age: 54
Black Phone 2
2025
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as The Grabber
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Age: 54
Leave the World Behind
2023
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as Clay Sandford
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Age: 53
Strange Way of Life
2023
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as Jake
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Age: 52
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
2022
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as Self
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Age: 52
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
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as Efficient Man
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Age: 52
Luna Moth (Performance Film)
2022
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as Self
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Age: 52
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
2022
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as Self
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Age: 51
The Black Phone
2022
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as The Grabber
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Age: 51
The Northman
2022
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as King Aurvandil War-Raven
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Age: 51
The Guilty
2021
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as Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
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Age: 50
Tesla
2020
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as Nikola Tesla
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Age: 49
The Truth
2019
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as Hank
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Age: 48
The Kid
2019
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as Sheriff Pat Garrett
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Age: 48
Let's Dance
2018
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as Segment: "Table Manners"
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Age: 48
First Reformed
2018
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as Pastor Ernst Toller
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Age: 47
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
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as Jolly the Pimp
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Age: 46
In a Valley of Violence
2016
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as Paul
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Age: 45
The Magnificent Seven
2016
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as Goodnight Robicheaux
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Age: 45
Maudie
2016
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as Everett Lewis
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Age: 45
Maggie's Plan
2016
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as John Harding
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Age: 45
Regression
2015
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as Bruce Kenner
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Age: 44
Born to Be Blue
2015
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as Chet Baker
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Age: 44
Good Kill
2015
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as Commandant Tom Egan
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Age: 44
Predestination
2014
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as The Bartender
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Age: 43
Boyhood
2014
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as Dad
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Age: 43
Getaway
2013
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as Brent Magna
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Age: 42
The Purge
2013
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as James Sandin
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Age: 42
Before Midnight
2013
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as Jesse
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Age: 42
Total Recall
2012
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as Hauser (long version only)
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Age: 41
Sinister
2012
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as Ellison Oswalt
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Age: 41
The Woman in the Fifth
2011
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as Tom Ricks
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Age: 40
Brooklyn's Finest
2010
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as Det. Sal Procida
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Age: 39
Daybreakers
2010
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as Edward Dalton
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Age: 39
What Doesn't Kill You
2008
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as Paulie
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Age: 38
New York, I Love You
2008
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as Writer
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Age: 37
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
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as Hank Hanson
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Age: 36
The Hottest State
2007
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as Vince
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Age: 36
Fast Food Nation
2006
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as Pete
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Age: 36
Dead Poets: A Look Back
2006
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as
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Age: 35
Lord of War
2005
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as Jack Valentine
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Age: 34
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
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as Sergeant Jake Roenick
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Age: 34
Before Sunset
2004
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as Jesse
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Age: 33
Taking Lives
2004
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as James Costa
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Age: 33
Tape
2001
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as Vin
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Age: 30
Training Day
2001
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as Jake
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Age: 30
Hamlet
2000
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as Hamlet
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Age: 29
The Velocity of Gary
1999
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as Nat
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Age: 28
The Newton Boys
1998
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as Jess Newton
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Age: 27
Great Expectations
1998
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as Finnegan Bell
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Age: 27
Gattaca
1997
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as Vincent Freeman
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Age: 26
Search and Destroy
1995
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as Roger
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Age: 24
Before Sunrise
1995
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as Jesse
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Age: 24
Quiz Show
1994
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as Don Quixote Student (uncredited)
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Age: 23
Reality Bites
1994
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as Troy Dyer
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Age: 23
Alive
1993
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as Nando Parrado
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Age: 22
Waterland
1992
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as Matthew Price
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Age: 21
Mystery Date
1991
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as Tom McHugh
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Age: 20
White Fang
1991
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as Jack Conroy
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Age: 20
Dad
1989
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as Billy
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Age: 18
Dead Poets Society
1989
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as Todd Anderson
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Age: 18
Explorers
1985
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as Ben Crandall
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Age: 14