Ethan Hawke
Acting
🎂 1970-11-06
Ethan Green Hawke 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.
Cast credits(155)
Self
1996
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2007
Self
2003
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2010
Self
2015
Self
1971
Self
2014
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1997
Todd Anderson
1989
1988
Self - Guest
1988
Arthur Harrow
2022
1992
Batman (voice)
2022
Goodnight Robicheaux
2016
Self - Guest
1993
Narrator (voice)
2018
Self
2014
Self
1953
James Sandin
2013
The Grabber
2022
Efficient Man
2022
Self - Illustrious Guest
2019
Jolly the Pimp
2017
King Aurvandil War-Raven
2022
Carl Hauser (director’s cut) (uncredited)
2012
Jake
2001
Ellison Oswalt
2012
Jesse
1995
James Sandin
2018
The Bartender
2014
Jack Valentine
2005
Vincent Freeman
1997
Clay Sandford
2023
Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
2021
Rick Miller
2021
Self - Arthur Harrow
2022
Writer
2008
The Grabber
2025
Troy Dyer
1994
Jesse
2004
Sergeant Jake Roenick
2005
James Lennox
2001
James Costa
2004
Self
2002
Finnegan Bell
1998
Dad
2014
Ray
2022
Jack Conroy
1991
Nando Parrado
1993
Hank Hanson
2007
Bruce Kenner
2015
Self
2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
Det. Sal Procida
2010
Edward Dalton
2010
Ishmael Chambers
1999
Travis Conrad
2017
Commandant Tom Egan
2015
Jesse
2013
Nikola Tesla
2020
Everett Lewis
2016
Jack Conroy (uncredited)
1994
Ben Crandall
1985
Jake
2023
John Brown
2020
Chet Baker
2015
Self
2003
Brent Magna
2013
Paul
2016
Pastor Ernst Toller
2018
Warren 'Batso' Harding
Will Knott
1992
Jackson Symms
2020
Jesse
2001
John Harding
2016
Pete
2006
Columbia Student (uncredited)
1994
Billy
1989
(archive footage)
2012
Starbuck
2011
Russell Millings
2019
Self (Archive Footage)
2023
Sheriff Pat Garrett
2019
Lee Raybon
2025
Lars Nystrom
2019
Self
2017
Iachimo
2014
Len Coles
1999
Les Horn
2015
Self
2016
Paulie
2008
Matthew Price
1992
Self
2023
Self - Actor
2014
Tom McHugh
1991
Lorenz Hart
2025
Self
1995
Brian
2025
Tucker Crowe
2018
Radio DJ
2018
Samuel
William Phelan
Vin
2001
Earl Jameison (uncredited)
2005
Narrator
2015
Nat
1999
Tom Ricks
2011
Narrator
2024
Jess Newton
1998
Ray
2002
Vince
2007
Sully
2009
Vladimir
2021
Self
2012
Ethan Hawke
Hank
2019
Self
2002
Wayne Frobiness
1992
Self
2022
Self
2010
Hopper Sr.
2016
Segment: "Table Manners"
2018
JJ / Justin
2021
Self
2018
Jimmy
1994
Hamlet
2000
Self
2016
Self
2008
Sam (voice) (uncredited)
2001
Self
2007
Self
1994
Pat (voice)
2012
Self
2008
Lefty
Roger
1995
Self
2015
Self
2017
2006
Self
2022
Self
2015
Self
2022
Chris
1988
Narrator
2013
Self
2015
Self - Jesse
2020
Ben Crandall (archive footage)
2005
Self
2017
Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
2016
