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Ethan Hawke

Actor, Writer, Producer, DirectorBorn November 6, 1970 (54 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Boyhood
  • Lord of War
  • Daybreakers
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  • Brooklyn's Finest
  • First Reformed
  • New York, I Love You
  • Good Kill
  • 24 Hours to Live
  • What Doesn't Kill You
  • The Woman in the Fifth
  • Ten Thousand Saints
  • One Last Thing...
  • The Hottest State
  • The Phenom
  • Seymour: An Introduction

Known For

  • Before Sunset
  • Before Sunrise
  • Gattaca
  • Predestination
  • Sinister
  • Training Day
  • The Purge
  • Before Midnight
  • Boyhood
  • Dead Poets Society
  • Moon Knight
  • Daybreakers
  • The Black Phone
  • Leave the World Behind
  • First Reformed
  • Lord of War
  • Assault on Precinct 13
  • The Guilty
  • The Magnificent Seven
  • The Northman
  • Waking Life
  • Total Recall
  • Great Expectations
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    The Black Phone 2 · as The Grabber
    2025
    Blue Moon · as Lorenz Hart
    2023
    Leave the World Behind · as Clay Sandford
    2023
    2022
    Glass Onion · as Efficient Man
    2022
    Raymond & Ray · as Ray
    2022
    Batwheels (TV Series) · as Batman (voice)
    2022
    The Northman · as King Aurvandil War-Raven
    2022
    Moon Knight (TV Series) · as Arthur Harrow
    2021
    The Black Phone · as The Grabber
    2021
    The Guilty · as Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
    2021
    Zeros and Ones · as Jj / Justin
    2021
    Reservation Dogs (TV Series) · as Rick Miller
    2021
    Waiting for Godot · as Vladimir
    2020
    Cut Throat City · as Jackson Symms
    2020
    Tesla · as Nikola Tesla
    2020
    The Good Lord Bird (TV Series) · as John Brown
    2019
    Adopt a Highway · as Russell Millings
    2019
    The Truth · as Hank
    2019
    The Kid · as Sheriff Pat Garrett
    2018
    Stockholm · as Lars Nystrom
    2018
    The Purge (TV Series) · as James Sandin
    2018
    Blaze · as Radio Dj
    2018
    Juliet, Naked · as Tucker Crowe
    2018
    Explained (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
    2017
    First Reformed · as Pastor Ernst Toller
    2017
    24 Hours to Live · as Travis Conrad
    2017
    2016
    2016
    The Magnificent Seven · as Goodnight Robicheaux
    2016
    The Phenom · as Hopper Sr.
    2016
    Maudie · as Everett Lewis
    2015
    Maggie's Plan · as John Harding
    2015
    Regression · as Bruce Kenner
    2015
    Born to Be Blue · as Chet Baker
    2015
    Sinister 2 · as Ellison Oswalt
    2015
    2015
    Exit Strategy · as Eric Shaw
    2014
    Good Kill · as Commandant Tom Egan
    2014
    Cymbeline · as Iachimo
    2014
    Predestination · as The Bartender
    2014
    2013
    Welcome Nowhere · as Narrator
    2013
    Getaway · as Brent Magna
    2013
    The Purge · as James Sandin
    2013
    Before Midnight · as Jesse
    2012
    2012
    Sinister · as Ellison Oswalt
    2012
    Total Recall · as Carl Hauser (director’s Cut)
    2012
    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage)
    2011
    2011
    Moby Dick (2011) (TV Series) · as Starbuck
    2009
    Daybreakers · as Edward Dalton
    2009
    Little New York · as Sully
    2009
    Brooklyn's Finest · as Det. Sal Procida
    2008
    2008
    2007
    2006
    Fast Food Nation · as Pete
    2006
    2006
    2005
    Lord of War · as Jack Valentine
    2005
    One Last Thing... · as Earl Jameison (uncredited)
    2005
    Assault on Precinct 13 · as Sergeant Jake Roenick
    2004
    Before Sunset · as Jesse
    2004
    Taking Lives · as James Costa
    2001
    The Jimmy Show · as Ray
    2001
    Tape · as Vin
    2001
    Waking Life · as Jesse
    2001
    Training Day · as Jake
    2001
    Alias (TV Series) · as James Lennox
    2001
    Chelsea Walls · as Sam (voice) (uncredited)
    2001
    Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Godzilla Jr.
    2000
    Hamlet · as Hamlet
    1999
    Snow Falling on Cedars · as Ishmael Chambers
    1999
    Joe the King · as Len Coles
    1998
    1998
    The Newton Boys · as Jess Newton
    1998
    Great Expectations · as Finnegan Bell
    1997
    Gattaca · as Vincent Freeman
    1995
    Search and Destroy · as Roger
    1995
    Before Sunrise · as Jesse
    1994
    Floundering · as Jimmy
    1994
    Quiz Show · as Columbia Student (uncredited)
    1994
    White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf · as Jack Conroy (uncredited)
    1994
    Reality Bites · as Troy Dyer
    1993
    Alive · as Nando Parrado
    1992
    Rich in Love · as Wayne Frobiness
    1992
    Waterland · as Matthew Price
    1992
    1992
    A Midnight Clear · as Will Knott
    1991
    Mystery Date · as Tom Mchugh
    1991
    White Fang · as Jack Conroy
    1990
    The 62nd Annual Academy Awards · as Todd Anderson
    1989
    Dad · as Billy
    1989
    Dead Poets Society · as Todd Anderson
    1985
    Explorers · as Ben Crandall

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