Acting
Ethan Hawke
Born Nov 6, 1970 · 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.
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Acting
Revolver
Romance · Comedy
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
Documentary
Deep in the Heart II: Texas Rivers
2026
Documentary
The Weight
2026
Drama · Thriller
I, Object
2026
Family · Fantasy · Drama
She Dances
2026
Comedy · Drama
Each Day in a Moment: 2025
2026
Documentary
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Documentary · Horror
The American Revolution
2025
Documentary · War & Politics
Blue Moon
2025
History · Drama
Black Phone 2
2025
Horror · Thriller
The Lowdown
2025
Crime · Drama
Leave the World Behind
2023
Drama · Mystery · Thriller
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
2023
Music · Documentary
Strange Way of Life
2023
Drama · Western · Romance
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
2022
Documentary
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
Comedy · Crime · Mystery
Batwheels
2022
Kids · Animation · Comedy
Raymond & Ray
2022
Drama · Comedy
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
2022
Documentary
The Black Phone
2022
Horror · Thriller
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
2022
Documentary
The Northman
2022
Action · Adventure · Fantasy
Moon Knight
2022
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery · Action & Adventure
Zeros and Ones
2021
War · Thriller
The Guilty
2021
Drama · Thriller
Reservation Dogs
2021
Drama · Comedy
Waiting for Godot
2021
Comedy
The Good Lord Bird
2020
Drama · Western · War & Politics
Tesla
2020
History · Drama
Cut Throat City
2020
Action · Crime · Drama
Before the End
2020
Documentary
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
2020
Documentary
Adopt a Highway
2019
Drama
The Truth
2019
Drama
Stockholm
2019
Crime · Comedy
The Kid
2019
Western · Drama · Action
Let's Dance
2018
Music · Drama
The Purge
2018
Mystery · Crime · Drama
Blaze
2018
Drama · Music · History
Juliet, Naked
2018
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Explained
2018
Documentary
First Reformed
2018
Drama
24 Hours to Live
2017
Action · Science Fiction · Thriller
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
Adventure · Science Fiction · Action
The Space in Between
2017
Documentary
After Before
2017
Documentary
In a Valley of Violence
2016
Action · Drama · Western
The Magnificent Seven
2016
Adventure · Action · Western
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
Documentary
The Phenom
2016
Drama
Maudie
2016
Drama · Romance · History
Maggie's Plan
2016
Drama · Romance · Comedy
Invasion!
2016
Animation
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
Documentary
Chattanooga Strong
2015
Documentary
Regression
2015
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Born to Be Blue
2015
Drama · Music
10,000 Saints
2015
Comedy · Drama · Music
Good Kill
2015
Drama · Thriller · War
Seymour: An Introduction
2015
Documentary
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life
2015
Documentary
Twelve Years
2015
Documentary
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
Documentary
Cymbeline
2014
Drama
Predestination
2014
Science Fiction · Thriller
Dead Poets in NYC
2014
Documentary
Boyhood
2014
Drama
In the Dark
2014
Welcome Nowhere
2013
Documentary · Drama
Getaway
2013
Action · Crime
The Purge
2013
Science Fiction · Horror · Thriller
Before Midnight
2013
Romance · Drama
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
2012
Documentary
Sinister
2012
Horror · Thriller · Mystery
Total Recall
2012
Action · Science Fiction · Thriller
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Drama · Romance
The Woman in the Fifth
2011
Drama · Mystery · Thriller
Moby Dick
2011
Drama
The Making of Daybreakers
2010
Documentary
Brooklyn's Finest
2010
Crime · Drama · Thriller
Daybreakers
2010
Action · Fantasy · Science Fiction
Staten Island
2009
Drama · Action · Thriller
What Doesn't Kill You
2008
Action · Crime · Drama
New York, I Love You
2008
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
Documentary
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
2008
Documentary
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
Crime · Drama · Thriller
The Hottest State
2007
Music · Drama · Romance
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007
Documentary
Fast Food Nation
2006
Drama · Comedy
Lord of War
2005
Crime · Drama · Thriller
One Last Thing...
2005
Comedy · Crime · Drama
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
2005
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
Thriller · Action · Adventure
The Phoenix Portal
2005
Science Fiction
Before Sunset
2004
Drama · Romance
Taking Lives
2004
Thriller
pollyDAYS
2003
All the Love You Cannes!
2002
Documentary
The Jimmy Show
2002
Comedy · Drama
Tape
2001
Drama
Waking Life
2001
Animation · Drama · Fantasy
Training Day
2001
Action · Crime · Drama
Alias
2001
Action & Adventure · Drama
Chelsea Walls
2001
Drama
Hamlet
2000
Drama · Thriller
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
Drama · Romance
The Velocity of Gary
1999
Drama · Romance · Comedy
Joe the King
1999
Crime · Drama
The Newton Boys
1998
Crime · Action · Drama
Great Expectations
1998
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Gattaca
1997
Science Fiction · Drama
Search and Destroy
1995
Action · Comedy · Drama
Before Sunrise
1995
Drama · Romance
At Sundance
1995
Documentary
Floundering
1994
Comedy · Romance
Quiz Show
1994
History · Drama
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
1994
Adventure · Family
Reality Bites
1994
Drama · Romance · Comedy
Alive
1993
Adventure · Drama · History
Rich in Love
1992
Drama
Waterland
1992
Drama · Mystery
A Midnight Clear
1992
Drama · War · History
Mystery Date
1991
Comedy · Romance
White Fang
1991
Action · Adventure · Drama
Dad
1989
Drama
Dead Poets Society
1989
Drama
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Talk
Lion's Den
1988
Drama · Comedy
Explorers
1985
Science Fiction · Adventure · Family
Directed
Written
The Good Lord Bird
2020
Drama · Western · War & Politics
Before Midnight
2013
Romance · Drama
Before Sunset
2004
Drama · Romance
