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Ethan Hawke

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.

Filmography

2026
The Weight

as Samuel Murphy

Movie
2025
Blue Moon

as Lorenz Hart

Movie
2025
Black Phone 2

as Grabber

Movie
2023
Leave the World Behind

as Clay Sandford

Movie
2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

as Efficient Man

Movie
2022
The Black Phone

as The Grabber

Movie
2022
The Northman

as King Aurvandil War-Raven

Movie
2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

as Jolly the Pimp

Movie
2016
The Magnificent Seven

as Goodnight Robicheaux

Movie
2016
Maudie

as Everett Lewis

Movie
2014
Predestination

as The Bartender

Movie
2014
Boyhood

as Dad

Movie
2013
The Purge

as James Sandin

Movie
2012
Sinister

as Ellison Oswalt

Movie
2010
Daybreakers

as Edward Dalton

Movie
2005
Lord of War

as Jack Valentine

Movie
2004
Before Sunset

as Jesse

Movie
2001
Training Day

as Jake

Movie
1997
Gattaca

as Vincent Freeman

Movie
1995
Before Sunrise

as Jesse

Movie
1989
Dead Poets Society

as Todd Anderson

Movie
2025
The American Revolution

as voice

TV Show
2025
The Lowdown

as Lee Raybon

TV Show
2022
Moon Knight

as Arthur Harrow

TV Show