Acting
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
The Weight
Film · 2026
She Dances
Film · 2026
I, Object
Film · 2026
Deep in the Heart II: Texas Rivers
Film · 2026
Each Day in a Moment: 2025
Film · 2026
Black Phone 2
Film · 2025
Blue Moon
Film · 2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Film · 2025
The Lowdown
Series · 2025
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Series · 2025
The American Revolution
Series · 2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Series · 2025
My Generation
Series · 2024
Leave the World Behind
Film · 2023
Strange Way of Life
Film · 2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Film · 2023
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Film · 2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Film · 2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Film · 2022
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
Film · 2022
The Northman
Film · 2022
The Black Phone
Film · 2022
Raymond & Ray
Film · 2022
Moon Knight
Series · 2022
Batwheels
Series · 2022
Zeros and Ones
Film · 2021
The Guilty
Film · 2021
Waiting for Godot
Film · 2021
Reservation Dogs
Series · 2021
Before the End
Film · 2020
Tesla
Film · 2020
Cut Throat City
Film · 2020
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
Film · 2020
The Good Lord Bird
Series · 2020
Stockholm
Film · 2019
The Kid
Film · 2019
The Truth
Film · 2019
Adopt a Highway
Film · 2019
Desus & Mero
Series · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Juliet, Naked
Film · 2018
First Reformed
Film · 2018
Blaze
Film · 2018
Let's Dance
Film · 2018
Explained
Series · 2018
The Purge
Series · 2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Series · 2018
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Film · 2017
The Space in Between
Film · 2017
24 Hours to Live
Film · 2017
After Before
Film · 2017
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Series · 2017
Invasion!
Film · 2016
In a Valley of Violence
Film · 2016
Maggie's Plan
Film · 2016
The Magnificent Seven
Film · 2016
Maudie
Film · 2016
The Phenom
Film · 2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Film · 2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Film · 2016
Quotidien
Series · 2016
10,000 Saints
Film · 2015
Good Kill
Film · 2015
Regression
Film · 2015
Born to Be Blue
Film · 2015
Seymour: An Introduction
Film · 2015
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life
Film · 2015
Chattanooga Strong
Film · 2015
Twelve Years
Film · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Boyhood
Film · 2014
Predestination
Film · 2014
Cymbeline
Film · 2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Film · 2014
Dead Poets in NYC
Film · 2014
In the Dark
Film · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Getaway
Film · 2013
Before Midnight
Film · 2013
The Purge
Film · 2013
Welcome Nowhere
Film · 2013
Sinister
Film · 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Film · 2012
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Film · 2012
Total Recall
Film · 2012
Shakespeare Uncovered
Series · 2012
The Woman in the Fifth
Film · 2011
Moby Dick
Series · 2011
Brooklyn's Finest
Film · 2010
Daybreakers
Film · 2010
The Making of Daybreakers
Film · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
Staten Island
Film · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
What Doesn't Kill You
Film · 2008
Chelsea on the Rocks
Film · 2008
New York, I Love You
Film · 2008
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Film · 2008
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Film · 2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Film · 2007
The Hottest State
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Fast Food Nation
Film · 2006
The Phoenix Portal
Film · 2005
Lord of War
Film · 2005
Assault on Precinct 13
Film · 2005
One Last Thing...
Film · 2005
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
Film · 2005
Before Sunset
Film · 2004
Taking Lives
Film · 2004
pollyDAYS
Film · 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
The Jimmy Show
Film · 2002
All the Love You Cannes!
Film · 2002
Bo' Selecta!
Series · 2002
Training Day
Film · 2001
Tape
Film · 2001
Waking Life
Film · 2001
Chelsea Walls
Film · 2001
Alias
Series · 2001
Hamlet
Film · 2000
Snow Falling on Cedars
Film · 1999
Joe the King
Film · 1999
The Velocity of Gary
Film · 1999
Great Expectations
Film · 1998
The Newton Boys
Film · 1998
Gattaca
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
Before Sunrise
Film · 1995
Search and Destroy
Film · 1995
At Sundance
Film · 1995
Reality Bites
Film · 1994
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Film · 1994
Floundering
Film · 1994
Quiz Show
Film · 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Series · 1994
Alive
Film · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
A Midnight Clear
Film · 1992
Waterland
Film · 1992
Rich in Love
Film · 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
White Fang
Film · 1991
Mystery Date
Film · 1991
Dead Poets Society
Film · 1989
Dad
Film · 1989
Lion's Den
Film · 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
Explorers
Film · 1985
Great Performances
Series · 1971
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Tonight at Noon
Film
The Last of the Tribe
Film
Revolver
Film
Hippies
Film
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
Film