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.
Born: 06 November 1970
Played In
Movie
Sep 2026
The Weight
Samuel Murphy
Movie
Jul 2026
I, Object
(voice)
Movie
Mar 2026
She Dances
Brian
TV Show
Dec 2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
Movie
Nov 2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
TV Show
Nov 2025
The American Revolution
Anthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice)
Movie
Oct 2025
Blue Moon
Lorenz Hart
Movie
Oct 2025
Black Phone 2
The Grabber
TV Show
Sep 2025
The Lowdown
Lee Raybon
TV Show
Jan 2025
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Self - Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Oct 2024
My Generation
Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie
Nov 2023
Leave the World Behind
Clay Sandford
Movie
Jun 2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Self
Movie
May 2023
Strange Way of Life
Jake
Movie
Dec 2022
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Self
Movie
Nov 2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Efficient Man
Movie
Nov 2022
Luna Moth (Performance Film)
Self
TV Show
Oct 2022
Batwheels
Batman (voice)
Movie
Oct 2022
Raymond & Ray
Ray
Movie
Oct 2022
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
Self
Movie
Jun 2022
The Black Phone
The Grabber
Movie
May 2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Self - Arthur Harrow
Movie
Apr 2022
The Northman
King Aurvandil War-Raven
TV Show
Mar 2022
Moon Knight
Arthur Harrow
Movie
Nov 2021
Zeros and Ones
JJ / Justin
Movie
Sep 2021
The Guilty
Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
TV Show
Aug 2021
Reservation Dogs
Rick Miller
Movie
May 2021
Waiting for Godot
Vladimir
TV Show
Oct 2020
The Good Lord Bird
John Brown
Movie
Aug 2020
Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Movie
Jul 2020
Cut Throat City
Jackson Symms
Movie
May 2020
Before the End
Self - Jesse
Movie
Jan 2020
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
Movie
Nov 2019
Adopt a Highway
Russell Millings
Movie
Oct 2019
The Truth
Hank
TV Show
Sep 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Movie
Apr 2019
Stockholm
Lars Nystrom
Movie
Mar 2019
The Kid
Sheriff Pat Garrett
TV Show
Feb 2019
Desus & Mero
Self - Illustrious Guest
Movie
Dec 2018
Let's Dance
Segment: "Table Manners"
TV Show
Sep 2018
The Purge
James Sandin
Movie
Aug 2018
Blaze
Radio DJ
Movie
Aug 2018
Juliet, Naked
Tucker Crowe
Movie
Jun 2018
The King
Self
TV Show
May 2018
Explained
Narrator (voice)
Movie
May 2018
First Reformed
Pastor Ernst Toller
TV Show
Mar 2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self
Movie
Oct 2017
24 Hours to Live
Travis Conrad
Movie
Jul 2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Jolly the Pimp
TV Show
Apr 2017
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Self
Movie
Feb 2017
The Space in Between
Self
Movie
Feb 2017
After Before
Self
Movie
Oct 2016
In a Valley of Violence
Paul
Movie
Sep 2016
The Magnificent Seven
Goodnight Robicheaux
Movie
Aug 2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Self
Movie
Jun 2016
The Phenom
Hopper Sr.
Movie
Jun 2016
Maudie
Everett Lewis
Movie
Apr 2016
Maggie's Plan
John Harding
Movie
Apr 2016
Invasion!
Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
Movie
Apr 2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
Movie
Nov 2015
Chattanooga Strong
Narrator
Movie
Oct 2015
Regression
Bruce Kenner
Movie
Sep 2015
Born to Be Blue
Chet Baker
TV Show
Sep 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Movie
Aug 2015
10,000 Saints
Les Horn
Movie
Apr 2015
Good Kill
Commandant Tom Egan
Movie
Mar 2015
Seymour: An Introduction
Self
Movie
Feb 2015
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life
Self
Movie
Jan 2015
Twelve Years
Self
TV Show
Dec 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Movie
Nov 2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Actor
Movie
Sep 2014
Cymbeline
Iachimo
Movie
Aug 2014
Predestination
The Bartender
Movie
Jun 2014
Boyhood
Dad
TV Show
Feb 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
TV Show
Feb 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
TV Show
Feb 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Movie
Sep 2013
Welcome Nowhere
Narrator
Movie
Aug 2013
Getaway
Brent Magna
Movie
May 2013
The Purge
James Sandin
Movie
Apr 2013
Before Midnight
Jesse
Movie
Nov 2012
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Pat (voice)
Movie
Oct 2012
Sinister
Ellison Oswalt
Movie
Aug 2012
Total Recall
Hauser (long version only)
TV Show
Jun 2012
Shakespeare Uncovered
Self
Movie
Feb 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Movie
Sep 2011
The Woman in the Fifth
Tom Ricks
TV Show
May 2011
Moby Dick
Starbuck
TV Show
Nov 2010
Conan
Self
Movie
May 2010
The Making of Daybreakers
Self
Movie
Mar 2010
Brooklyn's Finest
Det. Sal Procida
Movie
Jan 2010
Daybreakers
Edward Dalton
TV Show
Jul 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Movie
Feb 2009
Staten Island
Sully
Movie
Dec 2008
What Doesn't Kill You
Paulie
Movie
Sep 2008
New York, I Love You
Writer
Movie
May 2008
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
Movie
Apr 2008
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Self
Movie
Sep 2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Hank Hanson
Movie
Jun 2007
The Hottest State
Vince
TV Show
Feb 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
Movie
Feb 2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Self
Movie
Nov 2006
Fast Food Nation
Pete
Movie
Sep 2005
Lord of War
Jack Valentine
Movie
Sep 2005
One Last Thing...
Earl Jameison (uncredited)
Movie
Feb 2005
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
Movie
Jan 2005
Assault on Precinct 13
Sergeant Jake Roenick
Movie
Jan 2005
The Phoenix Portal
Ben Crandall (archive footage)
Movie
Jun 2004
Before Sunset
Jesse
Movie
Mar 2004
Taking Lives
James Costa
Movie
Aug 2003
pollyDAYS
Self
TV Show
Feb 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
TV Show
Sep 2002
Bo' Selecta!
Self
Movie
May 2002
All the Love You Cannes!
Self
Movie
Jan 2002
The Jimmy Show
Ray
Movie
Nov 2001
Tape
Vin
Movie
Oct 2001
Waking Life
Jesse
Movie
Oct 2001
Training Day
Jake
TV Show
Sep 2001
Alias
James Lennox
Movie
Sep 2001
Chelsea Walls
Sam (voice) (uncredited)
Movie
May 2000
Hamlet
Hamlet
Movie
Dec 1999
Snow Falling on Cedars
Ishmael Chambers
Movie
Jul 1999
The Velocity of Gary
Nat
Movie
Jan 1999
Joe the King
Len Coles
Movie
Mar 1998
The Newton Boys
Jess Newton
Movie
Jan 1998
Great Expectations
Finnegan Bell
TV Show
Aug 1997
The View
Self
TV Show
Aug 1997
The View
Self - Guest
Movie
Jul 1997
Gattaca
Vincent Freeman
TV Show
Jul 1996
The Daily Show
Self
Movie
Apr 1995
Search and Destroy
Roger
Movie
Jan 1995
Before Sunrise
Jesse
Movie
Jan 1995
At Sundance
Self
Movie
Nov 1994
Floundering
Jimmy
Movie
Aug 1994
Quiz Show
Don Quixote Student (uncredited)
TV Show
Aug 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Movie
Apr 1994
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Jack Conroy (uncredited)
Movie
Feb 1994
Reality Bites
Troy Dyer
TV Show
Sep 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Movie
Jan 1993
Alive
Nando Parrado
Movie
Sep 1992
Rich in Love
Wayne Frobiness
Movie
Aug 1992
Waterland
Matthew Price
TV Show
May 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
Movie
Apr 1992
A Midnight Clear
Will Knott
Movie
Aug 1991
Mystery Date
Tom McHugh
Movie
Jan 1991
White Fang
Jack Conroy
Movie
Oct 1989
Dad
Billy
Movie
Jun 1989
Dead Poets Society
Todd Anderson
TV Show
Sep 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV Show
Sep 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Movie
Jan 1988
Lion's Den
Chris
Movie
Jul 1985
Explorers
Ben Crandall
TV Show
Jan 1971
Great Performances
Self
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
Movie
Tonight at Noon
Lefty
Movie
The Last of the Tribe
William Phelan
Movie
Revolver
Movie
Hippies
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Movie
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes