Ethan Hawke

Biography

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

Real Time with Bill Maher

All Movies (120)

• The Weight2026 · as Samuel Murphy
• I, Object2026 · as (voice)
• She Dances2026 · as Brian
• Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies2025 · as Self - (archive footage)
• Blue Moon2025 · as Lorenz Hart
• Black Phone 22025 · as The Grabber
• Leave the World Behind2023 · as Clay Sandford
• Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short2023 · as Self
• Strange Way of Life2023 · as Jake
• Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb2022 · as Self
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022 · as Efficient Man
• Raymond & Ray2022 · as Ray
• Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone2022 · as Self
• The Black Phone2022 · as The Grabber
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight2022 · as Self - Arthur Harrow
• The Northman2022 · as King Aurvandil War-Raven
• Zeros and Ones2021 · as JJ / Justin
• The Guilty2021 · as Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
• Waiting for Godot2021 · as Vladimir
• Tesla2020 · as Nikola Tesla
• Cut Throat City2020 · as Jackson Symms
• Before the End2020 · as Self - Jesse
• Paul Schrader: Man in a Room2020
• Adopt a Highway2019 · as Russell Millings
• The Truth2019 · as Hank
• Stockholm2019 · as Lars Nystrom
• The Kid2019 · as Sheriff Pat Garrett
• Let's Dance2018 · as Segment: "Table Manners"
• Blaze2018 · as Radio DJ
• Juliet, Naked2018 · as Tucker Crowe
• The King2018 · as Self
• First Reformed2018 · as Pastor Ernst Toller
• 24 Hours to Live2017 · as Travis Conrad
• Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets2017 · as Jolly the Pimp
• The Space in Between2017 · as Self
• After Before2017 · as Self
• In a Valley of Violence2016 · as Paul
• The Magnificent Seven2016 · as Goodnight Robicheaux
• Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny2016 · as Self
• The Phenom2016 · as Hopper Sr.
• Maudie2016 · as Everett Lewis
• Maggie's Plan2016 · as John Harding
• Invasion!2016 · as Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
• Starring Austin Pendleton2016 · as Self
• Chattanooga Strong2015 · as Narrator
• Regression2015 · as Bruce Kenner
• Born to Be Blue2015 · as Chet Baker
• 10,000 Saints2015 · as Les Horn
• Good Kill2015 · as Commandant Tom Egan
• Seymour: An Introduction2015 · as Self
• All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life2015 · as Self
• Twelve Years2015 · as Self
• 21 Years: Richard Linklater2014 · as Self - Actor
• Cymbeline2014 · as Iachimo
• Predestination2014 · as The Bartender
• Boyhood2014 · as Dad
• Welcome Nowhere2013 · as Narrator
• Getaway2013 · as Brent Magna
• The Purge2013 · as James Sandin
• Before Midnight2013 · as Jesse
• Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God2012 · as Pat (voice)
• Sinister2012 · as Ellison Oswalt
• Total Recall2012 · as Hauser (long version only)
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• The Woman in the Fifth2011 · as Tom Ricks
• The Making of Daybreakers2010 · as Self
• Brooklyn's Finest2010 · as Det. Sal Procida
• Daybreakers2010 · as Edward Dalton
• Staten Island2009 · as Sully
• What Doesn't Kill You2008 · as Paulie
• New York, I Love You2008 · as Writer
• Chelsea on the Rocks2008 · as Self
• Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made2008 · as Self
• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead2007 · as Hank Hanson
• The Hottest State2007 · as Vince
• The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'2007 · as Self
• Fast Food Nation2006 · as Pete
• Lord of War2005 · as Jack Valentine
• One Last Thing...2005 · as Earl Jameison (uncredited)
• Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes2005
• Assault on Precinct 132005 · as Sergeant Jake Roenick
• The Phoenix Portal2005 · as Ben Crandall (archive footage)
• Before Sunset2004 · as Jesse
• Taking Lives2004 · as James Costa
• pollyDAYS2003 · as Self
• All the Love You Cannes!2002 · as Self
• The Jimmy Show2002 · as Ray
• Tape2001 · as Vin
• Waking Life2001 · as Jesse
• Training Day2001 · as Jake
• Chelsea Walls2001 · as Sam (voice) (uncredited)
• Hamlet2000 · as Hamlet
• Snow Falling on Cedars1999 · as Ishmael Chambers
• The Velocity of Gary1999 · as Nat
• Joe the King1999 · as Len Coles
• The Newton Boys1998 · as Jess Newton
• Great Expectations1998 · as Finnegan Bell
• Gattaca1997 · as Vincent Freeman
• Search and Destroy1995 · as Roger
• Before Sunrise1995 · as Jesse
• At Sundance1995 · as Self
• Floundering1994 · as Jimmy
• Quiz Show1994 · as Don Quixote Student (uncredited)
• White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf1994 · as Jack Conroy (uncredited)
• Reality Bites1994 · as Troy Dyer
• Alive1993 · as Nando Parrado
• Rich in Love1992 · as Wayne Frobiness
• Waterland1992 · as Matthew Price
• A Midnight Clear1992 · as Will Knott
• Mystery Date1991 · as Tom McHugh
• White Fang1991 · as Jack Conroy
• Dad1989 · as Billy
• Dead Poets Society1989 · as Todd Anderson
• Lion's Den1988 · as Chris
• Explorers1985 · as Ben Crandall
• Tonight at Noon— · as Lefty
• The Last of the Tribe— · as William Phelan
• Revolver—
• Hippies— · as Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes—

All TV Shows (40)

• Variety & CNN Actors on Actors2025 · as Self
• The American Revolution2025 · as Anthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice)
• The Lowdown2025 · as Lee Raybon
• Vietnam: The War That Changed America2025 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• My Generation2024 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Batwheels2022 · as Batman (voice)
• Moon Knight2022 · as Arthur Harrow
• Reservation Dogs2021 · as Rick Miller
• The Good Lord Bird2020 · as John Brown
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Desus & Mero2019 · as Self - Illustrious Guest
• The Purge2018 · as James Sandin
• Explained2018 · as Narrator (voice)
• GQ Presents: Iconic Characters2018 · as Self
• Talking with Chris Hardwick2017 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Shakespeare Uncovered2012 · as Self
• Moby Dick2011 · as Starbuck
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self - Guest
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Bo' Selecta!2002 · as Self
• Alias2001 · as James Lennox
• The View1997 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self