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