Ethan Hawke
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.
TV Shows(37)
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
2025
The American Revolution
Anthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice)
2025
The Lowdown
Lee Raybon
2025
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
My Generation
Narrator
2024
Batwheels
Batman (voice)
2022
Moon Knight
Arthur Harrow
2022
Reservation Dogs
Rick Miller
2021
The Good Lord Bird
John Brown
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Desus & Mero
Self - Illustrious Guest
2019
The Purge
James Sandin
2018
Explained
Narrator (voice)
2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self
2018
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Self
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Shakespeare Uncovered
Self
2012
Moby Dick
Starbuck
2011
Conan
Self
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
2007
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Bo' Selecta!
Self
2002
Alias
James Lennox
2001
The View
Self
1997
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Oscars
Self
1953
Movies(120)
The Weight
Samuel Murphy
2026
She Dances
Brian
2026
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
2025
Blue Moon
Lorenz Hart
2025
Black Phone 2
The Grabber
2025
Leave the World Behind
Clay Sandford
2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Self
2023
Strange Way of Life
Jake
2023
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Self
2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Efficient Man
2022
Luna Moth (Performance Film)
Self
2022
Raymond & Ray
Ray
2022
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
Self
2022
The Black Phone
The Grabber
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Self - Arthur Harrow
2022
The Northman
King Aurvandil War-Raven
2022
Zeros and Ones
JJ / Justin
2021
The Guilty
Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
2021
Waiting for Godot
Vladimir
2021
Tesla
Nikola Tesla
2020
Cut Throat City
Jackson Symms
2020
Before the End
Self - Jesse
2020
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
2020
Adopt a Highway
Russell Millings
2019
The Truth
Hank
2019
Stockholm
Lars Nystrom
2019
The Kid
Sheriff Pat Garrett
2019
Let's Dance
Segment: "Table Manners"
2018
Blaze
Radio DJ
2018
Juliet, Naked
Tucker Crowe
2018
The King
Self
2018
First Reformed
Pastor Ernst Toller
2018
24 Hours to Live
Travis Conrad
2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Jolly the Pimp
2017
The Space in Between
Self
2017
After Before
Self
2017
In a Valley of Violence
Paul
2016
The Magnificent Seven
Goodnight Robicheaux
2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Self
2016
The Phenom
Hopper Sr.
2016
Maudie
Everett Lewis
2016
Maggie's Plan
John Harding
2016
Invasion!
Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
2016
Chattanooga Strong
Narrator
2015
Regression
Bruce Kenner
2015
Born to Be Blue
Chet Baker
2015
10,000 Saints
Les Horn
2015
Good Kill
Commandant Tom Egan
2015
Seymour: An Introduction
Self
2015
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life
Self
2015
Twelve Years
Self
2015
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Actor
2014
Cymbeline
Iachimo
2014
Predestination
The Bartender
2014
Boyhood
Dad
2014
Welcome Nowhere
Narrator
2013
Getaway
Brent Magna
2013
The Purge
James Sandin
2013
Before Midnight
Jesse
2013
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Pat (voice)
2012
Total Recall
Hauser (long version only)
2012
Sinister
Ellison Oswalt
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
The Woman in the Fifth
Tom Ricks
2011
The Making of Daybreakers
Self
2010
Brooklyn's Finest
Det. Sal Procida
2010
Daybreakers
Edward Dalton
2010
Staten Island
Sully
2009
What Doesn't Kill You
Paulie
2008
New York, I Love You
Writer
2008
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
2008
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Self
2008
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Hank Hanson
2007
The Hottest State
Vince
2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Self
2007
Fast Food Nation
Pete
2006
Lord of War
Jack Valentine
2005
One Last Thing...
Earl Jameison (uncredited)
2005
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
2005
Assault on Precinct 13
Sergeant Jake Roenick
2005
The Phoenix Portal
Ben Crandall (archive footage)
2005
Before Sunset
Jesse
2004
Taking Lives
James Costa
2004
pollyDAYS
Self
2003
All the Love You Cannes!
Self
2002
The Jimmy Show
Ray
2002
Tape
Vin
2001
Waking Life
Jesse
2001
Training Day
Jake
2001
Chelsea Walls
Sam (voice) (uncredited)
2001
Hamlet
Hamlet
2000
Snow Falling on Cedars
Ishmael Chambers
1999
The Velocity of Gary
Nat
1999
Joe the King
Len Coles
1999
The Newton Boys
Jess Newton
1998
Great Expectations
Finnegan Bell
1998
Gattaca
Vincent Freeman
1997
Search and Destroy
Roger
1995
Before Sunrise
Jesse
1995
At Sundance
Self
1995
Floundering
Jimmy
1994
Quiz Show
Don Quixote Student (uncredited)
1994
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Jack Conroy (uncredited)
1994
Reality Bites
Troy Dyer
1994
Alive
Nando Parrado
1993
Rich in Love
Wayne Frobiness
1992
Waterland
Matthew Price
1992
A Midnight Clear
Will Knott
1992
Mystery Date
Tom McHugh
1991
White Fang
Jack Conroy
1991
Dad
Billy
1989
Dead Poets Society
Todd Anderson
1989
Lion's Den
Chris
1988
Explorers
Ben Crandall
1985
Tonight at Noon
Lefty
The Last of the Tribe
William Phelan
Revolver
Hippies
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes