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Ethan Hawke
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Ethan Green Hawke 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.
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Ethan Green Hawke 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
The Graham Norton Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Explained
The Daily Show
Reservation Dogs
Alias
Desus & Mero
The Purge
Talking with Chris Hardwick
The Last Movie Stars
Shakespeare Uncovered
Quiz Show
The Oscars
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
The Memory Police
Batwheels
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
New York, I Love You
Lord of War
Total Recall
The Northman
Black Phone 2
Alive
Brooklyn's Finest
The Truth
The Magnificent Seven
Boyhood
Dead Poets Society
Maudie
The Black Phone
Leave the World Behind
Moon Knight
Training Day
The Guilty
Reality Bites
White Fang
Raymond & Ray
Getaway
Regression
Explorers
Before Sunrise
Predestination
Tape
24 Hours to Live
Zeros and Ones
Tesla
Before Sunset
Before Midnight
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Blue Tilt
Good Kill
Gattaca
Assault on Precinct 13
In a Valley of Violence
Strange Way of Life
Daybreakers
The Purge
Waking Life
Sinister
First Reformed
The Lowdown
The Woman in the Fifth
The Good Lord Bird
Production Credits
Before Sunset
Wildcat
The Lowdown
The Last Movie Stars
The Good Lord Bird
Before Midnight
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