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