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