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.
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Filmography of
Ethan Hawke
Lorenz Hart
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The Grabber
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Brian
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Clay Sandford
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Jake
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Efficient Man
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Ray
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The Grabber
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Self - Arthur Harrow
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King Aurvandil War-Raven
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JJ / Justin
... 2021
Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
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Vladimir
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Nikola Tesla
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Jackson Symms
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Self - Jesse
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Russell Millings
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Hank
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Lars Nystrom
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Sheriff Pat Garrett
... 2019
Segment: "Table Manners"
... 2018
Radio DJ
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Tucker Crowe
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Self
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Pastor Ernst Toller
... 2018
Travis Conrad
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Jolly the Pimp
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Self
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Self
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Goodnight Robicheaux
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Hopper Sr.
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Everett Lewis
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John Harding
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Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
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Narrator
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Bruce Kenner
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Chet Baker
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Les Horn
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Commandant Tom Egan
... 2015
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Self
... 2015
Self - Actor
... 2014
Iachimo
... 2014
The Bartender
... 2014
Dad
... 2014
Narrator
... 2013
Brent Magna
... 2013
James Sandin
... 2013
Jesse
... 2013
Pat (voice)
... 2012
Ellison Oswalt
... 2012
(archive footage)
... 2012
Tom Ricks
... 2011
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Det. Sal Procida
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Edward Dalton
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Sully
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Paulie
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Writer
... 2008
Self
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Hank Hanson
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Vince
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Pete
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Jack Valentine
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Earl Jameison (uncredited)
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Sergeant Jake Roenick
... 2005
Ben Crandall (archive footage)
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Jesse
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James Costa
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Self
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Ray
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Vin
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Jesse
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Jake
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Sam (voice) (uncredited)
... 2001
Hamlet
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Ishmael Chambers
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Len Coles
... 1999
Jess Newton
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Finnegan Bell
... 1998
Vincent Freeman
... 1997
Roger
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Jesse
... 1995
Self
... 1995
Jimmy
... 1994
Columbia Student (uncredited)
... 1994
Jack Conroy (uncredited)
... 1994
Troy Dyer
... 1994
Nando Parrado
... 1993
Wayne Frobiness
... 1992
Matthew Price
... 1992
Will Knott
... 1992
Tom McHugh
... 1991
Jack Conroy
... 1991
Billy
... 1989
Todd Anderson
... 1989
Chris
... 1988
Ben Crandall
... 1985
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