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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ethan Hawke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Before Sunrise
(Jesse)
Before Sunset
(Jesse)
Dead Poets Society
(Todd Anderson)
Training Day
(Jake)
Gattaca
(Vincent Freeman)
The Phoenix Portal
(Ben Crandall (archive footage))
Snow Falling on Cedars
(Ishmael Chambers)
Lord of War
(Jack Valentine)
Hamlet
(Hamlet)
Reality Bites
(Troy Dyer)
Total Recall
(Carl Hauser (director’s cut))
Taking Lives
(James Costa)
Dad
(Billy)
A Midnight Clear
(Will Knott)
Alive
(Nando Parrado)
Tape
(Vin)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
(Hank Hanson)
Tonight at Noon
(Lefty)
Fast Food Nation
(Pete)
White Fang
(Jack Conroy)
Assault on Precinct 13
(Sergeant Jake Roenick)
Great Expectations
(Finnegan Bell)
Brooklyn's Finest
(Det. Sal Procida)
Staten Island
(Sully)
Explorers
(Ben Crandall)
The Newton Boys
(Jess Newton)
What Doesn't Kill You
(Paulie)
Before the End
(Self / Jesse)
Daybreakers
(Edward Dalton)
Leave the World Behind
(Clay Sandford)
Mystery Date
(Tom McHugh)
The Woman in the Fifth
(Tom Ricks)
Joe the King
(Len Coles)
Sinister
(Ellison Oswalt)
Boyhood
(Dad)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
((archive footage))
The Jimmy Show
(Ray)
Chelsea on the Rocks
(Self)
Getaway
(Brent Magna)
Waterland
(Matthew Price)
Before Midnight
(Jesse)
The Purge
(James Sandin)
Rich in Love
(Wayne Frobiness)
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
(Self)
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
(Self)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
(Self - Arthur Harrow)
Predestination
(The Bartender)
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
(Jack Conroy (uncredited))
10,000 Saints
(Les Horn)
Good Kill
(Commandant Tom Egan)
Dead Poets: A Look Back
Cymbeline
(Iachimo)
Regression
(Bruce Kenner)
Strange Way of Life
(Jake)
Search and Destroy
(Roger)
Invasion!
(Voice of the Cosmos (voice))
Floundering
(Jimmy)
Black Phone 2
(The Grabber)
New York, I Love You
(Writer)
Welcome Nowhere
(Narrator)
In a Valley of Violence
(Paul)
pollyDAYS
(Self)
Maggie's Plan
(John Harding)
Luna Moth (Performance Film)
(Self)
Lion's Den
(Chris)
Batso
(Warren 'Batso' Harding)
The Magnificent Seven
(Goodnight Robicheaux)
Born to Be Blue
(Chet Baker)
Maudie
(Everett Lewis)
The Hottest State
(Vince)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
(Efficient Man)
Seymour: An Introduction
(Himself)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
(Jolly the Pimp)
21 Years: Richard Linklater
(Self - Actor)
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
(Self)
The Last of the Tribe
(William Phelan)
The Phenom
(Hopper Sr.)
Blue Moon
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
(Self)
Niềm Tin Lung Lay
(Ethan Hawke)
Stockholm
(Lars Nystrom)
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
(Pat (voice))
All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life
(Himself)
Juliet, Naked
(Tucker Crowe)
The Space in Between
(Self)
First Reformed
(Pastor Ernst Toller)
The King
(Self)
24 Hours to Live
(Travis Conrad)
At Sundance
(Self)
The Kid
(Sheriff Pat Garrett)
Blaze
(Radio DJ)
Tesla
(Nikola Tesla)
Starring Austin Pendleton
(Self)
The Truth
(Hank)
Chattanooga Strong
(Narrator)
Cut Throat City
(Jackson Symms)
Adopt a Highway
(Russell Millings)
Let's Dance
(Segment: "Table Manners")
Quiz Show
(Columbia Student (uncredited))
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
(Self)
The Making of Daybreakers
(Self)
After Before
(Self)
Waking Life
(Jesse)
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
(Self)
Chelsea Walls
(Sam (voice) (uncredited))
All the Love You Cannes!
(Self)
The Northman
(King Aurvandil War-Raven)
Revolver
Zeros and Ones
(JJ / Justin)
The Guilty
(Sgt. Bill Miller (voice))
Twelve Years
(Himself)
The Black Phone
(The Grabber)
The Velocity of Gary
(Nat)
One Last Thing...
(Earl Jameison (uncredited))
Waiting for Godot
(Vladimir)
Raymond & Ray
(Ray)
Uma Thurman - Hollywood's Cool Killer
(Self (archive footage))
Inside the Actors Studio
(Self)
The Daily Show
(Self)
Alias
(James Lennox)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The View
(Self)
Moon Knight
(Arthur Harrow)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
The Oscars
(Self)
Blue Tilt
Moby Dick
(Starbuck)
Explained
(Narrator (voice))
Shakespeare Uncovered
(Himself)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Talking with Chris Hardwick
(Self)
Batwheels
(Batman (voice))
Reservation Dogs
(Rick Miller)
The View
(Self - Guest)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(Self - Guest)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
The Good Lord Bird
(John Brown)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self - Guest)
The Purge
(James Sandin)
Real Time with Bill Maher
(Self)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
(Self)
Conan
(Himself)
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
(Self)
Great Performances
(Self)
Desus & Mero
(Self - Illustrious Guest)
The Sensitive Kind
Before Sunset
(Screenplay)
Chelsea Walls
(Director)
The Hottest State
(Director)
Before Midnight
(Writer)
Seymour: An Introduction
(Director)
The Hottest State
(Writer)
Making a Scene
(Writer)
Wildcat
(Director)
Wildcat
(Writer)
Wildcat
(Producer)
Blaze
(Director)
Blaze
(Writer)
Blaze
(Producer)
Straight to One
(Producer)
Adopt a Highway
(Producer)
Camino Real
(Director)
Camino Real
(Screenplay)
Straight to One
(Director)
Straight to One
(Writer)
The Good Lord Bird
(Executive Producer)
The Good Lord Bird
(Writer)
The Last Movie Stars
(Director)
The Sensitive Kind
(Executive Producer)
The Good Lord Bird
(Creator)