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Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke’s screen credits include Todd Anderson in Dead Poets Society, Dad in Boyhood, and Jake in Training Day.
Born November 6, 1970 Austin, Texas, USA9 movies on MoviHero
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About Ethan Hawke
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). …
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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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- 2026The Weight1h 52m · Crime · DramaSamuel Murphy
- 2026I, Object1h 32m · Drama · FamilyLittle Ben (voice)
- 2017Valérian and the City of a Thousand Planets2h 17m · Action · AdventureJolly the Pimp
- 2016The Magnificent Seven2h 12m · Action · AdventureGoodnight Robicheaux
- 2014Boyhood2h 45m · DramaDad
- 2013The Purge1h 25m · Horror · Science FictionJames Sandin
- 2012Sinister1h 50m · Horror · MysteryEllison Oswalt
- 2001Training Day2h 2m · Action · CrimeJake
- 1989Dead Poets Society2h 9m · DramaTodd Anderson
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- 2026Deep in the Heart II: Texas RiversActor
- 2026She DancesBrian
- 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror MoviesSelf (archive footage)
- 2025Blue MoonLorenz Hart
- 2025Black Phone 2Grabber
- 2025Highway 99: A Double AlbumDirector
- 2025King HamletProducer
- 2024WildcatDirector · Writer · Producer
- 2023Leave the World BehindClay Sandford
- 2023Willie Nelson 90: Long Story ShortSelf
- 2023Strange Way of LifeJake
- 2022Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert GottliebSelf
- 2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryEfficient Man
- 2022Raymond & RayRay
- 2022Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black PhoneSelf
- 2022The Black PhoneThe Grabber
- 2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon KnightSelf - Arthur Harrow
- 2022The NorthmanKing Aurvandil War-Raven
- 2021Zeros and OnesJJ / Justin
- 2021The GuiltySgt. Bill Miller (voice)
- 2021Waiting for GodotVladimir
- 2020TeslaNikola Tesla
- 2020Cut Throat CityJackson Symms
- 2020Before the EndSelf - Jesse
- 2020Paul Schrader: Man in a RoomActor
- 2019Adopt a HighwayProducer · Russell Millings
- 2019The TruthHank
- 2019StockholmLars Nystrom
- 2019The KidSheriff Pat Garrett
- 2018Let's DanceSegment: "Table Manners"
- 2018BlazeWriter · Director · Producer · Radio DJ
- 2018Juliet, NakedTucker Crowe
- 2018First ReformedPastor Ernst Toller
- 201724 Hours to LiveTravis Conrad
- 2017After BeforeSelf
- 2017The Space in BetweenSelf
- 2016In a Valley of ViolencePaul
- 2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is DestinySelf
- 2016The PhenomHopper Sr.
- 2016MaudieEverett Lewis
- 2016Maggie's PlanJohn Harding
- 2016Invasion!Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
- 2016Starring Austin PendletonSelf
- 2015Chattanooga StrongNarrator
- 2015RegressionBruce Kenner
- 2015Born to Be BlueChet Baker
- 201510,000 SaintsLes Horn
- 2015Good KillCommandant Tom Egan
- 2015Seymour: An IntroductionDirector · Self
- 2015All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to LifeSelf
- 2015Twelve YearsSelf
- 201421 Years: Richard LinklaterSelf - Actor
- 2014CymbelineIachimo
- 2014PredestinationThe Bartender
- 2014Dead Poets in NYCSelf
- 2014In the DarkActor
- 2013Welcome NowhereNarrator
- 2013GetawayBrent Magna
- 2013Before MidnightWriter · Jesse
- 2012Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodPat (voice)
- 2012Total RecallHauser (long version only)
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)
- 2011The Woman in the FifthTom Ricks
- 2010The Making of DaybreakersSelf
- 2010Brooklyn's FinestDet. Sal Procida
- 2010DaybreakersEdward Dalton
- 2009Staten IslandSully
- 2008What Doesn't Kill YouPaulie
- 2008New York, I Love YouWriter
- 2008Chelsea on the RocksSelf
- 2008Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was MadeSelf
- 2007Before the Devil Knows You're DeadHank Hanson
- 2007The Hottest StateDirector · Writer · Vince
- 2007The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'Self
- 2006Fast Food NationPete
- 2005Lord of WarJack Valentine
- 2005One Last Thing...Earl Jameison (uncredited)
- 2005Before Sunset: Behind the ScenesActor
- 2005Assault on Precinct 13Sergeant Jake Roenick
- 2005The Phoenix PortalBen Crandall (archive footage)
- 2004Before SunsetWriter · Jesse
- 2004Taking LivesJames Costa
- 2003pollyDAYSSelf
- 2002All the Love You Cannes!Self
- 2002The Jimmy ShowRay
- 2001TapeVin
- 2001Waking LifeJesse
- 2001Chelsea WallsDirector · Sam (voice) (uncredited)
- 2000HamletHamlet
- 1999Snow Falling on CedarsIshmael Chambers
- 1999The Velocity of GaryNat
- 1999Joe the KingLen Coles
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Jolly the Pimp
Valérian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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Dead Poets Society
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The Weight
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I, Object
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Boyhood
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Training Day
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Sinister
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The Purge
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The Magnificent Seven
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