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Ethan Hawke
Austin, Texas, USA
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…
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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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2026
The Weight
Movie Samuel Murphy
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2026
I, Object
Movie Little Ben (voice)
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2026
She Dances
Movie Brian
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2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV show Self
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2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie Self - (archive footage)
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2025
The American Revolution
TV show Anthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice)
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2025
Blue Moon
Movie Lorenz Hart
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2025
Black Phone 2
Movie Grabber
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2025
The Lowdown
TV show Lee Raybon
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2025
King Hamlet
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Highway 99: A Double Album
Movie Director
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2025
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2024
My Generation
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2024
Wildcat
Movie Director
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2023
Leave the World Behind
Movie Clay Sandford
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2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Movie Self
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2023
Strange Way of Life
Movie Jake
- 2022
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2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie Efficient Man
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2022
Batwheels
TV show Batman (voice)
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2022
Raymond & Ray
Movie Ray
- 2022
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2022
The Last Movie Stars
TV show Director
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2022
The Black Phone
Movie The Grabber
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2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Movie Self - Arthur Harrow
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2022
The Northman
Movie King Aurvandil War-Raven
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2022
Moon Knight
TV show Arthur Harrow
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2021
Zeros and Ones
Movie JJ / Justin
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2021
The Guilty
Movie Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
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2021
Reservation Dogs
TV show Rick Miller
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2021
Waiting for Godot
Movie Vladimir
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2020
The Good Lord Bird
TV show John Brown
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2020
Tesla
Movie Nikola Tesla
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2020
Cut Throat City
Movie Jackson Symms
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2020
Before the End
Movie Self - Jesse
- 2020
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2019
Adopt a Highway
Movie Russell Millings
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2019
The Truth
Movie Hank
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Stockholm
Movie Lars Nystrom
