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.
Acting credits 74 titles
The Weight
as Samuel Murphy
Film
2026
6.7
I, Object
as Little Ben (voice)
Film
2026
She Dances
as Brian
Film
2026
3.2
Blue Moon
as Lorenz Hart
Film
2025
6.6
Black Phone 2
as Grabber
Film
2025
6.6
The Lowdown
as Lee Raybon
Series
2025–
6.9
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Series
2025
8.4
Leave the World Behind
as Clay Sandford
Film
2023
6.4
Strange Way of Life
as Jake
Film
2023
6.3
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
as Self
Film
2022
6.6
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
as Efficient Man
Film
2022
7.0
Batwheels
as Batman (voice)
Series
2022–
7.0
Raymond & Ray
as Ray
Film
2022
6.2
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
as Self
Film
2022
6.3
The Black Phone
as The Grabber
Film
2022
7.5
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
as Self - Arthur Harrow
Film
2022
6.7
The Northman
as King Aurvandil War-Raven
Film
2022
7.0
Moon Knight
as Arthur Harrow
Series
2022
7.6
Zeros and Ones
as JJ / Justin
Film
2021
4.7
The Guilty
as Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
Film
2021
6.4
The Good Lord Bird
as John Brown
Series
2020
6.7
Tesla
as Nikola Tesla
Film
2020
5.7
Cut Throat City
as Jackson Symms
Film
2020
6.4
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
Film
2020
6.0
Adopt a Highway
as Russell Millings
Film
2019
6.7
The Truth
as Hank
Film
2019
6.0
Stockholm
as Lars Nystrom
Film
2019
5.9
The Kid
as Sheriff Pat Garrett
Film
2019
6.0
Juliet, Naked
as Tucker Crowe
Film
2018
6.3
The King
as Self
Film
2018
6.3
First Reformed
as Pastor Ernst Toller
Film
2018
7.0
24 Hours to Live
as Travis Conrad
Film
2017
6.0
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
as Jolly the Pimp
Film
2017
6.7
After Before
as Self
Film
2017
7.0
The Space in Between
as Self
Film
2017
8.0
In a Valley of Violence
as Paul
Film
2016
6.1
The Magnificent Seven
as Goodnight Robicheaux
Film
2016
6.5
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
as Self
Film
2016
6.8
The Phenom
as Hopper Sr.
Film
2016
5.4
Maudie
as Everett Lewis
Film
2016
7.8
Maggie's Plan
as John Harding
Film
2016
5.7
Regression
as Bruce Kenner
Film
2015
5.6
Born to Be Blue
as Chet Baker
Film
2015
6.5
10,000 Saints
as Les Horn
Film
2015
6.0
Good Kill
as Commandant Tom Egan
Film
2015
6.0
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
Film
2014
6.3
Predestination
as The Bartender
Film
2014
7.4
Boyhood
as Dad
Film
2014
7.5
The Purge
as James Sandin
Film
2013
6.2
Before Midnight
as Jesse
Film
2013
7.5
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
as Pat (voice)
Film
2012
7.3
Sinister
as Ellison Oswalt
Film
2012
6.9
Moby Dick
as Starbuck
Series
2011
5.7
Brooklyn's Finest
as Det. Sal Procida
Film
2010
6.3
Daybreakers
as Edward Dalton
Film
2010
6.3
New York, I Love You
as Writer
Film
2008
6.0
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Hank Hanson
Film
2007
7.1
Lord of War
as Jack Valentine
Film
2005
7.3
Assault on Precinct 13
as Sergeant Jake Roenick
Film
2005
6.2
Before Sunset
as Jesse
Film
2004
7.8
Taking Lives
as James Costa
Film
2004
6.4
Waking Life
as Jesse
Film
2001
7.5
Training Day
as Jake
Film
2001
7.5
Great Expectations
as Finnegan Bell
Film
1998
6.6
Gattaca
as Vincent Freeman
Film
1997
7.6
Before Sunrise
as Jesse
Film
1995
8.0
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
as Jack Conroy (uncredited)
Film
1994
6.9
Reality Bites
as Troy Dyer
Film
1994
6.5
Alive
as Nando Parrado
Film
1993
6.9
White Fang
as Jack Conroy
Film
1991
6.8
Dad
as Billy
Film
1989
6.4
Dead Poets Society
as Todd Anderson
Film
1989
8.3
Explorers
as Ben Crandall
Film
1985
6.3
Tonight at Noon
as Lefty
Film
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Conosciuto per
7.0
Series
Batwheels
Batman (voice)
2022–
7.5
Film
Boyhood
Dad
2014
7.5
Film
Training Day
Jake
2001
6.9
Series
The Lowdown
Lee Raybon
2025–
7.5
Film
The Black Phone
The Grabber
2022
7.0
Film
The Northman
King Aurvandil War-Raven
2022
7.6
Series
Moon Knight
Arthur Harrow
2022
6.6
Film
Blue Moon
Lorenz Hart
2025
6.3
Film
Brooklyn's Finest
Det. Sal Procida
2010
8.3
Film
Dead Poets Society
Todd Anderson
1989
7.4
Film
Predestination
The Bartender
2014
6.9
Film
Sinister
Ellison Oswalt
2012
6.7
Film
The Weight
Samuel Murphy
2026
6.6
Film
Black Phone 2
Grabber
2025
7.0
Film
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Efficient Man
2022
6.7
Film
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Jolly the Pimp
2017
6.4
Film
The Guilty
Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
2021
8.0
Film
Before Sunrise
Jesse
1995
6.4
Film
Leave the World Behind
Clay Sandford
2023
6.2
Film
The Purge
James Sandin
2013
7.3
Film
Lord of War
Jack Valentine
2005
7.6
Film
Gattaca
Vincent Freeman
1997
7.8
Film
Before Sunset
Jesse
2004
6.5
Film
The Magnificent Seven
Goodnight Robicheaux
2016
7.5
Film
Before Midnight
Jesse
2013
6.2
Film
Assault on Precinct 13
Sergeant Jake Roenick
2005
6.0
Film
24 Hours to Live
Travis Conrad
2017
6.9
Film
Alive
Nando Parrado
1993
8.4
Series
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
6.4
Film
Taking Lives
James Costa
2004
6.3
Film
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Actor
2014
5.7
Series
Moby Dick
Starbuck
2011
7.3
Film
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Pat (voice)
2012
7.0
Film
First Reformed
Pastor Ernst Toller
2018
6.3
Film
Daybreakers
Edward Dalton
2010
6.6
Film
Great Expectations
Finnegan Bell
1998
6.0
Film
10,000 Saints
Les Horn
2015
6.7
Series
The Good Lord Bird
John Brown
2020
6.0
Film
New York, I Love You
Writer
2008
6.8
Film
White Fang
Jack Conroy
1991
6.5
Film
Born to Be Blue
Chet Baker
2015
6.0
Film
Good Kill
Commandant Tom Egan
2015
0.0
Film
Tonight at Noon
Lefty
6.5
Film
Reality Bites
Troy Dyer
1994
7.8
Film
Maudie
Everett Lewis
2016
6.1
Film
In a Valley of Violence
Paul
2016
6.4
Film
Dad
Billy
1989
6.3
Film
Explorers
Ben Crandall
1985
6.7
Film
Adopt a Highway
Russell Millings
2019
5.7
Film
Tesla
Nikola Tesla
2020
5.6
Film
Regression
Bruce Kenner
2015
0.0
Film
I, Object
Little Ben (voice)
2026
7.1
Film
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Hank Hanson
2007
7.5
Film
Waking Life
Jesse
2001
6.0
Film
The Kid
Sheriff Pat Garrett
2019
6.9
Film
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Jack Conroy (uncredited)
1994
6.3
Film
Juliet, Naked
Tucker Crowe
2018
6.2
Film
Raymond & Ray
Ray
2022
5.9
Film
Stockholm
Lars Nystrom
2019
3.2
Film
She Dances
Brian
2026
6.3
Film
The King
Self
2018
6.4
Film
Cut Throat City
Jackson Symms
2020
5.7
Film
Maggie's Plan
John Harding
2016
5.4
Film
The Phenom
Hopper Sr.
2016
6.3
Film
Strange Way of Life
Jake
2023
6.7
Film
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Self - Arthur Harrow
2022
6.3
Film
Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
Self
2022
6.0
Film
The Truth
Hank
2019
4.7
Film
Zeros and Ones
JJ / Justin
2021
6.8
Film
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Self
2016
6.6
Film
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Self
2022
7.0
Film
After Before
Self
2017
8.0
Film
The Space in Between
Self
2017
6.0
Film
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
2020