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Ethan Green Hawke is an American actor, writer, and director. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and a Tony Award. Hawke has directed three feature films, three Off-Broadway plays, and a documentary. He has also written three novels and one graphic novel. He made his film debut with the 1985 science fiction feature Explorers, before making a breakthrough appearance in the 1989 drama Dead Poets Society. He appeared in various films before taking a role in the 1994 Generation X drama Reality Bites, for which he received critical praise. Hawke starred alongside Julie Delpy in Richard Linklater's Before trilogy: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013), all of which received critical acclaim.
Birth Name
Ethan Green Hawke
Born
Friday, 06 November 1970
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Willie Nelson's 90th Birthday Celebration | Self | 2023 |
| Leave the World Behind | Clay Sandford | 2023 |
| Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 | Self | 2023 |
| Strange Way of Life | Jake | 2023 |
| Glass Onion | Efficient Man | 2022 |
| Raymond & Ray | Ray | 2022 |
| Batwheels | Batman | 2022 |
| The Black Phone | The Grabber | 2022 |
| The Northman | King Aurvandil War-Raven | 2022 |
| Moon Knight | Arthur Harrow | 2022 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Willie Nelson's 90th Birthday Celebration | Self | 2023 |
| Leave the World Behind | Clay Sandford | 2023 |
| Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 | Self | 2023 |
| Strange Way of Life | Jake | 2023 |
| Glass Onion | Efficient Man | 2022 |
| Raymond & Ray | Ray | 2022 |
| Batwheels | Batman | 2022 |
| The Black Phone | The Grabber | 2022 |
| The Northman | King Aurvandil War-Raven | 2022 |
| Moon Knight | Arthur Harrow | 2022 |
| The Last Movie Stars | Self | 2022 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| The Guilty | SGT. Bill Miller / Sgt. Bill Miller (voice) | 2021 |
| Zeros and Ones | JJ / Justin | 2021 |
| Reservation Dogs | Rick Miller | 2021 |
| RAAAATSCRAPS | Self - audience participant | 2021 |
| Waiting for Godot | Vladimir | 2021 |
| Marvel Studios: Assembled | Self - Arthur Harrow | 2021 |
| Allen v. Farrow | Self | 2021 |
| The Good Lord Bird | John Brown | 2020 |
| Tesla | Nikola Tesla | 2020 |
| Cut Throat City | Jackson Symms | 2020 |
| Adopt a Highway | Russell Millings | 2019 |
| The Truth | Hank | 2019 |
| Stockholm | Lars Nystrom / Kaj Hansson | 2019 |
| The Kid | Sheriff Pat Garrett | 2019 |
| Desus & Mero | Self | 2019 |
| The Purge | James Sandin | 2018 |
| Blaze | Radio DJ | 2018 |
| Juliet, Naked | Tucker Crowe | 2018 |
| Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Self | 2018 |
| First Reformed | Rev. Ernst Toller / Pastor Ernst Toller | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Explained | Self - Narrator | 2018 |
| The King | Himself / Self | 2018 |
| 24 Hours to Live | Travis Conrad | 2017 |
| The Hollywood Masters | Self | 2017 |
| Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Jolly the Pimp | 2017 |
| Hollywood First Look | Self | 2017 |
| In a Valley of Violence | Paul | 2016 |
| The Magnificent Seven | Goodnight Robicheaux | 2016 |
| Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny | Himself / Self | 2016 |
| The Phenom | Hopper Senior / Hopper Sr. | 2016 |
| Maudie | Everett Lewis | 2016 |
| Invasion! | Voice of the Cosmos | 2016 |
| Maggie's Plan | John / John Harding | 2016 |
| Sunday Today with Willie Geist | Self - Guest / Sunday Sitdown | 2016 |
| Starring Austin Pendleton | Self | 2016 |
| Regression | Bruce Kenner | 2015 |
| Born to Be Blue | Chet Baker | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest / Self | 2015 |
| Sinister 2 | Ellison Oswalt | 2015 |
| Ten Thousand Saints | Les / Les Horn | 2015 |
| Good Kill | Major Thomas Egan / Commandant Tom Egan | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Seymour: An Introduction | Himself / Self | 2015 |
| The Oscars | Self - Nominee | 2015 |
| 72nd Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2015 |
| Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014 |
| 21 Years: Richard Linklater | Self / Self - Actor | 2014 |
| Cymbeline | Iachimo | 2014 |
| Predestination | The Barkeep / The Bartender | 2014 |
| The 68th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2014 |
| Boyhood | Dad / Mason Evans Sr. | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest / Self | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self / Self - Guest | 2014 |
| Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014 |
| Welcome Nowhere | Narrator | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Getaway | Brent Magna | 2013 |
| The Purge | James Sandin | 2013 |
| Before Midnight | Jesse / Jesse Wallace | 2013 |
| Weekend Ticket | Self | 2013 |
| The Broadway.com Show | Self | 2013 |
| Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God | Pat (voice) / Pat | 2012 |
| Total Recall | Carl Hauser (in director's cut) | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Sinister | Ellison Oswalt | 2012 |
| Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Shakespeare Uncovered | Self | 2012 |
| CBS This Morning | Self | 2012 |
| The Woman in the Fifth | Tom Ricks | 2011 |
| Moby Dick | Starbuck | 2011 |
| Conan | Himself - Guest | 2010 |
| Overheard | Self - Interviewee | 2010 |
| Brooklyn's Finest | Sal / Det. Sal Procida | 2010 |
| Corso: The Last Beat | 2009 | |
| Daybreakers | Edward Dalton | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest / Self | 2009 |
| The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest | 2009 |
| Little New York | Sully Halverson / Sully | 2009 |
| Skavlan | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| What Doesn't Kill You | Paulie McDougan / Paulie | 2008 |
| New York, I Love You | Writer (segment "Yvan Attal") / Writer | 2008 |
| Chelsea on the Rocks | Himself / Self | 2008 |
| Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made | Self | 2008 |
| Pioneers of Television | Todd Anderson | 2008 |
| Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Hank / Hank Hanson | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Self / Himself - Guest | 2007 |
| The 61st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2007 |
| The Hottest State | Vince | 2007 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
| Fast Food Nation | Pete | 2006 |
| Rachael Ray | Self | 2006 |
| Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Jake | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Lord of War | Jack Valentine | 2005 |
| One Last Thing... | Earl Jameison | 2005 |
| The 59th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2005 |
| Assault on Precinct 13 | Sgt. Jake Roenick / Sergeant Jake Roenick | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| Before Sunset | Jesse / Jesse Wallace | 2004 |
| The 58th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2004 |
| Taking Lives | Costa / James Costa | 2004 |
| Shootout | Self | 2003 |
| The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Himself - Guest | 2003 |
| VH1 Goes Inside | Troy Dyer | 2003 |
| Celebrities Uncensored | Self | 2003 |
| Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin' | Self | 2003 |
| Texas Monthly Talks | Self - Interviewee | 2003 |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | Self - Guest | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest | 2003 |
| Bo' Selecta! | Self | 2002 |
| All the Love You Cannes! | Self | 2002 |
| Chelsea Walls | Sam | 2002 |
| The 74th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee & Presenter | 2002 |
| The Jimmy Show | Ray | 2002 |
| Tape | Vince / Vin | 2001 |
| Waking Life | Jesse | 2001 |
| Training Day | Jake / Jake Hoyt | 2001 |
| Alias | James Lennox | 2001 |
| Robot Chicken | Godzilla Jr. / Jason | 2001 |
| Hamlet | Hamlet | 2000 |
| The 72nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2000 |
| Snow Falling on Cedars | Ishmael Chambers | 1999 |
| Joe the King | Len Coles | 1999 |
| The Velocity of Gary | Nat | 1998 |
| The Newton Boys | Jess Newton | 1998 |
| Great Expectations | Finnegan Bell | 1998 |
| Gattaca | Vincent Freeman / Vincent / Jerome | 1997 |
| The View | Himself - Guest | 1997 |
| Theater Talk | Self | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self / Self - Guest | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself (archive footage) | 1996 |
| Search and Destroy | Roger | 1995 |
| Before Sunrise | Jesse / Jesse Wallace | 1995 |
| At Sundance | Himself / Self | 1995 |
| Floundering | Jimmy | 1994 |
| Quiz Show | Don Quixote Student / Columbia Student | 1994 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Inside the Actors Studio | Self - Audience Member / Self - Guest | 1994 |
| White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf | Jack Conroy | 1994 |
| Reality Bites | Troy Dyer | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself - Guest / Self - Guest | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| Alive | Nando Parrado | 1993 |
| Rich in Love | Wayne Frobiness | 1992 |
| Waterland | Matthew Price | 1992 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| A Midnight Clear | Sgt. Will Knott / Will Knott | 1992 |
| Mystery Date | Tom McHugh | 1991 |
| White Fang | Jack / Jack Conroy | 1991 |
| The 62nd Annual Academy Awards | Todd Anderson | 1990 |
| Dad | Billy | 1989 |
| Dead Poets Society | Todd Anderson | 1989 |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
| Explorers | Ben Crandall | 1985 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| Working in the Theatre | Self | 1976 |
| Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Wildcat | 2024 |
| The Last Movie Stars | 2022 |
| Blaze | 2018 |
| Seymour: An Introduction | 2015 |
| The Hottest State | 2007 |
| Chelsea Walls | 2002 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Wildcat | 2024 |
| The Good Lord Bird | 2020 |
| Adopt a Highway | 2019 |
| Blaze | 2018 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2021 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2015 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2015 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2014 | Oscar | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |
| 2005 | Oscar | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |
| 2002 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
