Born in Austin, Texas, on June 11, 1970, Ethan Hawke acquired a taste for acting when he won a role in his junior high school's production of "Meet Me in St. Louis." He soon proved himself in his film debut in Explorers (1985), but it wasn't until he played the sensitive Todd in the coming-of-age story Dead Poets Society (1989) that he made his mark in Hollywood.Hawke followed up with a string of notable movies, including Dad (1989), White Fang (1991), Before Sunrise (1995), Gattaca (1997), Great Expectations (1998), Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) and Hamlet (2000). He even penned a novel, The Hottest State, which was met with mixed reviews.
In 2001, Hawke went behind the camera to helm Chelsea Walls (2002), but it's as an actor that he's been most successful, even winning an Academy Award nomination for his gritty turn as a rookie cop in Training Day (2001).
DaybreakersEarth's population is up against a vicious plague that's transforming everyone into vampires and draining the world of an increasingly precious resource: blood. As the human race count nears zero, could science hold the key to a solution? Read More
GattacaWith one eye on his lifelong dream of working in outer space, a genetically flawed but determined "In-Valid" (Ethan Hawke) hires a DNA broker (Tony Shalhoub) to help him obtain more desirable genetic material from a paralyzed man (Jude Law). In the process, he meets and falls in love with a... Read More
Snow Falling on CedarsWhen a fisherman is found drowned, suspicion falls on Japanese-American Kazou Miyamoto (Rick Yune). Local reporter Ishmael Chambers (Ethan Hawke) may hold the key to proving Miyamoto's innocence, but there's a problem: Chambers is also in love with Miyamoto's wife (Youki Kudoh). The smoldering... Read More
Great ExpectationsIn this Americanized version of Charles Dickens's classic novel, set in 1990s New York instead of 1860s England, humble, young Finn (Ethan Hawke) develops a lifelong crush on Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow), the wealthy niece of the eccentric Ms. Dinsmoor (Anne Bancroft). The pair part, but then a... Read More
Before SunsetEthan Hawke reprises his role as Jesse, a traveling American who fell for a sweet French girl named Celine (Julie Delpy) while he was backpacking through Europe, in this sequel to the 1995 hit Before Sunrise that's set nine years after they met. Now a successful author, Jessie's on a book tour in... Read More
Sinister (2012) | NR | |
The Woman in the Fifth (2011) | R | |
Moby Dick (2010) | TV-14 | |
Daybreakers (2009) | R | |
Brooklyn's Finest (2009) | R | |
R | ||
New York, I Love You (2008) | R | |
R | ||
R | ||
Fast Food Nation (2006) | R | |
The Hottest State (2006) | R | |
Lord of War (2005) | R | |
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) | R | |
Taking Lives (2004) | UR | |
Before Sunset (2004) | R | |
Corso: The Last Beat (2004) | NR | |
Tape (2001) | R | |
The Jimmy Show (2001) | R | |
Training Day (2001) | R | |
Waking Life (2001) | R | |
Chelsea Walls (2001) | R | |
Hamlet (2000) | R | |
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) | PG-13 | |
Joe the King (1999) | R | |
The Velocity of Gary (1999) | R | |
Great Expectations (1998) | R | |
The Newton Boys (1998) | PG-13 | |
Gattaca (1997) | PG-13 | |
Before Sunrise (1995) | R | |
Search and Destroy (1995) | R | |
Reality Bites (1994) | PG-13 | |
Alive (1993) | R | |
A Midnight Clear (1992) | R | |
Waterland (1992) | R | |
White Fang (1991) | PG | |
Mystery Date (1991) | PG-13 | |
Dead Poets Society (1989) | PG | |
Dad (1989) | PG | |
Explorers (1985) | PG | |
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