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Ethan Hawke
Ethan Green Hawke is an American actor, author, and filmmaker whose career on both stage and screen has spanned four decades. Known for his versatility across a range of roles and collaborations with director Richard Linklater, he has worked in both independent films and blockbusters. His accolades include a Daytime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards, two British Academ…
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Born 6 November 1970 · Q484615
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2026· 5 entries
“s also the point of the film.”
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“I never wanted to be Jimmy Stewart”
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Yahoo: Ethan Hawke hangs out with Betty Gilpin, Tommy Lee Jones in The Lowdown season 2's first look
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The Guardian: The Weight review – Ethan Hawke leads sturdy adventure set in the 30s
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2025· 5 entries
The Guardian: The Lowdown review – Ethan Hawke’s new drama is hilariously poignant
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The Guardian: ‘It felt dangerous. You got naggy’: Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater on power, combovers and Blue Moon
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The Guardian: Blue Moon review – Ethan Hawke is terrific in Richard Linklater’s bitter Broadway breakup drama
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The Guardian: The Lowdown review – Ethan Hawke is terrific in playful neo-noir series
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The Guardian: Berlin film festival 2025 roundup – a new boss, a flawless fairytale and Ethan Hawke’s finest hour
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2020· 1 entry
Hawke portrayed inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla in the biopic Tesla
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2018· 1 entry
As undergoing a "renaissance" since his peak in 2001 with Training Day
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2016· 3 entries
Awarded Donostia Award (2016).
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Hawke narrated the interactive short film Invasion
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Hawke took on two unpleasant roles in succession, first playing the abusive father of a promising young baseball player in The Phenom, and then the stern husband of Maud Lewis—portrayed by Sally Hawkins—in Maudie
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2015· 2 entries
Hawke advocated for the protection of St
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In 2015, Hawke advocated for the protection of St.
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2012· 1 entry
Hawke appeared in the horror genre for the first time, playing a true crime writer in Scott Derrickson's Sinister, written along with C
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2010· 1 entry
Was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play for directing Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind
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2006· 1 entry
Directed his second feature film, The Hottest State, based on his 1996 novel of the same name
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2004· 1 entry
With two releases: the psychological thriller Taking Lives and the romantic drama Before Sunset
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2003· 1 entry
Amidst allegations of infidelity and filed for divorce the following year, which was finalized in August 2005
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2001· 2 entries
“Everybody who gets divorced experiences gossip. The real human issues are really the same. My friends who know me well say I have incredible powers of denial. My daughter said a funny thing to me the other day. She said,”
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Hawke appeared in two more Linklater films: Waking Life and Tape, both critically acclaimed
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2000· 1 entry
Barack Obama in 2008, Hillary Clinton in 2016, and Kamala Harris in 2024
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1999· 1 entry
Starred as Kilroy in the Tennessee Williams play Camino Real at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts
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1998· 1 entry
Hawke married actress Uma Thurman, whom he had met on the set of Gattaca in 1996
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1996· 1 entry
Published his first novel, titled The Hottest State, which tells the story of a love affair between a young actor and a singer
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1993· 1 entry
Actress Winona Ryder offered Hawke a leading role in Ben Stiller's Generation X drama Reality Bites (1994)
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1992· 2 entries
Portraying the playwright Konstantin Treplev in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull at the Lyceum Theater in Manhattan
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In Anton Chekhov's The Seagull and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 2007 for his performance in Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia
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1991· 1 entry
Hawke co-founded Malaparte, a Manhattan-based theater company that operated until 2000
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1989· 1 entry
Hawke had his breakthrough role as a shy boarding school student in Peter Weir's Dead Poets Society
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1970· 1 entry
Born 1970-11-06.
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