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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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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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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Graham Norton Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Oscars
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Explained
The Daily Show
Reservation Dogs
Alias
Desus & Mero
The Purge
Talking with Chris Hardwick
The Last Movie Stars
Shakespeare Uncovered
Quiz Show
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
The Memory Police
Batwheels
Black Phone 2
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
New York, I Love You
The Northman
Total Recall
Lord of War
The Truth
Dead Poets Society
Brooklyn's Finest
Alive
The Magnificent Seven
Boyhood
The Guilty
White Fang
Reality Bites
Leave the World Behind
Raymond & Ray
The Black Phone
Moon Knight
Training Day
Maudie
First Reformed
Good Kill
Vietnam: The War That Changed America
Predestination
Explorers
Gattaca
Before Sunrise
Sinister
24 Hours to Live
Before Midnight
The Woman in the Fifth
The Good Lord Bird
Waking Life
Getaway
Strange Way of Life
Tape
In a Valley of Violence
Daybreakers
Regression
Before Sunset
The Purge
Tesla
Zeros and Ones
The Lowdown
Assault on Precinct 13
Production Credits
The Last Movie Stars
The Lowdown
Before Sunset
Wildcat
Before Midnight
The Good Lord Bird
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