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Ethan Hawke is an American actor, author and film director. He made his film debut in Explorers (1985), before making a breakthrough performance in Dead Poets Society (1989). Hawke starred alongside Julie Delpy in Richard Linklater's Before trilogy from 1995 to 2013. Hawke received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Training Day (2001) and Boyhood (2014) and two for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013). Other notable roles include in Reality Bites (1994), Gattaca (1997), Great Expectations (1998), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Maggie's Plan (2015), First Reformed (2017), The Black Phone (2021) and The Northman (2022).



Hawke directed the narrative films Chelsea Walls (2001), The Hottest State (2006), and Blaze (2018) as well as the documentary Seymour: An Introduction (2014). He created, co-wrote and starred as John Brown in the Showtime limited series The Good Lord Bird (2018), and directed the HBO Max documentary series The Last Movie Stars (2022). He starred in the Marvel television miniseries Moon Knight (2022) as Arthur Harrow.

In addition to his film work, Hawke has appeared in many theater productions. He made his Broadway debut in 1992 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. In 2010, Hawke directed Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind, for which he received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Director of a Play. In 2018, he starred in the Roundabout Theater Company's revival of Sam Shepard's play True West.

He has received numerous nominations including a total of four Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award.

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STAGE CREDITS

True West True West
[Broadway]
Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway Production, 2018
Lee
Macbeth Macbeth
[Broadway]
Lincoln Center Production, 2013
Macbeth
Clive Clive
[Off-Broadway]
The New Group Production, 2013
Clive
Ivanov Ivanov
[Off-Broadway]
Classic Stage Company Production, 2012
Nikolai Ivanov
Blood From a Stone Blood From a Stone
[Off-Broadway]
The New Group Production, 2011
Travis
The Coast of Utopia: Part 3 - Salvage The Coast of Utopia: Part 3 - Salvage
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2007
Michael Bakunin
The Coast of Utopia: Part 2 - Shipwreck The Coast of Utopia: Part 2 - Shipwreck
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2006
Michael Bakunin
The Coast of Utopia: Part 1 - Voyage The Coast of Utopia: Part 1 - Voyage
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2006
Michael Bakunin
Hurlyburly
[Off-Broadway]
2005
Eddie
Henry IV Henry IV
[Broadway]
Lincoln Center Revival, 2003
Henry Percy
The Late Henry Moss
[Off-Broadway]
2001
Ray Moss
Sophistry
[Off-Broadway]
1993
Xavier "Ex" Reynolds
Xavier Ex Reynolds
The Seagull
[Broadway]
1992
Konstantin Treplev

Productions

EurydiceEurydice
 
[Off-Broadway, 2025]
Producer
CliveClive
 
[Off-Broadway, 2013]
Director
Things We Want
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Director

Movies

Explorers
[ 1985 ] Ben Crandall
Dad
[ 1989 ] Billy
Dead Poets Society
[ 1989 ] Todd Anderson
White Fang
[ 1991 ] Jack
Mystery Date
[ 1991 ] Tom McHugh
Waterland
[ 1992 ] Matthew Price
A Midnight Clear
[ 1992 ] Sgt. Will Knott
Rich in Love
[ 1992 ] Wayne Frobiness
Alive
[ 1993 ] Nando Parrado
Floundering
[ 1994 ] Jimmy
Reality Bites
[ 1994 ] Troy Dyer
Before Sunrise
[ 1995 ] Jesse
Search and Destroy
[ 1995 ] Roger
Gattaca
[ 1997 ] Vincent, Jerome
Great Expectations
[ 1998 ] Finnegan Bell
The Newton Boys
[ 1998 ] Jess Newton
The Velocity of Gary
[ 1998 ] Nat
Snow Falling on Cedars
[ 1999 ] Ishmael Chambers
Joe the King
[ 1999 ] Len Coles
Hamlet
[ 2000 ] Hamlet
Training Day
[ 2001 ] Jake
Waking Life
[ 2001 ] Jesse
The Jimmy Show
[ 2001 ] Ray
Tape
[ 2001 ] Vin
Taking Lives
[ 2004 ] Costa
Before Sunset
[ 2004 ] Jesse
Lord of War
[ 2005 ] Jack Valentine
Assault on Precinct 13
[ 2005 ] Sgt. Jake Roenick
Fast Food Nation
[ 2006 ] Pete
The Hottest State
[ 2006 ] Vince
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
[ 2007 ] Hank
What Doesn't Kill You
[ 2008 ] Paulie McDougan
Daybreakers
[ 2009 ] Edward Dalton
Brooklyn's Finest
[ 2009 ] Sal
Little New York
[ 2009 ] Sully Halverson
The Woman in the Fifth
[ 2011 ] Tom Ricks
Sinister
[ 2012 ] Ellison Oswalt
Getaway
[ 2013 ] Brent Magna
The Purge
[ 2013 ] James Sandin
Before Midnight
[ 2013 ] Jesse
Boyhood
[ 2014 ] Dad
Cymbeline
[ 2014 ] Iachimo
Good Kill
[ 2014 ] Major Thom Egan
Predestination
[ 2014 ] The Barkeep
Regression
[ 2015 ] Bruce Kenner
Born to Be Blue
[ 2015 ] Chet Baker
Maggie's Plan
[ 2015 ] John
Ten Thousand Saints
[ 2015 ] Les
Maudie
[ 2016 ] Everett Lewis
The Magnificent Seven
[ 2016 ] Goodnight Robicheaux
The Phenom
[ 2016 ] Hopper Senior
In a Valley of Violence
[ 2016 ] Paul
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
[ 2017 ] Jolly the Pimp
First Reformed
[ 2017 ] Rev. Ernst Toller
24 Hours to Live
[ 2017 ] Travis Conrad
Stockholm
[ 2018 ] Lars Nystrom
Blaze
[ 2018 ] Radio DJ
Juliet, Naked
[ 2018 ] Tucker Crowe
The Truth
[ 2019 ] Hank
Adopt a Highway
[ 2019 ] Russell Millings
The Kid
[ 2019 ] Sheriff Pat Garrett
Cut Throat City
[ 2020 ] Jackson Symms
Tesla
[ 2020 ] Nikola Tesla
Zeros and Ones
[ 2021 ] JJ, Justin
The Guilty
[ 2021 ] SGT. Bill Miller
The Black Phone
[ 2021 ] The Grabber
Waiting for Godot
[ 2021 ] Vladimir
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
[ 2022 ] Efficient Man
The Northman
[ 2022 ] King Aurvandil War-Raven
Raymond & Ray
[ 2022 ] Ray

TV Shows

Batwheels
[ 2022-2024 ] Batman
Batwheels
[ 2022-2024 ] Batman

Awards and Nominations

Drama League Awards - 2019 - Distinguished Performance Award

Ethan Hawke, True West


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Obie Awards - 2011 - Performance

Ethan Hawke, Blood From a Stone

Drama Desk Awards - 2010 - Outstanding Director of a Play

Ethan HawkeA Lie of the Mind

Drama Desk Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Ethan Hawke, The Winter's Tale

Tony Awards - 2007 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Ethan Hawke, The Coast of Utopia

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Ethan Hawke been in?

Ethan Hawke has appeared on Broadway in 7 shows.

How many West End shows has Ethan Hawke been in?

Ethan Hawke has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Ethan Hawke been nominated for?

Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for True West, Performance (Obie Awards) for Blood From a Stone, Outstanding Director of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for A Lie of the Mind, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Winter's Tale and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Coast of Utopia.

What awards has Ethan Hawke won?

Ethan Hawke has won the Performance Obie Award for Blood From a Stone.

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