Ethan Hawke Bio | Wiki
Ethan Hawke is a renowned American actor and film director. His film debut with the 1985 science fiction features Explorers and breakthrough in the 1989 drama Dead Poets Society. In his acting career, he has been nominated for four Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award. Hawke has also written three novels and one graphic novel. Moreover, he appeared in the 1994 Generation X drama Reality Bites.
He had starring roles in Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy: Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight. Also, he has starred in Scott Derrickson’s horror films Sinister and The Black Phone. He received Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for his performances in Training Day and Boyhood. Hawke received critical acclaim for his performance as a Protestant minister in Paul Schrader’s drama First Reformed earning New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, and a nomination for the Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Actor.
He starred in the Marvel television miniseries Moon Knight as Arthur Harrow in 2022. Also, he has done many theater productions, and his Broadway debut in 1992 in Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. For his role in Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 2007. He 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 2010. In addition, he starred in True West alongside Paul Dano in 2018.
Ethan Hawke Age
He was born on November 6, 1970, in Austin, Texas, in the United States. Hawke is 53 years old.
Ethan Hawke Height
He is a man of tall stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 10 in (Approx. 1.78 m).
Ethan Hawke Family
He was born to his father and mother in Austin, Texas, in the United States. Hawke is the son of James Hawke, an insurance actuary, and Leslie, a charity worker. His parents were high school sweethearts in Fort Worth and got married when his mother was 17. When he was four years, his parents separated and later divorced in 1974, and was raised by his mother. Leslie got married when he was 10 and the family moved to West Windsor Township.
Hawke is a second cousin twice removed of Tennessee Williams on his father’s side. His maternal grandfather, Howard Lemuel Green, served five terms in the Texas Legislature from 1957 to 1967 and as the elected Tarrant County Judge in Texas from 1967 to 1975.
Ethan Hawke Wife | Spouse
He is hitched to his beautiful spouse Ryan Shawhughes in 2018. Ryan had briefly worked as a nanny to his and Thurman’s children before graduating from Columbia University. He dismissed speculation about their relationship saying, “my [first] marriage disintegrated due to many pressures, none of which were remotely connected to Ryan.” The couple has two daughters Clementine Jane Hawke and Indiana Hawke.
Ethan Hawke Ex-Wife | Uma Thurman
Before, he was first married to actress Uma Thurman on May 1, 1998. The two first met on the set of Gattaca in 1996. They had two children Maya born in 1998 and Levon Roan Thurman-Hawke born in 2002. Uma and Hawke separated in 2003 amid allegations of Hawke’s infidelity and filed for divorce the following year. Furthermore, their divorce was finalized in August 2005.
Ethan Hawke Son
Hawke has a 21-year-old son, Levon Hawke born on January 15, 2002. Levon is an actor and brother to Maya Hawke who is also an actor. He had a role in the anthology series The Crowded Room alongside Tom Holland. Also, he was announced to be cast as Jack in the Peter Dinklage western project The Thicket in March 2023.
Ethan Hawke Daughter
He has a daughter Maya Hawke an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is 25 years old born on July 8, 1998 and she began her career as a model. In 2017, she made her first screen debut as Jo March in Little Women. In 2019, she became famous for her starring role as Robin Buckley in the Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things.
Ethan Hawke Education
He studied at the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights and then at West Windsor Plainsboro High School (renamed to West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South in 1997). After some time, he transferred to the Hun School of Princeton, a secondary boarding school from where he graduated in 1988. during his time in high school, he aspired to be a writer but developed an interest in acting.
When he was 13, he had his stage debut at The McCarter Theatre of George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan and in West Windsor-Plainsboro High School productions of Meet Me in St. Louis and You Can’t Take It with You. He later enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh but dropped out after he was cast in the Dead Poets Society. Hawke joined New York University’s English program for two years but dropped out to pursue other acting roles.
Ethan Hawke Movies and Tv Shows
Movies
He has appeared in numerous movies, some of which include:
- Explorers as Ben Crandall in 1985
- Dad as Billy Tremont in 1989
- White Fang as Jack Conroy in 1991
- Alive as Nando Parrado in 1993
- Gattaca as Vincent Anton Freeman in 1997
- Hamlet as Hamlet in 2000
- The Jimmy Show as Ray in 2002
- Lord of War as ATF Agent Jack Valentine in 2005
- Chelsea on the Rocks as Himself in 2008
- Mea Maxima Culpa as Pat in 2012
- Born to Be Blue as Chet Baker in 2015
- First Reformed as Reverend Ernst Toller in 2018
- The Truth as Hank in 2019
- Cut Throat City as Jackson Symms in 2020
- The Black Phone as The Grabber in 2021
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Efficient Man in 2022
- Raymond & Ray as Ray in 2022
Tv Shows
- Casanova Young as Casanova in 1991
- Sophistry as Xavier ‘Ex’ Reynolds in 1993
- Camino Real as Kilroy in 1999
- Henry IV as Henry Percy from 2003 to 2004
- The Coast of Utopia as Michael Bakunin from 2006 to 2007
- Blood From a Stone as Travis in 2011
- Clive as Clive in 2013
- Macbeth as Macbeth from 2013 to 2014
- True West as Lee in 2019
Ethan Hawke Dead Poets Society
He made his appearance in Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society, playing one of the students, Todd Anderson taught by Robin Williams as a charismatic English teacher in 1989. For his role, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. The film tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry.
Ethan Hawke 2022 | New Movies
In 2022, Hawke appeared in the epic historical action thriller film, The Northman as King Aurvandill, in the mystery film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Efficient Man, and also in the comedy-drama film Raymond & Ray as Ray.
Ethan Hawke Black Phone
Hawke is portrayed as The Grabber, a psychotic child kidnapper and serial killer in the 2021 American supernatural horror film, The Black Phone. Grabber kidnaps Finney and he wakes up in a soundproofed basement.
Ethan Hawke Glass Onion
He was a fan of Johnson’s for a while, so he jumped at the opportunity to work with the director. Moreover, he only had a cameo appearance as Miles’s assistant credited as “Efficient Man”. The movie is written and directed by Rian Johnson and produced by Johnson and Ram Bergman.
Ethan Hawke Purge
Hawke starred in the horror-thriller The Purge, about an American future where crime is legal for one night of the year. The film follows a wealthy family who acquired their wealth by selling security systems for use during the annual purge.
Ethan Hawke Sinister | Horror Movie
Hawke starred in the supernatural horror film Sinister in 2012 as Ellison Oswalt. Ellison is a struggling true-crime writer whose discovery of snuff films depicting gruesome murders in his new house puts his family in danger. Additionally, the Broadband Choices named Sinister the scariest film ever made, based on an analysis of viewer heart rates as of 2020.
Ethan Hawke Training Day
He played as rookie cop Jake Hoyt, alongside Denzel Washington in Training Day in 2001. Jake is one of a pair of narcotics detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department spending 24 hours in the gang neighborhoods of South Los Angeles. For his role, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 74th Academy Awards.
Ethan Hawke Books
He has authored several books including:
- The Hottest State in 1996
- Ash Wednesday in 2002
- “The Last Outlaw Poet” in 2009
- Rules for a Knight in 2015
- Indeh in 2016
- A Bright Ray of Darkness in 2021
Ethan Hawke Reality Bites
He had a role in the Generation X drama Reality Bites in 1994 where he played Troy Dyer, a slacker who mocks the ambitions of his girlfriend. The film follows Lelaina who is an aspiring videographer working on a documentary called Reality Bites about the disenchanted lives of her friends and roommates.
Ethan Hawke Hamlet
He played the title character in Michael Almereyda’s 2000 film Hamlet. In the film, Claudius is “king” of the Denmark Corporation, having taken over the firm by killing his brother, Hamlet’s father.
Ethan Hawke Upcoming Movies
He is set to appear in the following movies in 2023 they are:
- Tonight at Noon as Lefty
- Leave the World Behind as Clay
- Strange Way of Life as Jake
Ethan Hawke Moon Knight
He appeared in six episodes of the television miniseries, Moon Knight created by Jeremy Slater for the streaming service Disney+. In the miniseries, he potrays as Arthur Harrow, a religious zealot and cult leader associated with the Egyptian goddess Ammit looking to exact justice and judgment based on future crimes. Furthermore, the miniseries contains six episodes.
Ethan Hawke 90s | Young
He had his first acting role in Joe Dante’s Explorers in 1985. He has his breakthrough in 1989 appearing in Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society, playing one of the students taught by Robin Williams as a charismatic English teacher. While filming Dead Poets Society, he also auditioned in 1989’s comedy-drama Dad where he played Ted Danson’s son and Jack Lemmon’s grandson. In 1994, he had his role in the Generation X drama Reality Bites as Troy Dyer.
Moreover, he recieved critical acclaim for his performance in Richard Linklater’s 1995 drama Before Sunrise. He also directed the music video for the 1994 song “Stay (I Missed You)”, by singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb. Hawke appeared alongside Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert De Niro in Great Expectations in 1998. He played the title character in Michael Almereyda’s 2000 film Hamlet. Furthermore, he appeared in two more Linklater movies: Waking Life and Tape, both critically praised in 2001.
He had his directorial debut with Chelsea Walls in 2002 and had a television appearance, guest starring in the second season of the television series Alias in 2003. Also, he starred in Taking Lives and Before Sunset in 2004. In 2005, he had a starring role in the action thriller Assault on Precinct 13, a loose remake of John Carpenter’s 1976 film of the same title. In addition, he starred alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, and Albert Finney in the crime drama Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead in 2007.
Ethan Hawke Net Worth | Net Worth 2022
His career as an actor and film director has been his main source of attaining decent fortune. Hawke’s net worth is $55 Million.
Who Is Ethan Hawke
Hawke is a renowned American actor and film director. His film debut with the 1985 science fiction features Explorers and breakthrough in the 1989 drama Dead Poets Society. In his acting career, he has been nominated for four Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award. Hawke has also written three novels and one graphic novel.
How Old Is Ethan Hawke
Hawke is 53 years old born on November 6, 1970, in Austin, Texas, in the United States.
Who Is Ethan Hawke Married To
He is hitched to his beautiful wife Ryan Shawhughes in 2018. Ryan had briefly worked as a nanny to his and Thurman’s children before graduating from Columbia University. The couple is the parents of two daughters Clementine Jane Hawke and Indiana Hawke.
Hawke’s Social Media Account
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