---
name: "Ethan Hawke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ethan-hawke"
fi1m_id: "ethan-hawke"
imdb_id: "nm0000160"
tmdb_id: 569
wikidata_id: "Q484615"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 November 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 18
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 18
updated: "2026-10-23T04:05:49.992935+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ethan Hawke

## Identity

Ethan Hawke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ethan-hawke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ethan-hawke
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000160
- **TMDB ID:** 569
- **Wikidata ID:** Q484615
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Hawke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484615, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/569

Actor. Born 6 November 1970 in Austin, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 November 1970, Austin, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Also known as:** Ethan Green Hawke
- **Frequently works with:** [Richard Linklater](https://film.one/person/richard-linklater.md), [Andrew Niccol](https://film.one/person/andrew-niccol.md), [Anne Walker-McBay](https://film.one/person/anne-walker-mcbay.md), [Antoine Fuqua](https://film.one/person/antoine-fuqua.md), [Denzel Washington](https://film.one/person/denzel-washington.md), [Julie Delpy](https://film.one/person/julie-delpy.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 5 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 18 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (1), 1990s 77 (3), 2000s 76 (4), 2010s 74 (4), 2020s 70 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 18 titles
- **Score spread:** 8 at 80+, 9 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 12 of 17 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 15, Crime 5, Thriller 5, Comedy 4, Romance 4, Action 2
- **Screen time:** 33 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $871m across 14 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Hawke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484615, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/569

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Before Sunset*](https://film.one/film/before-sunset.md) (91), [*Before Sunrise*](https://film.one/film/before-sunrise.md) (89), [*Training Day*](https://film.one/film/training-day.md) (80), [*Great Expectations*](https://film.one/film/great-expectations-1998.md) (62)
- **Netflix:** [*First Reformed*](https://film.one/film/first-reformed.md) (86), [*Blue Moon*](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md) (78), [*Black Phone 2*](https://film.one/film/black-phone-2.md) (64)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Gattaca*](https://film.one/film/gattaca.md) (80), [*Lord of War*](https://film.one/film/lord-of-war.md) (65)
- **AMC+:** [*Boyhood*](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*The Lowdown*](https://film.one/tv/the-lowdown.md) (80)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Juliet, Naked*](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Ethan Hawke

> Ethan Hawke is especially good at letting embarrassment interrupt a man’s apparent confidence. We value the uncertainty he brings to romance and the quiet nastiness he can give a villain, though his earnestness can grate.

In *Before Sunrise* (1995), Ethan Hawke’s Jesse can keep a conversation going, but being quiet with Julie Delpy’s Céline is harder. The two actors let us see how much effort goes into seeming at ease with someone new. We felt nervous for them when the conversation stopped, because neither could hide behind another clever remark. Richard Linklater gives Hawke room to talk, but it is the embarrassment between the exchanges that makes the romance worth caring about.

The 1990s roles, including *Reality Bites* (1994) and *Gattaca* (1997), established him, with earnestness already a liability. That liability is audible even in *Before Sunrise*, where the conversation occasionally admires its own intelligence. Linklater remained the important collaborator through the *Before* trilogy (1995–2013) and *Boyhood* (2014), allowing Hawke’s conversational style to develop across years. Delpy’s work as co-star and co-writer on the trilogy matters too: these exchanges need someone who can make him listen.

In Sam Esmail’s *Leave the World Behind* (2023), Hawke’s Clay Sandford is agreeable and poorly equipped for trouble. He plays a man who cannot read a paper map and knows he ought to be able to manage it. The film eventually explains too much, and Julia Roberts gives the stronger reason to stay. Still, Hawke’s willingness to look inadequate helps its tense, funny first hour.

The later work has made more room for horror, from *Sinister* (2012) to Scott Derrickson’s *Black Phone 2* (2025). As the Grabber in the latter, Hawke is mostly a mask and a voice, and he makes the voice soft and pleased with itself. The pleasure in that voice makes him frightening without much help from the mask. The film overexplains itself, but Hawke needs little to make the threat felt. Start with *Before Sunrise*, and give its awkward silences time to work.

## Biography

Ethan Hawke is an American actor, author and filmmaker. Born on 6 November 1970 in Austin, Texas, he made his feature film debut in *Explorers* (1985). He gained recognition for his supporting role in *Dead Poets Society* (1989).

Hawke starred in *Reality Bites* (1994), the *Before* trilogy (1995–2013) and *Training Day* (2001), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Other notable films include *Gattaca* (1997), *Boyhood* (2014) and *The Black Phone* (2022), in which he played the Grabber. He reprised the role in *Black Phone 2* (2025) and appeared as Clay Sandford in *Leave the World Behind* (2023).

Hawke has also directed films, including *Chelsea Walls* (2002), written novels and appeared in numerous stage productions. He has received further Academy Award nominations for screenwriting and acting.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (18)

- *The Weight* (2026), Fi1m 66, as Samuel Murphy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-weight.md)
- *Black Phone 2* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Grabber — [page](https://film.one/film/black-phone-2.md)
- *Blue Moon* (2025), Fi1m 78, as Lorenz Hart — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md)
- *The Lowdown* (2025), Fi1m 80, as Lee Raybon — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lowdown.md)
- *Leave the World Behind* (2023), Fi1m 60, as Clay Sandford — [page](https://film.one/film/leave-the-world-behind.md)
- *Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery* (2022), Fi1m 72, as Efficient Man — [page](https://film.one/film/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery.md)
- *First Reformed* (2018), Fi1m 86, as Pastor Ernst Toller — [page](https://film.one/film/first-reformed.md)
- *Juliet, Naked* (2018), Fi1m 70, as Tucker Crowe — [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md)
- *The Magnificent Seven* (2016), Fi1m 54, as Goodnight Robicheaux — [page](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-seven-2016.md)
- *Boyhood* (2014), Fi1m 88, as Dad — [page](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md)
- *Lord of War* (2005), Fi1m 65, as Jack Valentine — [page](https://film.one/film/lord-of-war.md)
- *Before Sunset* (2004), Fi1m 91, as Jesse — [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunset.md)
- *Training Day* (2001), Fi1m 80, as Jake — [page](https://film.one/film/training-day.md)
- *Hamlet* (2000), Fi1m 68, as Hamlet — [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-2000.md)
- *Great Expectations* (1998), Fi1m 62, as Finnegan Bell — [page](https://film.one/film/great-expectations-1998.md)
- *Gattaca* (1997), Fi1m 80, as Vincent Freeman — [page](https://film.one/film/gattaca.md)
- *Before Sunrise* (1995), Fi1m 89, as Jesse — [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunrise.md)
- *Dead Poets Society* (1989), Fi1m 80, as Todd Anderson — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-poets-society.md)

## Complete filmography (118)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Weight* (2026), as Samuel Murphy — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-weight.md)
- *I, Object* (2026), as Little Ben (voice)
- *She Dances* (2026), as Brian
- *The American Revolution* (2025), series, as Anthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice)
- *Blue Moon* (2025), as Lorenz Hart — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-moon.md)
- *Black Phone 2* (2025), as Grabber — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/black-phone-2.md)
- *The Lowdown* (2025), series, as Lee Raybon · Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lowdown.md)
- *King Hamlet* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Highway 99: A Double Album* (2025), Director
- *Wildcat* (2024), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Leave the World Behind* (2023), as Clay Sandford — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/leave-the-world-behind.md)
- *Strange Way of Life* (2023), as Jake
- *Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery* (2022), as Efficient Man — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery.md)
- *Batwheels* (2022), series, as Batman (voice)
- *Raymond & Ray* (2022), as Ray
- *The Last Movie Stars* (2022), series, Director
- *The Black Phone* (2022), as The Grabber
- *The Northman* (2022), as King Aurvandil War-Raven
- *Moon Knight* (2022), series, as Arthur Harrow
- *Zeros and Ones* (2021), as JJ / Justin
- *The Guilty* (2021), as Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)
- *Reservation Dogs* (2021), series, as Rick Miller — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs.md)
- *Waiting for Godot* (2021), as Vladimir
- *The Good Lord Bird* (2020), series, as John Brown · Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Tesla* (2020), as Nikola Tesla
- *Cut Throat City* (2020), as Jackson Symms
- *Paul Schrader: Man in a Room* (2020), Actor
- *Adopt a Highway* (2019), as Russell Millings · Producer
- *The Truth* (2019), as Hank
- *Stockholm* (2019), as Lars Nystrom
- *The Kid* (2019), as Sheriff Pat Garrett
- *Let's Dance* (2018), as Segment: "Table Manners"
- *The Purge* (2018), series, as James Sandin
- *Blaze* (2018), as Radio DJ · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Juliet, Naked* (2018), as Tucker Crowe — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md)
- *Explained* (2018), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *First Reformed* (2018), as Pastor Ernst Toller — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/first-reformed.md)
- *24 Hours to Live* (2017), as Travis Conrad
- *Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets* (2017), as Jolly the Pimp
- *In a Valley of Violence* (2016), as Paul
- *The Magnificent Seven* (2016), as Goodnight Robicheaux — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-seven-2016.md)
- *The Phenom* (2016), as Hopper Sr.
- *Maudie* (2016), as Everett Lewis
- *Maggie's Plan* (2016), as John Harding
- *Invasion!* (2016), as Voice of the Cosmos (voice)
- *Chattanooga Strong* (2015), as Narrator
- *Regression* (2015), as Bruce Kenner
- *Born to Be Blue* (2015), as Chet Baker
- *10,000 Saints* (2015), as Les Horn
- *Good Kill* (2015), as Commandant Tom Egan
- *Seymour: An Introduction* (2015), Director
- *Cymbeline* (2014), as Iachimo
- *Predestination* (2014), as The Bartender
- *Boyhood* (2014), as Dad — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/boyhood.md)
- *Welcome Nowhere* (2013), as Narrator
- *Getaway* (2013), as Brent Magna
- *The Purge* (2013), as James Sandin
- *Before Midnight* (2013), as Jesse · Writer
- *Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God* (2012), as Pat (voice)
- *Sinister* (2012), as Ellison Oswalt
- *Total Recall* (2012), as Hauser (long version only)
- *Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen* (2012), as (archive footage)
- *The Woman in the Fifth* (2011), as Tom Ricks
- *Moby Dick* (2011), series, as Starbuck
- *Brooklyn's Finest* (2010), as Det. Sal Procida
- *Daybreakers* (2010), as Edward Dalton
- *Staten Island* (2009), as Sully
- *What Doesn't Kill You* (2008), as Paulie
- *New York, I Love You* (2008), as Writer
- *Before the Devil Knows You're Dead* (2007), as Hank Hanson
- *The Hottest State* (2007), as Vince · Director, Writer
- *Fast Food Nation* (2006), as Pete
- *Lord of War* (2005), as Jack Valentine — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/lord-of-war.md)
- *One Last Thing...* (2005), as Earl Jameison (uncredited)
- *Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes* (2005), Actor
- *Assault on Precinct 13* (2005), as Sergeant Jake Roenick
- *The Phoenix Portal* (2005), as Ben Crandall (archive footage)
- *Before Sunset* (2004), as Jesse · Screenplay — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunset.md)
- *Taking Lives* (2004), as James Costa
- *The Jimmy Show* (2002), as Ray
- *Tape* (2001), as Vin
- *Waking Life* (2001), as Jesse
- *Training Day* (2001), as Jake — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/training-day.md)
- *Alias* (2001), series, as James Lennox — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *Chelsea Walls* (2001), as Sam (voice) (uncredited) · Director
- *Hamlet* (2000), as Hamlet — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-2000.md)
- *Snow Falling on Cedars* (1999), as Ishmael Chambers
- *The Velocity of Gary* (1999), as Nat
- *Joe the King* (1999), as Len Coles
- *The Newton Boys* (1998), as Jess Newton
- *Great Expectations* (1998), as Finnegan Bell — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/great-expectations-1998.md)
- *Gattaca* (1997), as Vincent Freeman — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/gattaca.md)
- *Search and Destroy* (1995), as Roger
- *Before Sunrise* (1995), as Jesse — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/before-sunrise.md)
- *Floundering* (1994), as Jimmy
- *Quiz Show* (1994), as Don Quixote Student (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)
- *White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf* (1994), as Jack Conroy (uncredited)
- *Reality Bites* (1994), as Troy Dyer
- *Straight to One* (1993), Producer, Director, Writer
- *Alive* (1993), as Nando Parrado
- *Rich in Love* (1992), as Wayne Frobiness
- *Waterland* (1992), as Matthew Price
- *A Midnight Clear* (1992), as Will Knott
- *Mystery Date* (1991), as Tom McHugh
- *White Fang* (1991), as Jack Conroy
- *Dad* (1989), as Billy
- *Dead Poets Society* (1989), as Todd Anderson — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-poets-society.md)
- *Lion's Den* (1988), as Chris
- *Explorers* (1985), as Ben Crandall
- *Deep in the Heart II: Texas Rivers*, Actor
- *Revolver*, Actor
- *The Last of the Tribe*, as William Phelan · Producer
- *Tonight at Noon*, as Lefty
- *The Gunfighter*, Writer, Producer
- *Hippies*, as Ralph Waldo Emerson
- *Untitled Agnes Denes Documentary*, Executive Producer
- *Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes*, Actor
- *Camino Real*, Director, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Ethan Hawke as Jesse in Before Sunset (2004)](https://film.one/media/title/1806/still-efcdcc7c76fb.jpg) Ethan Hawke as Jesse in *Before Sunset* (2004) — Image via TMDB
- ![Ethan Hawke as Jesse in Before Sunrise (1995)](https://film.one/media/title/1983/still-c2aec23c5732.jpg) Ethan Hawke as Jesse in *Before Sunrise* (1995) — Image via TMDB
- ![Ethan Hawke as Dad in Boyhood (2014)](https://film.one/media/title/3769/still-9818daeff00d.jpg) Ethan Hawke as Dad in *Boyhood* (2014) — Image via TMDB
- ![Ethan Hawke as Vincent Freeman in Gattaca (1997)](https://film.one/media/title/3721/still-8459ce7b9e04.jpg) Ethan Hawke as Vincent Freeman in *Gattaca* (1997) — Image via TMDB
- ![Ethan Hawke as Clay Sandford in Leave the World Behind (2023)](https://film.one/media/title/1496/still-b8df6ba1444a.jpg) Ethan Hawke as Clay Sandford in *Leave the World Behind* (2023) — Image via TMDB
- ![Ethan Hawke](https://film.one/media/person/7877/gallery-3213dd31ec0a.jpg) Ethan Hawke — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ethan_Hawke_at_the_2025_Berlin_International_Film_Festival-67055.jpg/1280px-Ethan_Hawke_at_the_2025_Berlin_International_Film_Festival-67055.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![BlueMoonBFILFF161025-100 (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/7877/gallery-ba99811fe6ab.jpg) BlueMoonBFILFF161025-100 (2025) — Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/BlueMoonBFILFF161025-100_%2854875555185%29.jpg/1280px-BlueMoonBFILFF161025-100_%2854875555185%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![BlueMoonBFILFF161025-106 (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/7877/gallery-cd0896d7bf38.jpg) BlueMoonBFILFF161025-106 (2025) — Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BlueMoonBFILFF161025-106_%2854875482488%29.jpg/1280px-BlueMoonBFILFF161025-106_%2854875482488%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![BlueMoonBFILFF161025-101 (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/7877/gallery-904c625953e3.jpg) BlueMoonBFILFF161025-101 (2025) — Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/BlueMoonBFILFF161025-101_%2854875482228%29.jpg/1280px-BlueMoonBFILFF161025-101_%2854875482228%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ethan Hawke](https://film.one/media/person/7877/gallery-4d29fafe62dd.jpg) Ethan Hawke — Image via TMDB
- ![BlueMoonBFILFF161025-102 (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/7877/gallery-74c77a91ee20.jpg) BlueMoonBFILFF161025-102 (2025) — Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/BlueMoonBFILFF161025-102_%2854875260496%29.jpg/1280px-BlueMoonBFILFF161025-102_%2854875260496%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![2026 Opening ceremony of the Deauville American Film Festival — Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke](https://film.one/media/person/7877/gallery-71e5ed53cdb3.jpg) 2026 Opening ceremony of the Deauville American Film Festival — Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke — Elyot Boudart, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/2026_Opening_ceremony_of_the_Deauville_American_Film_Festival_2026_%E2%80%94_Juliette_Binoche_and_Ethan_Hawke.jpg/1280px-2026_Opening_ceremony_of_the_Deauville_American_Film_Festival_2026_%E2%80%94_Juliette_Binoche_and_Ethan_Hawke.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 5 nominated

- 2026: Best Actor (nominated), for *Blue Moon*
- 2015: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Boyhood*
- 2014: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Before Midnight*
- 2005: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Before Sunset*
- 2002: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Training Day*

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Donostia Award 2016: Donostia Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 2007: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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