Ethan Hawke Biography (1970-)

Full name, Ethan Green Hawke; born November 6, 1970, in Austin, TX; son of Leslie Hawke; married Uma Thurman (an actress), May 1, 1998; children: Maya Ray, Roan. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Office: c/o PMK, 1776 Broadway, 8th floor, New York, NY 10019.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, writer
Birth Details: November 6, 1970; Austin, Texas, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Ben Crandall, Explorers, Paramount, 1985
Todd Anderson, Dead Poets Society, Buena Vista, 1989
Billy Tremont, Dad, Universal, 1989
Tom McHugh, Mystery Date, Orion, 1991
Jack, White Fang, Buena Vista, 1991
Will Knott, A Midnight Clear, InterStar Releasing, 1992
Mathew Price, Waterland, Fine Line Features, 1992
Wayne Frobiness, Rich in Love, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993
Nando Parrado, Alive (also known as Alive: The Miracle of the Andes), Buena Vista, 1993
Troy Dyer, Reality Bites, Universal, 1994
(Uncredited) Jack Conroy, White Fang II: Myth of the White Wolf (also known as White Fang 2), Buena Vista, 1994
(Uncredited) Don Quixote student, Quiz Show, Buena Vista, 1994
Jimmy, Floundering, A-pix Entertainment, 1994
Jesse, Before Sunrise, Columbia, 1995
Roger, Search and Destroy (also known as The Four Rules), October, 1995
Vincent Freeman, Gattaca, Columbia, 1997
Finnegan `Finn' Bell, Great Expectations, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
Jess Newton, The Newton Boys, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
Nat, The Velocity of Gary, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1998
Len Coles, Joe the King, Trimark, 1999
Ishmael Chambers, Snow Falling on Cedars, MCA/Universal, 1999
Title role, Hamlet, 2000
Tell Me, 2000
Voice of Jesse, Waking Life (animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
Vin, Tape, Lions Gate Films, 2001
Officer Jake Hoyt, LAPD, Training Day, Warner Bros., 2001
(Uncredited) Voice of Sam, Chelsea Walls, 2001

Ray, The Jimmy Show, First Look, 2002
Corso: The Last Beat, North Haven Ltd., 2002
Film Director
(And editor) Straight to One (short film), PBS, 1994
Chelsea Walls, Lions Gate Films, 2001
Television Appearances
Specials
Interviewee, Sam Shepard: Stalking Himself, 1998
Spotlight on Location: Snow Falling on Cedars, 2000
Presenter, The 74th Annual Academy Awards, 2002
Episodic
The Rosie O'Donnell Show, 1997
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien, 1997
The Late Show with David Letterman, 1998
The Today Show, 2001
The Early Show with Bryant Gumbel, 2001
Stage Appearances
(Stage debut) Saint Joan, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1982
(Off-Broadway debut) Young Casanova, Casanova, New York Shakespeare Festival, Martinson Hall, Public Theatre, 1991
Memo, A Joke, Malaparte Theatre Company, New York City, 1992
(Broadway debut) Constantin, The Seagull, Lyceum Theatre, later National Actors Theatre, 1992-1993
Ex, Sophistry, Playwrights Horizons, New York City, 1993
Max, Sons and Fathers, Malaparte Theatre Company, 1994
Vince, Buried Child, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1995
The Cider House Rules, 1996
Camino Real, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 1999
The Late Henry Moss, Signature Theatre Company, New York City, 2001
Stage Work
Director, Wild Dogs, Malaparte Theatre Company, New York City, 1994
RECORDINGS
Videos
Directed the music video for Lisa Loeb's "Stay."
Albums
"I'm Nuttin'," Reality Bites (soundtrack), 1994
Reader, Pablo Neruda's "Fable of the Mermaid & the Drunks," Il postino (soundtrack), 1995
WRITINGS
Novels
The Hottest State, Little, Brown and Company, 1996
Ash Wednesday: A Novel, Alfred A. Knopf, 2002
Screenplays
Straight to One (short film), PBS, 1994

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2001
Newsmakers 1995, Volume 4, Gale, 1995

Periodicals

Details, January, 1998, pp. 79-83, 120-121
Entertainment Weekly, December 27, 1996, p. 143
Newsweek, September 30, 1996, p. 80
Rolling Stone, March 9, 1995, p. 44

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