Name: Ethan Hawke
Birth Name: Ethan Green Hawke
Birthdate: Nov. 6, 1970
Birthplace: Austin, Texas
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR ETHAN HAWKE
Ethan Hawke's breakthrough role came at age 18 in Peter Weir's
Dead Poet's Society
in 1988, and the earnest, scruffy-faced actor quickly became the
slacker generation's poster boy, thanks to additional films like
Reality Bites and
Before Sunrise. Most of the 20 movies he made in some 15 years were more romantic, thoughtful films (
Great Expectations,
Snow Falling on Cedars,
Before Sunset), until what he calls his first "boy" movie,
Training Day, which earned him an Oscar nod.
5 Things:
1. He directed Lisa Loeb's music video for "Stay."
2. He has attributed "ambition" as the leading cause to his very public
breakup with Uma Thurman; rumor has it that he had an affair.
3. He lost 50 pounds after his marriage ended.
4. He wouldn't have gotten the role in Training Day had director Antoine Fuqua not championed him for the part to the studio.
5. He was paid $400,000 for his first novel in 1996, The Hottest State.
Quote:
"It's easy to let other people convince you that life is like a race. But there really is no finishing line. Nobody does win."
—
The Guardian, Dec. 10, 2000
Family:
Wife: Uma Thurman, actress; married May 1, 1998; divorced 2004
Daughter: Maya Ray, born 1998 (mother: Thurman)
Son: Levon Roan, born 2002 (mother: Thurman)
Awards:
2005: Academy Award nomination: Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published, Before Sunset
2002: Academy Award nomination: Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Training Day
FILMS
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - (2007 ) - Actor
Fast Food Nation - (2006) - Actor
The Hottest State - (2006) - Director, Screenwriter, Source Writer
Lord of War - (2005) - Actor
Assault on Precinct 13 - (2005) - Actor
Taking Lives - (2004) - Actor
Before Sunset - (2004) - Actor, Screenwriter
The Jimmy Show - (2002) - Actor
Chelsea Walls - (2002) - Director
Waking Life - (2001) - Actor
Tape - (2001) - Actor
Training Day - (2001) - Actor
Hamlet - (2000) - Actor
The Velocity of Gary (not His Real Name) - (1999) - Actor
Joe the King - (1999) - Actor
Snow Falling on Cedars - (1999) - Actor
Great Expectations - (1998) - Actor
The Newton Boys - (1998) - Actor
Gattaca - (1997) - Actor
Before Sunrise - (1995) - Actor
Search & Destroy - (1995) - Actor
Floundering - (1994) - Actor
Rich in Love - (1993) - Actor
Waterland - (1993) - Actor
Reality Bites - (1993) - Actor
A Midnight Clear - (1992) - Actor
Alive - (1992) - Actor
White Fang - (1991) - Actor
Mystery Date - (1991) - Actor
Dad - (1989) - Actor
Dead Poets Society - (1989) - Actor
Explorers - (1985) - Actor
Daybreakers - () - Actor
