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Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke

73 movies on Netflix

Biography

Ethan Hawke is an American actor, writer and director whose stage and screen career has lasted four decades. Born in Austin, Texas, he first acted on screen at fourteen in Explorers (1985) and gained notice as a shy student in Dead Poets Society (1989). Reality Bites (1994), Gattaca (1997) and Great Expectations (1998) established him as a leading man. He received Academy Award nominations for supporting roles in Training Day (2001) and Boyhood (2014). He co-wrote and starred in the Before trilogy, earning screenplay nominations. Sinister (2012), The Purge (2013) and The Magnificent Seven (2016) were commercial hits, while Maudie (2016) and First Reformed (2017) won critical praise. He directed Chelsea Walls (2001) and Blaze (2018). He made his Broadway debut in The Seagull in 1992 and later earned a Tony nomination for The Coast of Utopia. In The Good Lord Bird (2020) he played John Brown, a role that brought a Golden Globe nomination.

55years old

Turns 56 on November 6in 25 days

  • Born Austin
  • Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
  • Ethan Green Hawke (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
73
Career span
40 years1985 to 2025

Genres

First and latest

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  1. First role

    Hawke was discovered through a production of Saint Joan, and at 14 he went to his first casting call. He landed the part of a misfit schoolboy in Joe Dante's Explorers.

  2. Behind the camera

    In 1991, Hawke co-founded a theater company called Malaparte, which was based in Manhattan and stayed in operation until 2000.

  3. Behind the camera

    Hawke was the director of the music video for "Stay (I Missed You)", Lisa Loeb's single that hit number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. Spin magazine gave the video its Video of the Year honor in 1994.

  4. Getting ready for a role

    For Getaway, Ethan Hawke played a former racecar driver and got ready by spending a day at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course driving school, picking up high-performance skills that included e-brake maneuvers and 180-degree spins.

  5. Early training

    While attending the Hun School, Ethan Hawke took acting classes at the McCarter Theatre, located on the Princeton University campus. At thirteen, he first appeared on stage there in the theater's production of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan.

  6. Early training

    Hawke studied acting at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, but he left once he was cast in Dead Poets Society. He then spent two years in New York University's English program before quitting to act full-time.

Ethan Hawke movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Training Day2001 Crime, Drama, Thrilleras Jake

    IMDb rating 7.8526K votes

  2. Before Sunrise1995 Drama, Romanceas Jesse

    IMDb rating 8.1384K votes

  3. Dead Poets Society1989as Todd Anderson

    IMDb rating 8.1669K votes

  4. Gattaca1997as Vincent Freeman

    IMDb rating 7.7351K votes

  5. Predestination2014as The Bartender

    IMDb rating 7.4340K votes

  6. Sinister2012as Ellison Oswalt

    IMDb rating 6.8323K votes

  7. Before Sunset2004as Jesse

    IMDb rating 8.1320K votes

  8. Boyhood2014as Dad

    IMDb rating 7.9384K votes

Most often with

Richard Linklater directed nine of these films, Antoine Fuqua four and Andrew Niccol three. Vincent D'Onofrio appears in six of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Vincent D'Onofrio, 6 films togetherSee the 6 films with Vincent D'OnofrioJulie Delpy, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with Julie DelpyJames Ransone, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with James RansoneChris Cooper, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Chris CooperPaul Dano, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Paul DanoArija Bareikis, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Arija BareikisRichard LinklaterDirector, 9 filmsSee the 9 films by Richard LinklaterAntoine FuquaDirector, 4 filmsSee the 4 films by Antoine FuquaAndrew NiccolDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by Andrew Niccol

Films together

Box office

What Ethan Hawke's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$2.0 billion

55 of the 73 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 73 films: 55 worldwide figure; 7 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 3 streaming, short cinema run; 6 figure not found.

  • 55Worldwide figure
  • 7US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas
  • 3Streaming, short cinema run
  • 6Figure not found

Top grosser

Dead Poets Society1989as Todd Anderson$236 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 61% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Dead Poets Society1989as Todd Anderson
    $236M12.0% of the total
  2. 2
    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets2017as Jolly the Pimp
    $226M11.5% of the total
  3. 3
    The Magnificent Seven2016as Goodnight Robicheaux
    $162M8.3% of the total
  4. 4
    The Black Phone2021as The Grabber
    $161M8.2% of the total
  5. 5
    Black Phone 22025as The Grabber
    $133M6.8% of the total
  6. 6
    Training Day2001as Jake
    $105M5.4% of the total
  7. 7
    The Purge2013as James Sandin
    $91M4.7% of the total
  8. 8
    Sinister2012as Ellison Oswalt
    $83M4.2% of the total
Lord of War (2005), $72.6 millionThe Northman (2022), $69.6 millionTaking Lives (2004), $65.5 millionGreat Expectations (1998), $55.5 millionDaybreakers (2009), $51.4 millionBoyhood (2014), $48.1 millionBrooklyn's Finest (2010), $45.7 millionAlive (1993), $36.7 millionAssault on Precinct 13 (2005), $35.3 millionWhite Fang (1991), $34.8 millionReality Bites (1994), $33.4 millionBefore the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), $25.0 millionDad (1989), $19.7 millionRegression (2015), $17.7 millionBefore Sunset (2004), $16.0 millionGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), $15.0 million

$761 millionfrom the other 47 films with a worldwide figure, 39% of the total

Awards

Two awards and honors.

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Ethan Hawke's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
2016Donostia AwardWon
Film Independent Spirit AwardsWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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