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Ethan Hawke

Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, author, and filmmaker. Over a four-decade career on both stage and screen, he has become known for his versatility across a wide range of roles and acclaimed collaborations with director Richard Linklater. Prolific in both independent films and blockbusters, Hawke has received numerous accolades including a Daytime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and a Tony Award.

Hawke made his film debut at age fourteen in ''Explorers'' (1985) and gained recognition for starring in ''Dead Poets Society'' (1989). He established himself as a leading man with the films ''Reality Bites'' (1994), ''Gattaca'' (1997), and ''Great Expectations'' (1998). Hawke received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in the crime thriller ''Training Day'' (2001) and the coming-of-age drama ''Boyhood'' (2014), the latter also garnering him BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. He was Oscar-nominated twice for screenwriting two films from the ''Before'' trilogy (1995–2013), in which he also starred. He earned Best Actor nominations at the Oscars, BAFTAs, and Golden Globes for portraying lyricist Lorenz Hart in the biopic ''Blue Moon'' (2025).

Hawke garnered commercial success with ''Sinister'' (2012), ''The Purge'' (2013), ''The Magnificent Seven'' (2016), and the ''Black Phone'' films (2021–2025), and was praised for ''Maudie'' (2016) and ''First Reformed'' (2017). He directed the films ''Chelsea Walls'' (2001), ''The Hottest State'' (2006), ''Blaze'' (2018), and ''Wildcat'' (2023), as well as the documentaries ''Seymour: An Introduction'' (2014), ''The Last Movie Stars'' (2022), and ''Highway 99: A Double Album'' (2025). He portrayed abolitionist John Brown in the miniseries ''The Good Lord Bird'' (2020), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, and appeared as Arthur Harrow in the Marvel miniseries ''Moon Knight'' (2022).

Hawke has appeared in many theater productions. He made his Broadway debut in 1992 in Anton Chekhov's ''The Seagull'' and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 2007 for his performance in Tom Stoppard's ''The Coast of Utopia''. In 2010, he was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play for directing Sam Shepard's ''A Lie of the Mind''. Divorced from actress Uma Thurman, he has been married to Ryan Shawhughes since 2008; he has two children from each marriage, including actors Maya and Levon Hawke. Provided by Wikipedia