11/11/2025
Ethan Hawke has appeared in over 70 films and numerous TV shows, with notable roles in both critically acclaimed independent films and commercial blockbusters. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards, among other accolades.
🎬 Selected Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1989 Dead Poets Society Todd Anderson Breakthrough role
1994 Reality Bites Troy Dyer
1995 Before Sunrise Jesse Wallace First in the Before trilogy
1997 Gattaca Vincent Freeman
2001 Training Day Jake Hoyt Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
2004 Before Sunset Jesse Wallace Also co-writer; Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
2005 Lord of War ATF Agent Jack Valentine
2007 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Hank Hanson
2012 Sinister Ellison Oswalt Horror film
2013 Before Midnight Jesse Wallace Also co-writer; Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
2013 The Purge James Sandin Commercial success
2014 Boyhood Mason Evans Sr. Filmed over 12 years; Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
2017 First Reformed Reverend Ernst Toller Won numerous critics awards for Best Actor
2021 The Black Phone The Grabber Critically acclaimed horror film role
2023 Leave the World Behind Clay Sandford
Television and Directing
Hawke has also made significant contributions to television and film as a director and writer.
The Good Lord Bird (2020): He created, wrote, and starred as the abolitionist John Brown in this acclaimed miniseries.
Moon Knight (2022): He played the main villain, Arthur Harrow, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries.
The Last Movie Stars (2022): He directed this documentary miniseries about the lives of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.
Wildcat (2023): He directed and co-wrote this biographical drama about novelist Flannery O'Connor, which stars his daughter, Maya Hawke.
Upcoming Projects
Upcoming projects include the films Black Phone 2 (2025) and Blue Moon (2025).