Ethan Green Hawke is an American actor, author, and film director. He made his film debut in
Explorers (1985), before making a breakthrough performance in
Dead Poets Society (1989). Hawke starred alongside Julie Delpy in Richard Linklater's
Before trilogy from 1995 to 2013. Hawke received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for
Training Day (2001) and
Boyhood (2014) and two for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing
Before Sunset (2004) and
Before Midnight (2013). Other notable roles include in
Reality Bites (1994),
Gattaca (1997),
Great Expectations (1998),
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007),
Maggie's Plan (2015),
First Reformed (2017),
The Black Phone (2021), and
The Northman (2022).
