theOscarSite Facts:
Birth Name:
  • Ethan Green Hawke
Birth Date:
  • 6 November 1970
Birthplace:
  • Austin, TX
Quote:
  • "I think everybody imagines him as this serious, brooding character. But he's very outgoing. He's just a regular guy." -- Andrew Niccol (writer-director of GATTACA), Detour, November, 1997
Education:
  • Attended West Windsor-Plansboro High School (NJ)
  • Packer Collegiate Institute (Brooklyn, NY), one year
  • Was accepted by Carnegie-Mellon University School of Drama (Pittsburgh, PA), but dropped out after only 5 months.
  • New York University (NYC); majored in English
Factoid:
  • First cousin twice removed of Tennessee Williams. Hawke's great grandfather and Williams' father were brothers.
Significant Other(s):
  • Wife: Uma Thurman, actress; married 1998, divorced 2004
  • Girlfriend: Ryan Shawhughes (2008)
Family:
  • Father: Divorced from Hawke's mother; resides in Virginia
  • Mother: Leslie; divorced from Hawke's father; charity worker who lives in Romania
    Parents met while students at the University of Texas; they separated when he was three
  • Stepsister: Attended Arizona State University
  • Stepbrother: Soldier in the U.S. Army, Green Beret
  • Daughter: Maya Ray Thurman-Hawke; b. 1998
  • Son: Levon Roan Thurman-Hawke; b. 2002
Feature Film
Credits:
  • 2009: Brooklyn's Finest
  • 2008: New York, I Love You, Real Men Cry, Daybreakers, Staten Island, Tonight at Noon
  • 2007: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  • 2006: The Hottest State (also writer & director), Fast Food Nation
  • 2005: Lord of War, Assault on Precinct 13
  • 2004: Taking Lives, Before Sunset (also writer)
  • 2002: Corso: The Last Beat
  • 2001: The Jimmy Show,Training Day, Waking Life, Tape
  • 2000: Tell Me, Hamlet
  • 1999: The Velocity of Gary, Snow Falling on Cedars, Joe the King
  • 1998: Great Expectations, The Newton Boys
  • 1997: Gattaca
  • 1995: Before Sunrise, Search and Destroy
  • 1994: Reality Bites, Floundering
  • 1993: Alive
  • 1992: A Midnight Clear, Rich in Love, Waterland
  • 1991: White Fang, Mystery Date
  • 1989: Dad, Dead Poets Society
  • 1985: Explorers
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