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Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) 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).
Ethan Hawke. Actor: Training Day. Ethan Green Hawke was born on November 6, 1970 in Austin, Texas, to Leslie Carole (Green), a charity worker, and James Steven Hawke, an insurance actuary. His parents were students at the University of Texas at the time but divorced when Ethan was 5 years old.
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- 'Dead Poet's Society' Hawke's appearance in a Princeton University theater production led to an audition for his feature debut, the teen adventure flop Explorers (1985), with fellow fledgling actor River Phoenix.
- 'Dad,' 'Mystery Date' Hawke moved to New York City and worked steadily in films from then on, next appearing in the teary film Dad (1989), playing Ted Danson's son and Jack Lemmon's grandson.
- 'Reality Bites,' 'Before Sunrise' His role as the scruffy, philosophical slacker who pines for Winona Ryder in Reality Bites (1994), directed by Ben Stiller and also featuring Janeane Garofalo and Steven Zahn, made Hawke a heartthrob for Generation X. He expanded his moody romantic-lead portfolio in Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise (1995), co-starring Julie Delpy.
- 'Gattaca' A newly buff Hawke reappeared on the big screen in the 1997 sci-fi thriller Gattaca, in which he infiltrates a society of genetically perfect humans by assuming another man's identity.
Ethan Hawke. Actor: Training Day. Ethan Green Hawke was born on November 6, 1970 in Austin, Texas, to Leslie Carole (Green), a charity worker, and James Steven Hawke, an insurance actuary. His parents were students at the University of Texas at the time but divorced when Ethan was 5 years old.
- November 6, 1970
2 days ago · Ethan Hawke is an American actor, director, and novelist who often portrays cerebral sensitive men. His best-known movies are Dead Poets Society (1989), Reality Bites (1994), Before Sunrise (1995), Training Day (2001), and Boyhood (2014).
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