Line #18 Creator/EthanHawke


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3	->''"But the truth is, I've never wanted to be a movie star - and I've been pretty clear about that."''
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5	Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970 in Austin, Texas) is an American actor, writer and director. He has been nominated for the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s both as an actor and a writer. He also received a Tony Award nomination for his theater work.
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7	Hawke made his film debut in 1985 with the science-fiction feature ''Film/{{Explorers}}'', before making a breakthrough appearance in the 1989 drama ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety''. He then appeared in such films as ''Literature/WhiteFang'' (1991), ''Film/MysteryDate1991'' (1991), ''Film/AMidnightClear'' (1992), and ''Film/{{Alive}}'' (1993) before taking a role in the 1994 Generation X drama ''Film/RealityBites'', for which he received critical praise. In 1995 he starred in the romantic drama ''Film/BeforeSunrise'', and later in its sequels ''Before Sunset'' (2004) and ''Before Midnight'' (2013).
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9	In 2001, Hawke played a young police officer in ''Film/TrainingDay'', for which he received the Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award nominations in the Best Supporting Actor category. He also garnered two screenwriting Oscar nominations for co-writing the screenplays of ''Before Sunset'' and ''Before Midnight''. Other films have included the science-fiction drama ''Film/{{Gattaca}}'' (1997), the contemporary adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (2000), the action thriller ''[[Film/AssaultOnPrecinct132005 Assault on Precinct 13]]'' (2005), the crime drama ''Film/BeforeTheDevilKnowsYoureDead'' (2007), and the horror film ''Film/{{Sinister}}'' (2012).
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11	Hawke has appeared in many theater productions including ''Theatre/TheSeagull'', ''Theatre/HenryIV'', ''Hurlyburly'', ''Theatre/TheCherryOrchard'', ''Theatre/TheWintersTale'' and ''The Coast of Utopia'', for which he earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor. Aside from acting, he has directed two feature films and three Off-Broadway plays. He also wrote the novels ''The Hottest State'' (1996) and ''Ash Wednesday'' (2002).
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13	Between 1998 to 2005 Hawke was married to actress Creator/UmaThurman, with whom he has two children ([[Creator/MayaHawke Maya]] and Levon) -- both of whom have followed in their parents' footsteps and become actors, with Ethan and Maya having since played father-daughter John and Anne Brown in ''Literature/TheGoodLordBird''. Since 2008 he has been married to Ryan Hawke (née Shawhughes), and they have two daughters. He is also a great-grandnephew of Creator/TennesseeWilliams on his father's side.
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15	Hawke is a [[PromotedFanboy huge fan of horror films]] and loves making them.
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18	!! Selected filmography:
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20	* ''Film/{{Explorers}}'' (1985) as Ben Crandall
21	* ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'' (1989) as Todd Anderson
22	* ''Film/MysteryDate1991'' (1991) as Tom [=McHugh=]
23	* ''Film/AMidnightClear'' (1992) as Will Knott
24	* ''Film/{{Alive}}'' (1993) as Nando Parrado
25	* ''Film/RealityBites'' (1994) as Troy Dyer
26	* ''Film/BeforeTrilogy'' as Jesse Wallace
27	** ''Film/BeforeSunrise'' (1995)
28	** ''Film/BeforeSunset'' (2004)
29	** ''Film/BeforeMidnight'' (2013)
30	* ''Film/{{Gattaca}}'' (1997) as Vincent Anton Freeman
31	* ''Film/TheNewtonBoys'' (1998) as Jess Newton
32	* ''Film/TrainingDay'' (2001) as Jake Hoyt
33	* ''Film/TakingLives'' (2004) as Martin Asher / James Costa
34	* ''[[Film/AssaultOnPrecinct132005 Assault on Precinct 13]]'' (2005) as Jake Roenick
35	* ''Film/BeforeTheDevilKnowsYoureDead'' (2007) as Hank Hanson
36	* ''Film/BrooklynsFinest'' (2009) as Sal Procida
37	* ''Film/{{Sinister}}'' (2012) as Ellison Oswalt
38	* ''Film/ThePurge1'' (2013) as James Sandin
39	* ''Film/{{Boyhood}}'' (2014) as Mason Evans, Sr.
40	* ''Film/{{Predestination}}'' (2014) as Agent Doe
41	* ''Film/InAValleyOfViolence'' (2016) as Paul
42	* ''Film/{{The Magnificent Seven\|2016}}'' (2016) as 'Goodnight' Robicheaux
43	* ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets'' (2017) as 'Jolly' The Pimp
44	* ''Film/FirstReformed'' (2017) as Reverend Ernst Toller
45	* ''Film/TwentyFourHoursToLive'' (2017) as Travis Conrad
46	* ''Literature/TheGoodLordBird'' (2020) as John Brown
47	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2022 -- present) as Arthur Harrow
48	** ''{{Series/Moon Knight\|2022}}'' (2022)
49	* ''Film/TheNorthman'' (2022) as King Aurvandill War-Raven
50	* ''Film/TheBlackPhone'' (2022) as The Grabber
51	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Batwheels}}'' (2022) as [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Batman]]
52	* ''Film/StrangeWayOfLife'' (2023) as Jake
53	* ''Film/LeaveTheWorldBehind'' (2023) as Clay Sanford
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55	!!He provides examples of:
56	* AwesomeDearBoy: The motive behind a lot of his roles, particularly his work in horror and sci-fi films as he's made clear he loves both genres.
57	* CelebrityResemblance: He and Sugar Ray lead singer Mark [=McGrath=] look so much alike that each has admitted to signing autographs as the other. Hawke himself famously put it "The kindest compliments I have ever gotten are when cops tell me ''Training Day'' and ''Assault on Precinct 13'' inspired them to become cops. The funniest compliments I have ever gotten are when people tell me 'I love your band Sugar Ray'."
58	* ChronicallyKilledActor: He tends to die a lot in his films. By his own admission, this is by design as he dislikes making sequels.
59	* KilledByRequest: Hawke has actually requested to be killed off in certain films because (with the exception of the ''Before'' series) he hates making sequels.
60	* ProductionPosse: He frequently works with Creator/RichardLinklater, Creator/AndrewNiccol and Creator/BlumhouseProductions.
61	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was approached for the role of [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] in ''Film/BatmanForever'' before Creator/ValKilmer was cast. However, he turned down the offer due to fears of being [[TypeCasting typecast]] as the iconic comic book character (much like what happened to Creator/AdamWest after his stint as the Camp Crusader). He later admitted his [[OldShame regret at turning down the part]] due to the career opportunities that could've opened up for him. He would end up voicing Batman in ''WesternAnimation/{{Batwheels}}''.

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