Ethan Hawke Quick Info | |
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Height | 5 ft 10½ in |
Weight | 76 kg |
Date of Birth | November 6, 1970 |
Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
Eye Color | Blue |
Ethan Hawke is an American actor, writer, voiceover artist, and director whose work has earned him several awards and nominations including at least 4 Academy Awards and a Tony Award nomination. He is best known for his on-screen roles like Ben Crandall in Explorers, Troy Dyer in Reality Bites, Mason Evans Sr. in Boyhood, Everett Lewis in Maudie, Reverend Ernst Toller in First Reformed, Chet Baker in Born to Be Blue, Hank Hanson in Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, Jake Hoyt in Training Day, Todd Anderson in Dead Poets Society, and Jesse Wallace in Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight.
Born Name
Ethan Green Hawke
Nick Name
Ethan

Sun Sign
Scorpio
Born Place
Austin, Texas, United States
Residence
Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Nationality
Education
Hawke went to the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights and later studied at the West Windsor Plainsboro High School in West Windsor Township, New Jersey.
He graduated from the Hun School of Princeton, New Jersey in 1988. He undertook acting classes at the McCarter Theatre on Princeton campus while studying at Hun. He also pursued a course in acting at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
He enrolled at New York University twice to study English but his acting commitments made him drop it on both occasions.
Occupation
Actor, director, screenwriter, novelist, voiceover artist
Family
- Father – James Hawke (Insurance Actuary)
- Mother – Leslie Green (Charity Worker)
- Siblings – Patrick Powers (Step-Brother) (Served in the United States Army Special Forces)
- Others – David Weiss (Step-Father), Tennessee Williams (Paternal Great Grandfather), Frank Taylor Hawke (Paternal Grandfather), Betty Virginia Hartsock (Paternal Grandmother), Howard Lemuel Green (Maternal Grandfather), Rosalie Carole Turner (Maternal Grandmother)
Manager
He is represented by MGMT Entertainment, Talent Management Company, West Hollywood, California, United States.
Build
Slim
Height
5 ft 10½ in or 179 cm
Weight
76 kg or 167.5 pounds
Girlfriend / Spouse
Ethan Hawke has dated –

Race / Ethnicity
White
He has English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and German roots.
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Blue
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Blue eyes
- Charismatic personality
Measurements
His body specifications might be –
- Chest – 40 in or 102 cm
- Arms / Biceps – 14 in or 35.5 cm
- Waist – 32 in or 81 cm

Brand Endorsements
In 2015, Ethan appeared in the “The Future Starts Now” TV commercial for Microsoft Windows 10.
Religion
Atheist
Best Known For
Some of his best-known movies include Dead Poets Society (1989), Gattaca (1997), Hamlet (2000), Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007), Sinister (2012), Before Midnight (2013) and Boyhood (2014).
First Film
Ethan’s debut as a movie actor was in the 1985 film Explorers. The young actor played the role of a schoolboy Ben Crandall obsessed with aliens in the science fiction also starring River Phoenix.
First TV Show
In 2003, Hawke did a cameo as a guest in the second season of Alias TV series as a CIA agent James L. Lennox.
First Direction
Ethan’s debut as a director came in 2002 with Chelsea Walls. The drama movie was based on upcoming and struggling artists who lived in the Chelsea Hotel in New York City.
First Stage Performance
At age 13, Ethan made his first stage appearance in a school production of George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan.
His Broadway debut came in 1992 in Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. He portrayed the role of Konstantin Treplev in the play that was showcased at the Lyceum Theater, Manhattan.
First Book
His first novel The Hottest State was published in 1996. It is a love story about a young singer and actor.
Ethan Hawke Favorite Things
- Movie – Star Wars movie series, Reds (1981), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Before Sunset (2004), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
- Band – Wilco, Guns N’ Roses
- Pet – Cat

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