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Ethan Hawke Profile |
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Birth Date:
November 6, 1970
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Birth Place: Austin, Texas, USA
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Birth
Name: Ethan Green Hawke
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Height:
5'10½"
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Biography |
Ethan Green Hawke is an American actor, writer and film
director.
Born in Austin, Texas to James Steven Hawke and Leslie
Carole Green, Hawke moved to Princeton, New Jersey at an
early age, where he took acting classes at the McCarter
Theatre. He first appeared in various high school
performances, e.g. in George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan.
At the age of fourteen he made his feature film debut in
Explorers (1985). Afterward, Hawke studied acting at the
British Theatre Association in England and at Carnegie
Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He has twice enrolled in
New York University's English program and is one of the
founding fathers and artistic director of Malaparte, a New
York City theatre company (productions included A Joke!;
Wild Dogs; Good Evening; Sons and Fathers; It Changes Every
Year; Veins and Thumbtacks; Hesh; and The Great Unwashed)
In 1988, Hawke was offered a role in Peter Weir’s Dead Poets
Society and his part as Todd Anderson was his breakthrough.
He left school and appeared in A Midnight Clear, Alive,
Reality Bites, Before Sunrise, Gattaca, The Newton Boys,
Great Expectations and many other movies. In 2001 he was
nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in
Training Day.
Hawke has recently directed Chelsea Walls and has written
two novels, The Hottest State (1996) and Ash Wednesday
(2002).
On May 1, 1998 he married actress Uma Thurman with whom he
has two children, daughter Maya Ray (born July 8, 1998) and
son Levon Roan (born January 15, 2002). They separated in
2004 amid tabloid rumours his infidelity with an unknown
woman. In 2005, along with his co-writers (Richard Linklater
and Julie Delpy), he received his first screenwriting Oscar
nomination for Before Sunset (a sequel to Before Sunrise).
Hawke owns a small island off the coast of Nova Scotia. This
land was purchased before his divorce from Uma Thurman as a
family retreat.
Despite not having a mainstream "hit" movie since Training
Day, Hawke is still mentioned frequently in tabloid
newspapers. Photos are commonly snapped of him going about
his life in New York City. |
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Other
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Attended West Windsor-Plainsboro High School in Central New
Jersey, but is not pictured in the yearbook (1984-86).
Daughter, with Uma Thurman, Maya Ray Thurman-Hawke. [8 July
1998]
Graduated from the Hun School of Princeton. [1988]
Published his first novel, "The Hottest State," in 1996 (the
novel sold for $400,000 to Little, Brown and Company).
Was in a production of "Great Expectations" at West Windsor
Plainsboro High School.
Was accepted by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Drama
in Pittsburgh, PA, but dropped out after only 5 months.
Proposed to wife Uma Thurman twice before she said yes.
His brother is a Green Beret.
Welcomed second child, Roan, a boy on January 15, 2002. The
baby weighed 7lbs 15oz.
Childhood friend of director Bryan Singer (_The Usual
Suspects_ ; X-Men (2000))
The cat appearing in the Lisa Loeb music-video "Stay", which
he directed, is his own.
Has appeared in two film adaptations of William Wharton
novels: Dad (1989) and A Midnight Clear (1992).
He was the original choice to play FBI Agent Will Graham in
Red Dragon (2002), but turned the role down to take time off
from making movies.
His parents were University of Texas students when Ethan was
born, and they separated when he was three.
Says that he is constantly mistaken for Mark McGrath from
"Sugar Ray" so often that he signs autographs as "Mark
McGrath" and, apparently, the same thing happens to Mark
McGrath who, in turn, signs autographs as "Ethan Hawke" to
fans.
Met and became friends with River Phoenix during the making
of Explorers (1985).
When he was in the seventh grade, he played "Lon" in West
Windsor-Plainsboro junior high school production of the play
"Meet Me in St. Louis".
Remains close friends with Dead Poets Society (1989)
co-stars, Robert Sean Leonard and Josh Charles.
Attended the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, New
York for one year.
First cousin twice removed of Tennessee Williams. Hawke's
great grandfather and Williams' father were brothers.
Is close friends with actor/director Frank Whaley, whom he
met while filming A Midnight Clear (1992).
On father's day 2004 he went to a Yankees game with his kids
Is a big fan of the Star Wars movie series |
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he is a nice hot American actor with short hair better.