Ethan Green Hawke born November 6 1970 is an American actor writer and director He made his feature film debut in 1985 with the science fiction movie Explorers before making a supporting appearance in the 1989 drama Dead Poets Society which is considered his breakthrough role He then appeared in such films as White Fang 1991 A Midnight Clear 1992 and Alive 1993 before taking a role in the 1994 Generation X drama Reality Bites for which he gained critical acclaim In 1995 he starred in the romantic drama Before Sunrise and later in its sequel Before Sunset 2004 In 2001 Hawke was cast as a rookie police officer in Training Day for which he received a Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category Other films have included the science fiction feature Gattaca 1997 the title role in Michael Almereydas Hamlet 2000 the action thriller Assault on Precinct 13 2005 and the crime drama Before the Devil Knows Youre Dead 2007 Hawke has appeared in many theater productions including The Seagull Henry IV Hurlyburly The Cherry Orchard The Winters Tale and The Coast of Utopia for which he earned a Tony Award nomination He made his directorial debut with the 2002 independent feature Chelsea Walls In November 2007 Hawke directed his first play Jonathan Marc Shermans Things We Want Aside from acting he has written two novels The Hottest State 1996 and Ash Wednesday 2002 Between 1998 and 2004 Hawke was married to actress Uma Thurman Description above from the Wikipedia article Ethan Hawke licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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