Editing Ethan Hawke (section)

===2000s: ''Training Day'', and ''Before Sunset''===
Hawke's next film role was in [[Michael Almereyda]]'s 2000 film ''[[Hamlet (2000 film)|Hamlet]]'', in which he played the [[Prince Hamlet|title character]]. The film transposed the famous [[William Shakespeare]] play to contemporary New York City, a technique Hawke felt made the play more "accessible and vital".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/a-renaissance-man-tackles-shakespeare-hamlet-s-ethan-hawke-mind-movie-stardom-article-1.869336|title=A Renaissance Man tackles Shakespeare 'Hamlet's' Ethan Hawke has more on his mind than movie stardom|last=Dominguez|first=Robert|date=May 11, 2000|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|access-date=April 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225025114/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/renaissance-man-tackles-shakespeare-hamlet-ethan-hawke-mind-movie-stardom-article-1.869336 |archive-date=December 25, 2013}}</ref> ''[[Salon.com|Salon]]'' reviewer wrote: "Hawke certainly isn't the greatest Hamlet of living memory&nbsp;... but his performance reinforces Hamlet's place as Shakespeare's greatest character. And in that sense, he more than holds his own in the long line of actors who've played the part."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/2000/05/12/hamlet_3/|title=Hamlet|last=Zacharek|first=Stephanie|date=May 12, 2000|work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|access-date=August 13, 2010|archive-date=December 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211101514/http://www.salon.com/2000/05/12/hamlet_3/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, Hawke appeared in two more Linklater movies: ''[[Waking Life]]'' and ''[[Tape (2001 film)|Tape]]'', both critically praised.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/waking-life|title=Waking Life Reviews|date=October 19, 2001|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=October 22, 2011|archive-date=October 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010025205/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/waking-life|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/tape|title=Tape Reviews|date=November 2, 2001|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=October 22, 2011|archive-date=January 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113102106/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/tape|url-status=live}}</ref> In the animated ''Waking Life'', he shared a single scene with former co-star Delpy continuing conversations begun in ''Before Sunrise''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/12/movies/12WAKI.html|title=Surreal Adventures Somewhere Near the Land of Nod|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=October 12, 2001|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 17, 2012|archive-date=May 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507095817/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/12/movies/12WAKI.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[real time (media)|real-time]] drama ''Tape'', based on a play by [[Stephen Belber]], takes place entirely in a single motel room with three characters played by Hawke, [[Robert Sean Leonard]], and [[Uma Thurman]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Denby|url=https://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/tape_linklater|title=Tape|access-date=June 15, 2010|date=November 12, 2001|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|archive-date=November 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105222843/http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/tape_linklater|url-status=live}}</ref> Hawke regarded ''Tape'' as his "first adult performance",<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hendricks|first=Brian|title=Ethan Hawke|magazine=Hobo Magazine|date=July 2009|issue=11|url=http://www.hobomagazine.com/?q=node/235&page=0%2C2|access-date=November 21, 2010|archive-date=July 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711173023/http://www.hobomagazine.com/?q=node%2F235&page=0%2C2|url-status=live}}</ref> a performance commended by Ebert for showing "both physical and verbal acting mastery".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tape-2001|title=Tape|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=November 16, 2001|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=April 7, 2011|archive-date=June 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602171325/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tape-2001|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hawke's next role, and one for which he received substantial critical acclaim, came in ''[[Training Day]]'' (2001). Hawke played rookie cop Jake Hoyt, alongside [[Denzel Washington]], as one of a pair of narcotics detectives from the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] spending 24 hours in the gang neighborhoods of [[South Los Angeles]]. The film was a box office hit, taking $104&nbsp;million worldwide, and garnered generally favorable reviews.<ref name="earnings" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/training-day/|title=Training Day (2001): Reviews|date=October 5, 2001|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=August 13, 2010|archive-date=January 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111033701/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/training-day|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that "Hawke adds feisty and cunning flourishes to his role that allow him to respectably hold his own under formidable circumstances."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117798774?refcatid=31|title=Training Day Review|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=August 31, 2001|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=February 4, 2009|archive-date=January 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114012540/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117798774?refcatid=31|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Paul Clinton]] of [[CNN]] reported that Hawke's performance was "totally believable as a doe-eyed rookie going toe-to-toe with a legend [Washington]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/04/review.training.day/index.html|title=Review: 'Training Day' a course worth taking|last=Clinton|first=Paul|date=October 4, 2001|publisher=CNN|access-date=February 4, 2009|archive-date=May 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511114818/http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/04/review.training.day/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hawke himself described ''Training Day'' as his "best experience in Hollywood".<ref name="sunrise"/> His performance earned him Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1789381.stm|title=SAG awards nominations in full|date=January 29, 2002|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=February 4, 2009|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203113955/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1789381.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2002/oscars_2002/1882301.stm|title=Ethan Hawke's Oscar surprise|last=Brook|first=Tom|date=March 21, 2002|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=February 4, 2009|archive-date=April 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419210613/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2002/oscars_2002/1882301.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Image:EthanHawke07TIFF.jpg|alt=A closeup photo of a Caucasian male with light brown hair. The collar of a white shirt is visible in the photo, with a black jacket and black tie.|thumb|upright|left|Hawke at the [[2007 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]
Hawke pursued a number of projects away from acting throughout the early 2000s. He made his directorial debut with ''[[Chelsea Walls]]'' (2002), an independent drama about five struggling artists living in the famed [[Hotel Chelsea|Chelsea Hotel]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/chelsea_walls_hawke|title=The Film File: Chelsea Walls|last=Diones|first=Bruce|date=May 6, 2002|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|access-date=February 4, 2009|archive-date=December 18, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218210905/http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/chelsea_walls_hawke|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/chelsea-walls|title=Chelsea Walls Reviews|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=February 4, 2009|archive-date=January 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110072704/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/chelsea-walls|url-status=live}}</ref> A second novel, 2002's ''Ash Wednesday'', was better received and made the [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/11/books/bestseller/0811besthardfiction.html|title=Best Sellers; Hardcover Fiction|date=August 11, 2002|work=[[The New York Times Book Review]]|access-date=February 19, 2011|archive-date=May 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518115825/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/11/books/bestseller/0811besthardfiction.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The tale of an [[Desertion|AWOL]] soldier and his pregnant girlfriend,<ref name="sunrise"/> the novel attracted critical praise. ''[[The Guardian]]'' called it "sharply and poignantly written&nbsp;... makes for an intense one-sitting read".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/oct/19/featuresreviews.guardianreview21|title=American ego trip|last=Falconer|first=Helen|date=October 19, 2002|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=February 5, 2009|location=London|archive-date=January 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117003424/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/oct/19/featuresreviews.guardianreview21|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' noted that in the book Hawke displayed "a novelist's innate gifts&nbsp;... a sharp eye, a fluid storytelling voice and the imagination to create complicated individuals", but was "weaker at narrative tricks that can be taught".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/16/books/books-of-the-times-so-he-s-famous-give-him-a-break-if-not-a-free-ride.html|title=Books of the Times; So He's Famous. Give Him a Break, if Not a Free Ride.|last=James|first=Caryn|date=August 16, 2002|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 22, 2010|page=1|archive-date=May 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516033032/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/16/books/books-of-the-times-so-he-s-famous-give-him-a-break-if-not-a-free-ride.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, Hawke made a television appearance, guest starring in the [[Alias (season 2)|second season]] of the television series ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', where he portrayed a mysterious [[CIA]] agent.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,394193,00.html|title=Hawke Eye|last=Hiatt|first=Brian|date=November 26, 2002|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=June 9, 2009|archive-date=September 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930150213/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,394193,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2004, Hawke returned to film, starring in two features, ''[[Taking Lives (film)|Taking Lives]]'' and ''[[Before Sunset]]''. Upon release, ''Taking Lives'' received broadly negative reviews,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/taking-lives|title=Taking Lives (2004): Reviews|date=March 19, 2004|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=August 13, 2010|archive-date=April 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424164425/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/taking-lives|url-status=live}}</ref> but Hawke's performance was favored by critics, with the ''[[Star Tribune]]'' noting that he "plays a complex character persuasively."<ref>{{cite news|first=Colin|last=Covert|title='Lives' digs its own grave|date=March 19, 2004|work=[[Star Tribune]]|page=12E}}</ref> ''Before Sunset'', the sequel to ''Before Sunrise'' (1995) co-written by Hawke, Linklater, and Delpy, was much more successful.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/beforesunset|title=Before Sunset Reviews|access-date=November 19, 2009|website=[[Metacritic]]|archive-date=August 31, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831163422/http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/beforesunset/|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[Hartford Courant]]'' wrote that the three collaborators "keep Jesse and Celine iridescent and fresh, one of the most delightful and moving of all romantic movie couples."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.courant.com/topic/mmx-040628-movies-review-mw-beforesunset,0,842049.story|title=Movie review: 'Before Sunset'|last=Wilmington|first=Michael|date=July 1, 2004|work=[[The Hartford Courant]]|access-date=September 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611212229/http://www.courant.com/topic/mmx-040628-movies-review-mw-beforesunset,0,842049.story|archive-date=June 11, 2011}}</ref> Hawke called it one of his favorite movies, a "romance for realists".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2007/07/05/ethan-hawke-laments-lost-before-sunset-threequel/|title=Ethan Hawke Laments Lost 'Before Sunset' Threequel|last=Adler|first=Shawn|date=July 5, 2007|publisher=[[MTV News]]|access-date=July 13, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004181830/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2007/07/05/ethan-hawke-laments-lost-before-sunset-threequel/|archive-date=October 4, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3620967/Love-that-goes-with-the-flow.html|title=Love that goes with the flow|last=Marshall|first=Lee|date=July 19, 2004|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=July 13, 2011|location=London|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629102203/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3620967/Love-that-goes-with-the-flow.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Before Sunset'' was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)|Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]], Hawke's first screenwriting Oscar nomination.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/25/oscar.nominations/|title='Aviator' leads Oscar nominations|last=Leopold|first=Todd|date=January 25, 2005|publisher=CNN|access-date=March 20, 2011|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024024204/http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/25/oscar.nominations/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hawke starred in the 2005 action thriller ''[[Assault on Precinct 13 (2005 film)|Assault on Precinct 13]]'', a loose remake of [[John Carpenter]]'s 1976 film of the [[Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film)|same title]], with an updated plot. The film received ambivalent reviews; some critics praised the dark swift feel of the film, while others compared it unfavorably to John Carpenter's original.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/assault-on-precinct-13|title=Assault on Precinct 13 (2005): Reviews|date=January 19, 2005|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=August 13, 2010|archive-date=September 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920062204/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/assault-on-precinct-13|url-status=live}}</ref> Hawke also appeared that year in the political crime thriller ''[[Lord of War]]'', playing an [[Interpol]] agent chasing an arms dealer played by [[Nicolas Cage]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/10/03/lord_of_war_2005_review.shtml|title=Lord of War|last=Jacobs|first=Andy|date=October 13, 2005|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=February 4, 2009|archive-date=March 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307060505/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/10/03/lord_of_war_2005_review.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, Hawke was cast in a supporting role in ''[[Fast Food Nation (film)|Fast Food Nation]]'', directed by [[Richard Linklater]] based on [[Eric Schlosser]]'s best-selling [[Fast Food Nation|2001 book]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/film-reviews/fast-food-nation/2006/10/25/1161749185501.html|title=Fast Food Nation|last=Hall|first=Sandra|date=October 25, 2006|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|page=2|access-date=February 4, 2009|archive-date=August 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804035900/http://www.smh.com.au/news/film-reviews/fast-food-nation/2006/10/25/1161749185501.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The same year, Hawke directed his second feature, ''[[The Hottest State]]'', based on his eponymous 1996 novel. The film was released in August 2007 to a tepid reception.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-hottest-state|title=The Hottest State Reviews|access-date=June 17, 2013|website=[[Metacritic]]|archive-date=November 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102135927/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-hottest-state|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, Hawke starred alongside [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]], [[Marisa Tomei]], and [[Albert Finney]] in the crime drama ''[[Before the Devil Knows You're Dead]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/01/AR2007110100750_pf.html|title=Ethan Hawke's Deal With the 'Devil'|last=McCarthy|first=Ellen|date=November 2, 2007|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=February 4, 2009|archive-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111055600/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/01/AR2007110100750_pf.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The final work of [[Sidney Lumet]], the film received critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/before-the-devil-knows-youre-dead|title=Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007): Reviews|access-date=June 17, 2013|website=[[Metacritic]]|archive-date=November 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106115905/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/before-the-devil-knows-youre-dead|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' called it "highly entertaining", describing Hawke and Hoffman's performances as excellent.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-11-01-devil_N.htm|title='Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' is darkly real|last=Puig|first=Claudia|date=November 1, 2007|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=February 4, 2009|archive-date=May 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502031243/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-11-01-devil_N.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''Rolling Stone'' praised Hawke's performance, noting that he "digs deep to create a haunting portrayal of loss".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/before-the-devil-knows-youre-dead-20071018|access-date=March 10, 2011|title=Before the Devil Knows You're Dead|last=Travers|first=Peter|date=October 18, 2007|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=April 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412195107/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/before-the-devil-knows-youre-dead-20071018|url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, Hawke starred with [[Mark Ruffalo]] in the crime drama ''[[What Doesn't Kill You (film)|What Doesn't Kill You]]''. Despite the favorable reception,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/what-doesnt-kill-you|title=What Doesn't Kill You (2008): Reviews|access-date=August 13, 2010|date=December 12, 2008|website=[[Metacritic]]|archive-date=November 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126041750/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/what-doesnt-kill-you|url-status=live}}</ref> the film was not given a proper theatrical release due to the bankruptcy of its distributor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/biz/markets-festivals/bob-yari-crashes-into-chapter-11-1117997332/|title=Bob Yari crashes into Chapter 11|date=December 12, 2008|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=March 9, 2010|first=Michael|last=Fleming|archive-date=August 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805124340/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997332?refCatId=13|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, Hawke appeared in two features: ''[[New York, I Love You]]'', a romance movie comprising 12 short films,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/04/10/shia-labeouf-orlando-bloom-love-you/|title=LaBeouf, Bloom, Christie in 'Love You|date=April 10, 2008|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=May 1, 2009|archive-date=April 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421224236/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20190317,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Staten Island (film)|Staten Island]]'', a crime drama co-starring [[Vincent D'Onofrio]] and [[Seymour Cassel]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/movies/20staten.html |title=Movie Reviews&nbsp;– Staten Island |access-date=June 17, 2013 |work=The New York Times |first=Andy |last=Webster |date=November 20, 2009 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205193058/http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/movies/20staten.html |url-status=live }}</ref>