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==Personal life== Hawke lives in [[Boerum Hill]], a [[Brooklyn]] neighborhood in New York City,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/04/05/ethan_hawke_leaves_chelsea_for_39m_boerum_hill_townhouse.php|title=Ethan Hawke Leaves Chelsea For $3.9M Boerum Hill Townhouse|last=Dailey|first=Jessica|date=April 5, 2013|publisher=[[Curbed]]|access-date=June 17, 2013|archive-date=August 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830123917/http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/04/05/ethan_hawke_leaves_chelsea_for_39m_boerum_hill_townhouse.php|url-status=live}}</ref> and owns a small island in [[Nova Scotia]], Canada,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/06/ethan-hawke-explains-island-shopping-tang.html|title=Ethan Hawke Explains Island Shopping, Tang|last=Dobbins|first=Amanda|date=June 5, 2013|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=June 17, 2013|archive-date=June 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617000827/http://www.vulture.com/2013/06/ethan-hawke-explains-island-shopping-tang.html|url-status=live}}</ref> where he occasionally lives during the summer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Doucette |first1=Keith |title=Ethan Hawke special guest at native water ceremony in Nova Scotia |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ethan-hawke-special-guest-at-native-water-ceremony-in-nova-scotia/article26994362/ |access-date=September 27, 2023 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=October 26, 2015 |language=en-CA |archive-date=September 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927193944/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ethan-hawke-special-guest-at-native-water-ceremony-in-nova-scotia/article26994362/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He is a second cousin twice-removed of [[Tennessee Williams]] on his father's side.<ref name="renaissance" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/theater/in-his-comfort-zone.html|title=In His Comfort Zone|last=Carr|first=David|date=January 10, 2013|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 22, 2013|archive-date=March 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321121222/http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/theater/in-his-comfort-zone.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Hawke's maternal grandfather, Howard Lemuel Green, served five terms in the [[Texas Legislature]] (1957–67), served as the elected Tarrant County Judge in Texas from 1967 to 1975, and was also a minor-league baseball commissioner.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Colloff|first=Pamela|title=Where I'm from: Ethan Hawke|magazine=[[Texas Monthly]]|issue=December 2005|pages=112–114|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/ethan-hawke-0|access-date=June 17, 2013|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203003327/http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/ethan-hawke-0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Joe|last=Simnacher|title=Howard Lemuel Green — Baseball, history, politics defined the actor's grandfather|date=October 15, 2005|work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|page=17B}}</ref> During his bachelor days, Hawke dated Kim Tannahill, a nanny who worked for [[Bruce Willis]] and [[Demi Moore]].<ref>"[https://www.lmtribune.com/obituaries/kim-louise-tannahill/article_08685716-f6c6-5ba2-8dc9-9990f30f2f91.html Kim Louise Tannahill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814071113/https://www.lmtribune.com/obituaries/kim-louise-tannahill/article_08685716-f6c6-5ba2-8dc9-9990f30f2f91.html |date=August 14, 2023 }}". ''The Lewiston Tribune''. February 11, 2018.</ref> ===Family=== [[File:Ethan Hawke Festival de Venise (Mostra) (cropped).png|thumb|right|alt=A caucasian woman has blonde hair and wears a light blue dress. The caucasian man has dark slick hair, and a short beard and mustache. He is wearing a gray suit and black tie with a white shirt.|Hawke with wife Ryan at the 2009 [[Venice Film Festival|Venice International Film Festival]]]] On May 1, 1998, Hawke married actress [[Uma Thurman]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,283132,00.html|title=Monitor|last1=Cheng|first1=Kipp|last2=Chang|first2=Suna|date=May 15, 1998|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=March 28, 2011|archive-date=October 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021025450/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,283132,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> whom he had met on the set of ''[[Gattaca]]'' in 1996.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rohrer|first=Trish Deitch|date=June 2000|title=The Great Dane|magazine=[[Los Angeles Magazine]]|volume=45|issue=6|page=80|issn=1522-9149|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W18EAAAAMBAJ|access-date=June 17, 2013|bibcode=1989Natur.338...27C|doi=10.1038/338027b0|archive-date=June 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628160122/http://books.google.com/books?id=W18EAAAAMBAJ|url-status=live |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> They have two children, [[Maya Hawke|Maya]] (born 1998) and [[Levon Hawke|Levon]] (born 2002).<ref name=obit>{{cite news|date=October 14, 2005|title=Obituaries|newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|pages=B5 Metro|quote=Howard Green, 84, passed away Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005.... Survivors: Wife, Mary Utley Green; daughter, Leslie Green Hawke of Bucharest, Romania; grandson, Ethan Green Hawke and his offspring: Maya Thurman Hawke and Levon Green Hawke, of New York, N.Y....|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10D3E36BDF31CB48&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|access-date=February 28, 2011|archive-date=October 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007183626/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10D3E36BDF31CB48&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/ethan-hawke-on-biopics-chet-baker-and-breaking-out-20160324|title=Ethan Hawke on Biopics, Chet Baker, and Breaking Out|last=Eells|first=Josh|date=March 24, 2016|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=February 5, 2018|archive-date=February 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205184735/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/ethan-hawke-on-biopics-chet-baker-and-breaking-out-20160324|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple separated in 2003 amid allegations of Hawke's infidelity,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2003/10/02/ddish.DTL |title=Halle and hubby separate; Uma 'holding up' after Ethan split; Will Smith parties in London |date=October 2, 2003 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date=February 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031013132613/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fgate%2Farchive%2F2003%2F10%2F02%2Fddish.DTL |archive-date=October 13, 2003 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and filed for divorce the following year.<ref name="sunrise" /> The divorce was finalized in August 2005.<ref name="people2005">{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/uma-calls-split-from-ethan-excruciating/|title=Uma Calls Split from Ethan 'Excruciating'|date=October 7, 2005|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=July 17, 2013|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|archive-date=March 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304134039/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1115532,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, Hawke married Ryan Shawhughes,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20213113,00.html|title=Monitor|last=Vozick-Levinson|first=Simon|date=July 18, 2008|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 5, 2009|archive-date=December 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229200605/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20213113,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9557772/Ethan-Hawke-interview.html|title=Ethan Hawke interview|last=Garratt|first=Sheryl|date=October 8, 2012|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=October 19, 2012|location=London|archive-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019144427/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9557772/Ethan-Hawke-interview.html|url-status=live}}</ref> who had briefly worked as a nanny to his and Thurman's children before graduating from [[Columbia University]].<ref name="telegraph" /><ref name=barton>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/may/16/ethan-hawke-cherry-orchard-old-vic-mendes|title=Desperately seeking Ethan|last=Barton|first=Laura|date=May 16, 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=July 13, 2009|location=London|archive-date=December 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201153842/http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/may/16/ethan-hawke-cherry-orchard-old-vic-mendes|url-status=live}}</ref> Dismissing speculation about their relationship, Hawke said, "my [first] marriage disintegrated due to many pressures, none of which were remotely connected to Ryan."<ref name=barton/> They have two daughters, Clementine and Indiana.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-07-23-ethan-hawke_N.htm|title=Ethan Hawke and wife welcome daughter Clementine|date=July 23, 2008|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=February 5, 2009|archive-date=March 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331144109/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-07-23-ethan-hawke_N.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/report-ethan-hawke-welcomes-a-baby-girl_article_51735|title=Report: It's A Girl For Ethan Hawke|date=August 6, 2011|work=[[Access Hollywood]]|access-date=August 6, 2011|archive-date=August 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813112909/http://www.accesshollywood.com/report-ethan-hawke-welcomes-a-baby-girl_article_51735|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Beliefs=== Hawke identifies as a feminist and has criticized "the movie business [being] such a boys' club."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/ethan-hawke-25-things-you-dont-know-about-me--2014137|title=Ethan Hawke: 25 Things You Don't Know About Me|work=[[Us Weekly]]|date=July 13, 2014|access-date=March 30, 2017|archive-date=April 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401055121/http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/ethan-hawke-25-things-you-dont-know-about-me--2014137|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2015/05/13/ethan-hawke-hollywood-boys-club//|title=Ethan Hawke speaks out on the 'boys club' in Hollywood|last=Maas|first=Jennifer|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=May 13, 2015|access-date=July 13, 2017|archive-date=May 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519231347/http://ew.com/article/2015/05/13/ethan-hawke-hollywood-boys-club/|url-status=live}}</ref> He has also spoken in support of [[Colin Kaepernick]] and individual rights.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s8Hjbf6MKM|title=Ethan Hawke – What's In My Bag?|work=Amoeba Records|date=December 3, 2018|access-date=February 15, 2021|archive-date=August 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817211119/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s8Hjbf6MKM&ab_channel=Amoeba|url-status=live}}</ref> Hawke is an [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian]]. He joked on ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'': "My mother always said we're wannabe [[Catholics]]. We just didn't want to do the hard work and we want to be able to get divorced."<ref>{{cite web|title=Ethan Hawke Says This 'Great Christian Thinker' Could Help Pope Stop War in Ukraine|url=https://churchleaders.com/news/430137-ethan-hawke-christian-thinker-pope-ukraine.html|last=Lea|first=Jessica|date=July 22, 2022|accessdate=October 22, 2024}}</ref> Hawke directed ''[[Wildcat (2023 film)|Wildcat]]'', a biopic about [[Flannery O'Connor]], a devout Catholic, which starred his daughter, Maya.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ethan and Maya Hawke hope 'Wildcat' will attract truth-seekers|url=https://uscatholic.org/articles/202408/ethan-and-maya-hawke-hope-wildcat-will-attract-truth-seekers/|last=Mastromatteo|first=Mike|date=August 7, 2024|accessdate=October 22, 2024}}</ref> ===Philanthropy=== Hawke has served as a co-chair of the [[New York Public Library]]'s Young Lions Committee, one of New York's major philanthropic boards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://observer.com/2008/04/01/whos-who-in-charity-new-yorks-most-powerful-philanthropic-boards/|title=Who's Who in Charity: New York's Most Powerful Philanthropic Boards|last=Aleksander|first=Irina|date=April 1, 2008|work=[[The New York Observer]]|access-date=November 12, 2010|archive-date=August 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817211119/https://observer.com/2008/04/whos-who-in-charity-new-yorks-most-powerful-philanthropic-boards/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, Hawke co-founded the [[Young Lions Fiction Award]], an annual prize for achievements in fiction by writers under 35.<ref>{{cite web |title=Young Lions Fiction Award |url=http://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/awards/young-lions-fiction-award |website=[[New York Public Library]] |access-date=December 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919175450/http://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/awards/young-lions-fiction-award |archive-date=September 19, 2012 |url-status=usurped}}{{cbignore|bot=InternetArchiveBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/03/stranger-than-fiction.html |title=Disproving the Notion That Kids These Days Only Write in Tweets |last=Gaffney |first=Adrienne |date=March 17, 2009 |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=April 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228115604/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/03/stranger-than-fiction.html |archive-date=February 28, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In November 2010, he was honored as a Library Lion by the New York Public Library.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.nypl.org/press/press-release/2010/08/04/2010-library-lions-honorees-announced|title=2010 Library Lions Malcolm Gladwell, Ethan Hawke, Paul LeClerc, Steve Martin, and Zadie Smith Fêted on Monday, November 1|date=August 4, 2010|access-date=April 10, 2012|publisher=[[New York Public Library]]|archive-date=June 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630102744/http://www.nypl.org/press/press-release/2010/08/04/2010-library-lions-honorees-announced|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2016, Hawke joined the library's board of trustees.<ref>{{cite press release |title=The New York Public Library Adds Ethan Hawke To Its Board of Trustees |url=https://www.nypl.org/press/press-release/may-12-2016/new-york-public-library-adds-ethan-hawke-its-board-trustees |publisher=[[New York Public Library]] |access-date=December 19, 2020 |date=May 12, 2016 |archive-date=June 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622081917/http://www.nypl.org/press/press-release/may-12-2016/new-york-public-library-adds-ethan-hawke-its-board-trustees |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Political views=== Hawke supports the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]],<ref>{{cite news|first=Jim|last=Kresse|title=Tragedy also makes for strange bedfellows|date=September 28, 2001|work=[[The Spokesman-Review]]|page=D2}}</ref> and supported [[Bill Bradley]], [[John Kerry]], [[Barack Obama]], and [[Hillary Clinton]] for President of the United States in [[2000 United States presidential election|2000]], [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]], [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]], and [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]], respectively.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://observer.com/1999/09/27/can-dollar-bill-bradley-dunk-al-gore/|title=Can Dollar Bill Bradley Dunk Al Gore?|last=Leonard|first=Devin|date=September 26, 1999|work=[[The New York Observer]]|access-date=July 13, 2011|archive-date=August 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817211120/https://observer.com/1999/09/can-dollar-bill-bradley-dunk-al-gore/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Oliver M.|last=Pulumbarit|title=Super Exclusive Interview|date=October 23, 2004|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-11-05-celebrityreax_N.htm|title=Celebrities, including an unexpected one, celebrate Obama's win|last=Blas|first=Lorena|date=November 5, 2008|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=February 5, 2009|archive-date=January 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106030254/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-11-05-celebrityreax_N.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/dec/16/ethan-hawke-actor-most-life-lessons-optimism-marriage-romance|title=Ethan Hawke: 'The most romantic thing I've done is have sex'|last=Evans-Harding|first=Natalie|date=December 16, 2017|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=December 18, 2017|archive-date=December 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217174008/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/dec/16/ethan-hawke-actor-most-life-lessons-optimism-marriage-romance|url-status=live}}</ref> He is also a supporter of [[gay rights]]; in March 2011, he and his wife released a video supporting [[same-sex marriage in New York]].<ref name="HRC">{{cite web|url=http://www.hrc.org/videos/videos-ethan-and-ryan-hawke-for-hrcs-new-yorkers-for-marriage-equality|title=Ethan and Ryan Hawke for HRC's New Yorkers for Marriage Equality|publisher=[[Human Rights Campaign]] Official Website|date=March 11, 2011|access-date=September 9, 2011|archive-date=October 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005135349/http://www.hrc.org/videos/videos-ethan-and-ryan-hawke-for-hrcs-new-yorkers-for-marriage-equality|url-status=live}}</ref> In an October 2012 interview, Hawke said that he prefers great art to politics, explaining that his preference shows "how little" he cares about the latter; "I think about the first people of our generation to do great art. I see [[Michael Chabon]] write a great book; when I see [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]] do ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' last year—I see people of my generation being fully realized in their work, and I find that really kind of exciting. But politics? I don't know. [[Paul Ryan]] is certainly not my man."<ref name="Mike" /> Hawke was critical of [[Donald Trump]], criticizing him for his [[Make America Great Again]] slogan, and for threatening to put [[Hillary Clinton]] in jail.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hensch|first=Mark|date=October 24, 2016|title=Actor Ethan Hawke slams Trump's 'fascist behavior'|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/302596-actor-ethan-hawke-slams-trumps-fascist-behavior/|access-date=February 4, 2023|website=The Hill|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204011324/https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/302596-actor-ethan-hawke-slams-trumps-fascist-behavior/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Hawke, members of his family voted for Trump.<ref>{{Cite web|last=White|first=Abbey|date=October 2, 2020|title=Ethan Hawke Says Family Members Who Voted for Trump Disappointed With His Administration|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/ethan-hawke-says-family-members-who-voted-for-trump-disappointed-with-his-administration-4070429/|access-date=February 4, 2023|website=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204011323/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/ethan-hawke-says-family-members-who-voted-for-trump-disappointed-with-his-administration-4070429/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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