Editing Ethan Hawke

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{{Short description|American actor and film director (born 1970)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image              = Ethan Hawke at Berlinale 2025.jpg
| caption            = Hawke in 2025
| alt                = A Caucasian male with brown hair, wearing a two-piece dark gray suit with a white shirt.
| birth_name         = Ethan Green Hawke
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1970|11|6}}
| birth_place        = [[Austin, Texas]], U.S.
| years_active       = 1985–present
| education          = {{plainlist|
*[[Carnegie Mellon University]]
*[[New York University]]}}
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|novelist|film director||screenwriter}}
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Uma Thurman]]|1998|2005|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Ryan Shawhughes<br />|2008}}}}
| children           = 4, including [[Maya Hawke|Maya]] and [[Levon Hawke]]
| works              = [[List of Ethan Hawke performances|Full list]]
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Ethan Hawke|Full list]]
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'''Ethan Green Hawke''' (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, author, and film director. He made his film debut in  ''[[Explorers (film)|Explorers]]'' (1985), before making a breakthrough performance in ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'' (1989). Hawke starred alongside [[Julie Delpy]] in [[Richard Linklater]]'s [[Before trilogy|''Before'' trilogy]] from 1995 to 2013. Hawke received two nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for ''[[Training Day]]'' (2001) and ''[[Boyhood (2014 film)|Boyhood]]'' (2014) and two for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] for co-writing ''[[Before Sunset]]'' (2004) and ''[[Before Midnight]]'' (2013). Other notable roles include in ''[[Reality Bites]]'' (1994), ''[[Gattaca]]'' (1997), ''[[Great Expectations (1998 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1998), ''[[Before the Devil Knows You're Dead]]'' (2007), ''[[Maggie's Plan]]'' (2015), ''[[First Reformed]]'' (2017), ''[[The Black Phone]]'' (2021), and ''[[The Northman]]'' (2022).

Hawke directed the narrative films ''[[Chelsea Walls]]'' (2001), ''[[The Hottest State]]'' (2006), and ''[[Blaze (2018 film)|Blaze]]'' (2018) as well as the documentary ''[[Seymour: An Introduction (film)|Seymour: An Introduction]]'' (2014). He created, co-wrote and starred as [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] in the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] limited series ''[[The Good Lord Bird (miniseries)|The Good Lord Bird]]'' (2018), and directed the [[HBO|HBO Max]] documentary series ''[[The Last Movie Stars]]'' (2022). He starred in the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] television miniseries ''[[Moon Knight (miniseries)|Moon Knight]]'' (2022) as [[Arthur Harrow]].

In addition to his film work, Hawke has appeared in many theater productions. He made his Broadway debut in 1992 in [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Seagull]]'', and was nominated for a [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play]] in 2007 for his performance in [[Tom Stoppard]]'s ''[[The Coast of Utopia]]''. In 2010, Hawke directed [[Sam Shepard]]'s ''[[A Lie of the Mind]]'', for which he received a [[Drama Desk Award]] nomination for [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play|Outstanding Director of a Play]]. In 2018, he starred in the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]'s revival of [[Sam Shepard]]'s play ''[[True West (play)|True West]]''.

He has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Ethan Hawke|numerous nominations]] including a total of four [[Academy Awards]], two [[Golden Globe Awards]], and a [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]].

==Early life==
Hawke was born on November 6, 1970<ref>{{cite news |title=Ethan Hawke biography and filmography {{!}} Ethan Hawke movies |url=https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/ethan-hawke/1010/ |access-date=December 9, 2023 |work=[[Tribute (magazine)|Tribute]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sprung |first1=Shlomo |title=November 6, birthdays for Ethan Hawke, Emma Stone, Sally Field |url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/11/06/november-6-birthdays-for-ethan-hawke-emma-stone-sally-field/ |access-date=December 9, 2023 |work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] |date=November 6, 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> to James Hawke, an insurance [[actuary]], and his then-wife Leslie (née Green), a charity worker.<ref name="mission">{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20137336,00.html|title=Mom on a Mission|last=Schindehette|first=Susan|date=June 17, 2002|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=October 26, 2009|archive-date=November 7, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107013626/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20137336,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="renaissance">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/magazine/16wwln-Q4-t.html|title=Renaissance Man?|last=Solomon|first=Deborah|date=September 16, 2007|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 5, 2009|archive-date=December 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211190849/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/magazine/16wwln-Q4-t.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Hawke's parents were high school sweethearts in [[Fort Worth, Texas]], and married young, when Hawke's mother was 17.<ref name="NYTimes-HawkeWeissVows-2012">{{cite news|last1=Grossman|first1=Anna Jane|title=Vows: Leslie Hawke and David Weiss |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/fashion/weddings/leslie-hawke-and-david-weiss-vows.html|access-date=December 13, 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=December 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202072736/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/fashion/weddings/leslie-hawke-and-david-weiss-vows.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Hawke was born a year later. Hawke's parents were both students at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] at the time of his birth. They separated and later divorced in 1974, when he was four years old.<ref name="mission"/><ref name="actors">{{cite episode|title=Ethan Hawke|series=[[Inside the Actors Studio]]|network=[[Bravo (U.S. TV channel)|Bravo]]|airdate=April 21, 2002|season=8|number=12}}</ref>

After the separation, Hawke was raised by his mother. The two relocated several times, before settling in New York City, where Hawke attended the [[Packer Collegiate Institute]] in [[Brooklyn Heights]].<ref name="biography">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=82997&apid=0|title=Ethan Hawke Biography|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=March 20, 2011}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Hawke's mother remarried when he was 10 and the family moved to [[West Windsor Township, New Jersey]].<ref name="hello">{{cite web|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/ethan-hawke/|title=Hello Magazine Profile&nbsp;— Ethan Hawke|work=[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]]|publisher=Hello Ltd|access-date=February 6, 2009|archive-date=December 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202023945/http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/ethan-hawke/|url-status=live}}</ref> There, Hawke attended the public West Windsor Plainsboro High School (renamed to [[West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South]] in 1997).<ref name="actors" /><ref name="biography" /> He later transferred to the [[Hun School of Princeton]], a secondary boarding school,<ref>{{cite news |first=Roger|last=Hurlburt|title=Earning His Wings|date=June 25, 1989|work=[[South Florida Sun-Sentinel]]|page=3F}}</ref> from which he graduated in 1988.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Ultimate New Jersey High School Yearbook&nbsp;— A-K|date=June 7, 1998|work=[[The Star-Ledger]]|page=1}}</ref>

In high school, Hawke aspired to be a writer, but developed an interest in acting. He made his stage debut at age 13, in a production at the [[McCarter Theatre]] of [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]].''<ref name="biography" /><ref name="never">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/dec/08/culture.features1|title=Ethan Hawke: I never wanted to be a movie star|last=Brockes|first=Emma|date=December 8, 2000|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=February 3, 2009|location=London|archive-date=May 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509005833/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/dec/08/culture.features1|url-status=live}}</ref> He also performed in West Windsor-Plainsboro High School productions of ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]'' and ''[[You Can't Take It with You (play)|You Can't Take It with You]]''.<ref name="keen eye" /> At the Hun School, he took acting classes at the McCarter Theatre, located on the Princeton campus.<ref name="keen eye">{{cite news |first=Joan|last=Vadeboncoeur|title=Despite Film Success, Hawke Keeps A Keen Eye On Theater|date=January 22, 1995|work=Syracuse Herald American|page=17}}</ref> After graduation from high school, he studied acting at [[Carnegie Mellon University]] in [[Pittsburgh]], dropping out after he was cast in ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'' (1989).<ref name="payoff">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/14/movies/the-payoff-for-ethan-hawke.html|title=The Payoff for Ethan Hawke|last=Kennedy|first=Dana|date=April 14, 2002|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 5, 2009|archive-date=February 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205072649/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/14/movies/the-payoff-for-ethan-hawke.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He enrolled in [[New York University]]'s English program for two years, but dropped out to pursue other acting roles.<ref name="never" />

==Career==

===1980s: Early years and ''Dead Poets Society''===
Hawke obtained his mother's permission to attend his first casting call at the age of 14,<ref name="sunrise">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/oct/08/features.fiction|title=Another sunrise|last=Halpern|first=Dan|date=October 8, 2005|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=February 3, 2009|location=London|archive-date=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228205304/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/oct/08/features.fiction|url-status=live}}</ref> and secured his first film role in [[Joe Dante]]'s ''[[Explorers (film)|Explorers]]'' (1985), in which he played an alien-obsessed schoolboy alongside [[River Phoenix]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E00E2DB1738F931A25754C0A963948260|title=The Screen: 'Explorers'|last=Maslin|first=Janet|date=July 12, 1985|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 3, 2009|archive-date=November 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106091711/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E00E2DB1738F931A25754C0A963948260|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was favorably reviewed<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/explorers/|title=Explorer Movie Reviews|date=July 12, 1985|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=February 3, 2009|archive-date=February 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223201107/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/explorers/|url-status=live}}</ref> but had poor box office results. This failure caused Hawke to quit acting for a brief period after the film's release.<ref name="payoff"/> Hawke later described the disappointment as difficult to bear at such a young age, adding, "I would never recommend that a kid act."<ref name="payoff"/>

In 1989, Hawke made his breakthrough appearance in [[Peter Weir]]'s ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'', playing one of the students taught by [[Robin Williams]] as a charismatic English teacher.<ref name="actors"/> The ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reviewer noted "Hawke, as the painfully shy Todd, gives a haunting performance."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/1988/film/reviews/dead-poets-society-1200428019/|title=Dead Poets Society Review|date=January 1, 1989|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=February 3, 2009|archive-date=March 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304220806/http://variety.com/1988/film/reviews/dead-poets-society-1200428019/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film received considerable acclaim,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dead_poets_society|title=Dead Poets Society (1989)|access-date=September 22, 2017|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=June 2, 1989 |archive-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830120201/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dead_poets_society|url-status=live}}</ref> winning the [[BAFTA Award for Best Film]] and an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1990/film/film|title=1990 in Film|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|access-date=September 22, 2017|archive-date=September 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922194114/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1990/film/film|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990|title=The 62nd Academy Awards|publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=September 22, 2017|archive-date=October 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001073500/https://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/62nd-winners.html|url-status=live}}</ref> With revenue of $235&nbsp;million worldwide, it remains Hawke's most commercially successful movie to date.<ref name="earnings">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=ethanhawke.htm|title=Ethan Hawke Movie Box Office Results|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=February 3, 2009|archive-date=February 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215103155/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=ethanhawke.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Hawke later described the opportunities he was offered as a result of the film's success as critical to his decision to continue acting: 
{{blockquote|I didn't want to be an actor and I went back to college. But then the [film's] success was so monumental that I was getting offers to be in such interesting movies and be in such interesting places, and it seemed silly to pursue anything else.<ref name="sunrise" />}}

While filming ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'' he auditioned for what would be his next film, 1989's comedy drama ''[[Dad (1989 film)|Dad]]'', where he played [[Ted Danson]]'s son and [[Jack Lemmon]]'s grandson.<ref name="payoff" /> Hawke's next film, 1991's ''[[White Fang (1991 film)|White Fang]]'', brought his first leading role. The film, an adaptation of [[Jack London]]'s [[White Fang|novel of the same name]], featured Hawke as Jack Conroy, a [[Yukon]] gold hunter who befriends a [[wolfdog]] (played by [[Jed (wolfdog)|Jed]]). According to ''[[The Oregonian]]'', "Hawke does a good job as young Jack&nbsp;... He makes Jack's passion for White Fang real and keeps it from being ridiculous or overly sentimental."<ref>{{cite news |first=Ted|last=Mahar|title='White Fang': A Boy, A Mine And A Dog|date=January 24, 1991|work=[[The Oregonian]]|page=C14}}</ref> He appeared in [[Keith Gordon]]'s ''[[A Midnight Clear]]'' (1992), a well-received war film based on [[William Wharton (author)|William Wharton]]'s novel of the same name.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1039575-1039575-midnight_clear/ |title=A Midnight Clear&nbsp;– Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=June 17, 2013 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=March 9, 2010 |archive-date=May 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520194032/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1039575-1039575-midnight_clear/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the survival drama ''[[Alive (1993 film)|Alive]]'' (1993), adapted from [[Piers Paul Read]]'s [[Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors|1974 non-fiction book]], Hawke portrayed [[Nando Parrado]], one of the survivors of [[Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571]], which crashed in the Andes.<ref name="Ebert">{{cite news | url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/alive-1993 | title=Alive Review | work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date=January 15, 1993 | first=Roger | last=Ebert | access-date=June 17, 2013 | archive-date=January 18, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118193128/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/alive-1993 | url-status=live }}</ref>

===1990s: ''Reality Bites'', and ''Before Sunrise''===
Hawke's next role was in the Generation X drama ''[[Reality Bites]]'' (1994), in which he played Troy Dyer, a [[slacker]] who mocks the ambitions of his girlfriend (played by [[Winona Ryder]]). Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] called Hawke's performance convincing and noteworthy: "Hawke captures all the right notes as the boorish Troy (and is so convincing it is worth noting that he has played quite different characters equally well in movies as different as "Alive" and "Dead Poets Society")."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/reality-bites-1994|title=Reality Bites|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=February 18, 1994|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=February 3, 2009|archive-date=June 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621033820/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/reality-bites-1994|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' noted, "Mr. Hawke's subtle and strong performance makes it clear that Troy feels things too deeply to risk failure and admit he's feeling anything at all."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/18/movies/review-film-coming-of-age-in-snippets-life-as-a-twentysomething.html|title=Coming of Age in Snippets: Life as a Twentysomething|last=James|first=Caryn|date=February 18, 1994|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 19, 2012|archive-date=June 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614120650/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/18/movies/review-film-coming-of-age-in-snippets-life-as-a-twentysomething.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The following year Hawke received critical acclaim for his performance in [[Richard Linklater]]'s 1995 drama ''[[Before Sunrise]]''. The film follows a young American man (Hawke) and a young French woman ([[Julie Delpy]]), who meet on a train and disembark in [[Vienna]], spending the night exploring the city and getting to know one another.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1995/01/27/DD52018.DTL|title=An Extraordinary Day Dawns 'Before Sunrise'|last=LaSalle|first=Mick|date=January 27, 1995|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=February 3, 2009|archive-date=October 19, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019235408/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F1995%2F01%2F27%2FDD52018.DTL|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' praised Hawke's and Delpy's performances: "[they] interact so gently and simply that you feel certain that they helped write the dialogue. Each of them seems to have something personal at stake in their performances."<ref name="barbara">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1995/01/27/WEEKEND15835.dtl|title=Modern "Roman Holiday' alive and well in Vienna|last=Shulgasser|first=Barbara|date=January 27, 1995|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=February 3, 2009|archive-date=May 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511023430/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fe%2Fa%2F1995%2F01%2F27%2FWEEKEND15835.dtl|url-status=live}}</ref>

Away from acting, Hawke directed the music video for the 1994 song "[[Stay (I Missed You)]]", by singer-songwriter [[Lisa Loeb]], who was a member of Hawke's theater company at the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/dec/19/comment|title=The best Ethan Hawke scene|date=December 19, 2000|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=July 16, 2009|location=London|archive-date=May 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509005927/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/dec/19/comment|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' named Hawke and Loeb's video as its video of the year in 1994.<ref name="Spin199412">{{cite magazine |issn=0886-3032 |magazine=[[Spin magazine]] |title=A dress for success: Lisa Loeb, 'Stay' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxPc6mYwIxEC&pg=PA90 |page=90 |department=Video of the Year |given=Joe |surname=Levy |date=December 1994 |volume=10 |number=9 |access-date=September 23, 2021 |archive-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009154543/https://books.google.com/books?id=rxPc6mYwIxEC&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> In a 2012 interview, Hawke said that the song, which was included in ''Reality Bites'', is the only number-one popular song by an unsigned artist in the history of music.<ref name="Mike" />[[Image:Ethan Hawke Austin Texas.jpg|alt=A Caucasian male with brown hair and stubble, wearing a red shirt.|thumb|upright|Hawke at the premiere of ''[[The Hottest State]]'' in [[Austin, Texas]], September 2007]]He published his first novel in 1996, ''The Hottest State'', about a love affair between a young actor and a singer. Hawke said of the novel: 
{{blockquote|Writing the book had to do with dropping out of college, and with being an actor. I didn't want my whole life to go by and not do anything but recite lines. I wanted to try making something else. It was definitely the scariest thing I ever did. And it was just one of the best things I ever did.<ref name="sunrise"/>}}The book met with a mixed reception. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' said that Hawke "opens himself to rough literary scrutiny in ''The Hottest State''. If Hawke is serious&nbsp;... he'd do well to work awhile in less exposed venues."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,294593,00.html|title=The Hottest State&nbsp;— Book Review|last=Schwarzbaum|first=Lisa|date=October 18, 1996|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 5, 2009|archive-date=April 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425114759/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,294593,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' thought Hawke did "a fine job of showing what it's like to be young and full of confusion", concluding that ''The Hottest State'' was ultimately "a sweet love story".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/03/books/love-hurts.html|title=Love Hurts|last=Nessel|first=Jen|date=November 3, 1996|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 24, 2011|archive-date=May 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518130001/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/03/books/love-hurts.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In [[Andrew Niccol]]'s science fiction film ''[[Gattaca]]'' (1997), "one of the more interesting scripts" Hawke said he had read in "a number of years",<ref>{{cite news |first=Kenneth M.|last=Chanko|title=Hawke-ing the future in science-fiction thriller 'Gattaca'|date=October 26, 1997|work=[[U-T San Diego]]|page=E-6}}</ref> he played the role of a man who infiltrates a society of genetically perfect humans by assuming another man's identity. Although ''Gattaca'' was not a success at the box office,<ref name="earnings" /> it drew generally favorable reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/gattaca|title=Gattaca (1997): Reviews|date=October 24, 1997|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=August 13, 2010|archive-date=November 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128041130/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/gattaca|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]'' reviewer wrote that "Hawke, building on the sympathetic-but-edgy presence that has served him well since his kid-actor days, is most impressive".<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael H.|last=Price|title=Gattaca Well-conceived sci-fi|date=October 24, 1997|work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|page=38}}</ref> In 1998, Hawke appeared alongside [[Gwyneth Paltrow]] and [[Robert De Niro]] in ''[[Great Expectations (1998 film)|Great Expectations]]'', a contemporary film adaptation of the [[Charles Dickens]] novel of the [[Great Expectations|same name]], directed by [[Alfonso Cuarón]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9802/06/great.expectations/|title=Review: What the Dickens is 'Great Expectations'?|last=Tatara|first=Paul|date=February 6, 1998|publisher=CNN|access-date=March 20, 2011|archive-date=October 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002005551/http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9802/06/great.expectations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the same year, Hawke collaborated with Linklater again on ''[[The Newton Boys]]'', based on the true story of the [[Newton Gang]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1998/03/27/DD28206.DTL|title=Bank-Robbing 'Newton' Brothers Show Boys Will Be Boys|last=Stack|first=Peter|date=March 27, 1998|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=February 3, 2009|archive-date=July 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730061706/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F1998%2F03%2F27%2FDD28206.DTL|url-status=live}}</ref> Critical reviews for each film were mixed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/great-expectations|title=The Newton Boys|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=October 16, 2017|archive-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231023711/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/great-expectations|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-newton-boys|title=Great Expectations|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=October 16, 2017|archive-date=January 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108004856/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-newton-boys|url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, Hawke starred in ''[[Snow Falling on Cedars (film)|Snow Falling on Cedars]]'', based on [[David Guterson]]'s novel of the [[Snow Falling on Cedars|same title]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/07/review.snowfalling/|title=Review: 'Snow Falling on Cedars' a visual feast|last=Clinton|first=Paul|date=January 7, 2000|publisher=CNN|access-date=February 3, 2009|archive-date=June 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611125909/http://edition.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/07/review.snowfalling/|url-status=live}}</ref> Set in the Pacific Northwest and featuring a love affair between a European-American man and Japanese-American woman, the film met with an unenthusiastic reception;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/snow-falling-on-cedars|title=Snow Falling on Cedars|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=October 16, 2017|archive-date=January 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105085010/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/snow-falling-on-cedars|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Entertainment Weekly'' noted, "Hawke scrunches himself into such a dark knot that we have no idea who Ishmael is or why he acts as he does."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275053,00.html|title=Snow Falling on Cedars&nbsp;— Movie Review|last=Schwarzbaum|first=Lisa|date=January 7, 2000|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 4, 2009|archive-date=November 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122144826/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275053,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===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>

===2010s: ''Before Midnight'', ''Boyhood'', ''First Reformed''===
In 2010, Hawke starred as a vampire [[hematologist]] in the science fiction horror film ''[[Daybreakers]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2010/01/ethan-hawke-dons-fangs-for-daybreakers.html |title=Ethan Hawke dons fangs for Daybreakers |first=Roger |last=Moore |date=January 4, 2010 |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |access-date=January 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109162424/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2010/01/ethan-hawke-dons-fangs-for-daybreakers.html |archive-date=January 9, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Filmed in Australia with the [[Spierig brothers]], the feature received reasonable reviews,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/daybreakers|title=Daybreakers (2010): Reviews|date=January 8, 2010|access-date=August 13, 2010|website=[[Metacritic]]|archive-date=August 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818214459/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/daybreakers|url-status=live}}</ref> and earned US$51&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref name="earnings" /> His next role was in [[Antoine Fuqua]]'s ''[[Brooklyn's Finest]]'' as a corrupt narcotics officer.<ref name="finest">{{cite news|first=Joe|last=Neumaier|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/brooklyn-finest-star-ethan-hawke-perfectly-conveys-constant-threat-job-new-york-police-article-1.171624|title=Brooklyn's Finest' star Ethan Hawke perfectly conveys constant threat of job with New York police|access-date=April 10, 2012|date=March 5, 2010|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024084535/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/brooklyn-finest-star-ethan-hawke-perfectly-conveys-constant-threat-job-new-york-police-article-1.171624|url-status=live}}</ref> The film opened in March to a mediocre reception,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/brooklyns-finest|title=Brooklyn's Finest (2010): Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|date=March 9, 2010|access-date=August 13, 2010|archive-date=August 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817013550/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/brooklyns-finest|url-status=live}}</ref> yet his performance was well received, with the [[Daily News (New York)|New York ''Daily News'']] concluding, "Hawke—continuing an evolution toward stronger, more intense acting than anyone might've predicted from him 20 years ago—drives the movie."<ref name="finest" /> In the [[Moby Dick (2011 miniseries)|2011 television adaptation]] of [[Herman Melville]]'s ''[[Moby-Dick]]'', Hawke played the role of [[List of Moby-Dick characters#Crewmates|Starbuck]], the first officer to [[William Hurt]]'s Captain Ahab.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/moby-dick|title=Moby Dick Reviews|access-date=June 17, 2013|website=[[Metacritic]]|archive-date=December 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203015541/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/moby-dick|url-status=live}}</ref> He then starred opposite [[Kristin Scott Thomas]] in [[Paweł Pawlikowski]]'s ''[[The Woman in the Fifth]]'', a "lush puzzler" about an American novelist struggling to rebuild his life in Paris.<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Preston|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/7801192/Ethan-Hawke-interview.html|title=Ethan Hawke Interview|access-date=August 10, 2010|date=June 10, 2010|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|archive-date=June 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613014158/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/7801192/Ethan-Hawke-interview.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/woman-fifth-toronto-review-234709|title=The Woman in the Fifth: Toronto Review|last=DeFore|first=John|date=September 13, 2011|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=October 22, 2011|archive-date=November 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103173703/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/woman-fifth-toronto-review-234709|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, Hawke entered the horror genre for the first time, by playing a true crime writer in [[Scott Derrickson]]'s ''[[Sinister (film)|Sinister]]'', which grossed US$87&nbsp;million at the worldwide box office—the film was the first in a series of highly profitable films for Hawke after the start of the new decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Sinister|title=Sinister|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=June 17, 2013|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731010146/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Sinister|url-status=live}}</ref> In the week prior to the US opening of ''Sinister'', Hawke explained that he was previously turned off by horror because good acting is not always required for success; however, the producer of ''Sinister'', [[Jason Blum]], who formerly ran a theater company with Hawke, made the offer to the actor based on the character and director.

{{blockquote|when I was younger, I ran a theater company with this guy, Jason Blum. And he loved horror movies and he went on to create his own little subgenre with "Paranormal Activity". And he kept trying to talk to me about how I should love this whole genre. And I told him: I've never had a script with a really great character and a real filmmaker attached to it that I'd be interested in. So, he brought me into it.<ref name="Mike">{{cite news|last=Ryan|first=Mike|title=Ethan Hawke, 'Sinister' Star, On The Disappointment Of Post-'Reality Bites' Generation X|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/ethan-hawke-sinister_n_1949981.html|access-date=December 5, 2014|work=HuffPost|date=October 9, 2014|archive-date=December 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209003138/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/ethan-hawke-sinister_n_1949981.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

[[Image:Ethan Hawke 2013.jpg|alt=A Caucasian male with bleached hair, wearing a black overcoat. The collar of a gray suit is visible in the photo, with a white shirt and dark gray tie.|thumb|right|upright|Hawke at the premiere of ''[[Before Midnight (2013 film)|Before Midnight]]'' in [[Berlin]], Germany, February 2013]]
During 2013, Hawke starred in three films of different genres. ''[[Before Midnight (2013 film)|Before Midnight]]'', the third installment of the ''Before'' series, reunited Hawke with Delpy and Linklater.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/05/30/184269413/before-midnight-love-darkens-and-deepens|title='Before Midnight,' Love Darkens And Deepens|date=May 30, 2013|publisher=[[NPR]]|access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-date=August 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817211144/https://www.npr.org/2013/05/30/184269413/before-midnight-love-darkens-and-deepens|url-status=live}}</ref> Like its predecessors, the film garnered a considerable degree of critical acclaim;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/before-midnight|title=Before Midnight Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-date=June 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609105418/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/before-midnight|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that "one of the great movie romances of the modern era achieves its richest and fullest expression in ''Before Midnight''," and called the scene in the hotel room "one for the actors' handbook."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/before-midnight-1117949042/|title=Review: 'Before Midnight'|last=Chang|first=Justin|date=January 21, 2013|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=January 23, 2014|archive-date=January 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119175703/http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/before-midnight-1117949042/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film earned co-writers Hawke, Linklater, and Delpy another Academy Award nomination, for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-complete-list-nominees-671296|title=Oscars: 9 Films Nominated for Best Picture|last=Ford|first=Rebecca|date=January 16, 2014|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=January 25, 2014|archive-date=January 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123110608/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-complete-list-nominees-671296|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hawke then starred in the horror-thriller ''[[The Purge]]'', about an American future where crime is legal for one night of the year. Despite mixed reviews,<ref>{{cite web|website=Metacritic|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-purge|title=The Purge|access-date=August 27, 2013|archive-date=May 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506194648/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-purge|url-status=live}}</ref> the film topped the weekend box office with a US$34&nbsp;million debut, the biggest opening of Hawke's career.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/06/10/ethan-hawke-the-purge-before-midnight/|title=Ethan Hawke talks about his surprise No. 1 movie, 'The Purge'|last=Labrecque|first=Jeff|date=June 10, 2013|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=June 17, 2013|archive-date=June 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614073342/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/06/10/ethan-hawke-the-purge-before-midnight/|url-status=live}}</ref> Hawke's third film of 2013 was the action thriller ''[[Getaway (2013 film)|Getaway]]'', which was both critically and commercially unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite web|website=Metacritic|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/getaway|title=Getaway|access-date=January 22, 2014|archive-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122062647/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/getaway|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=getaway2013.htm|title=Getaway (2013)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=January 22, 2014|archive-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122212354/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=getaway2013.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

The release of Linklater's ''[[Boyhood (2014 film)|Boyhood]]'', a film shot over the course of 12 years, occurred in mid-2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/richard-linklaters-boyhood-set-for-summer-release-1201149421/|title=Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' Set for Summer Release|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=March 27, 2014|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=March 31, 2014|archive-date=March 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331023827/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/richard-linklaters-boyhood-set-for-summer-release-1201149421/|url-status=live}}</ref> It follows the life of an American boy from age 6 to 18, with Hawke playing the protagonist's father. The film became the best-reviewed film of 2014, and was named "Best Film" of the year by numerous critics associations.<ref>{{cite web|website=Metacritic|url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-and-worst-films-of-2014|title=The Best and Worst Movies of 2014|date=January 6, 2015|access-date=March 16, 2015|archive-date=March 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312225100/http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-and-worst-films-of-2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=scorecard>{{cite web|website=Metacritic|url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/movie-awards-and-nominations-2014|title=Best of 2014: Film Awards & Nominations Scorecard|access-date=March 16, 2015|archive-date=March 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308020050/http://www.metacritic.com/feature/movie-awards-and-nominations-2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Hawke said in an interview that the attention was a surprise to him. When he first became involved with Linklater's project, it did not feel like a "proper movie," and was like a "radical '60s film experiment or something".<ref>{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Hughes|title=Ethan Hawke Didn't Expect 'Boyhood' to Win Awards or Be Critically Acclaimed (Video)|url=https://www.thewrap.com/ethan-hawke-didnt-expect-boyhood-to-win-awards-or-be-critically-acclaimed-video/|website=[[The Wrap]]|publisher=The Wrap News Inc|access-date=December 5, 2014|date=December 3, 2014|archive-date=December 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208035758/http://www.thewrap.com/ethan-hawke-didnt-expect-boyhood-to-win-awards-or-be-critically-acclaimed-video/|url-status=live}}</ref> At the following awards season, the film was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Picture]], while winning [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama]] and [[BAFTA Award for Best Film]].<ref name=scorecard /> It also earned Hawke multiple awards nominations, including the Academy, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor.<ref name=scorecard />

Hawke next worked with the Spierig brothers again on the science fiction thriller ''[[Predestination (film)|Predestination]]'', in which Hawke plays a time-traveling agent on his final assignment. Following its premiere at the 2014 [[SXSW Film Festival]], the film was released in Australia in August 2014 and in the US in January 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/03/07/sxsw-11-must-see-movies/|title=SXSW: 11 must-see movies on the menu in Texas|last=Labrecque|first=Jeff|date=March 7, 2014|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=March 31, 2014|archive-date=March 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313085836/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/03/07/sxsw-11-must-see-movies/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film received largely positive reviews and was nominated for the [[AACTA Award for Best Film]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Predestination (2015)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/predestination/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|date=January 9, 2015 |access-date=March 16, 2015|archive-date=March 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317004534/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/predestination/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Predestination,' 'Water Diviner' Lead Australian Film Awards Nominations|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/predestination-water-diviner-lead-australian-753577|last=Rahman|first=Abid|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=December 3, 2014|access-date=March 16, 2015|archive-date=February 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221165404/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/predestination-water-diviner-lead-australian-753577|url-status=live}}</ref> He then reunited with his ''Gattaca'' director [[Andrew Niccol]] for ''[[Good Kill]]''. In this modern war film, Hawke played a drone pilot with a troubled conscience, which led to ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' calling it his "best screen role in years."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/good-kill-venice-review-730409|title='Good Kill': Venice Review|last=Rooney|first=David|date=September 5, 2014|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=September 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915133456/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/good-kill-venice-review-730409|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2014, Hawke appeared in the movie ''[[Cymbeline (film)|Cymbeline]]'' which reunited him with his ''Assault on Precinct 13'' co-star [[John Leguizamo]].

In September 2014, Hawke's documentary debut, ''[[Seymour: An Introduction (film)|Seymour: An Introduction]]'', screened at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] (TIFF), winning second runner-up for TIFF's People's Choice Award for Best Documentary.<ref>{{cite news|first=Nigel M|last=Smith|title='The Imitation Game' Wins the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/the-2014-toronto-international-film-festival-winners-as-they-come-in-20140914|access-date=March 16, 2015|work=[[Indiewire]]|date=September 14, 2014|archive-date=March 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324090821/http://www.indiewire.com/article/the-2014-toronto-international-film-festival-winners-as-they-come-in-20140914|url-status=live}}</ref> Conceived after a dinner party at which both Hawke and Bernstein were present, the film is a profile of classical musician [[Seymour Bernstein]], who explained that, even though he is typically a very private person, he was unable to decline Hawke's directorial request because he is "so endearing". Bernstein and Hawke developed a friendship through the filming process, and the classical pianist performed for one of Hawke's theater groups.<ref name=reuters>{{cite news|first=Solarina|last=Ho|title=Ethan Hawke 'Seymour' documentary is intimate portrait of pianist|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-filmfestival-toronto-seymour-idUKKBN0H72CX20140912|access-date=December 5, 2014|work=[[Reuters]]|date=September 12, 2014|archive-date=September 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924012250/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-filmfestival-toronto-seymour-idUKKBN0H72CX20140912|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was released in March 2015 to a warm reception;<ref>{{cite web|title=Seymour: An Introduction (2015)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/seymour_an_introduction/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|date=March 13, 2015 |access-date=March 16, 2015|archive-date=March 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315071749/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/seymour_an_introduction/|url-status=live}}</ref> the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reviewer described it as "quietly moving, indefinitely deep".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-seymour-review-ethan-hawke-20150320-column.html|title='Seymour' is Ethan Hawke's moving look at pianist Bernstein|last=Sharkey|first=Betsy|date=March 19, 2015|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=August 30, 2017|archive-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830195351/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-seymour-review-ethan-hawke-20150320-column.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hawke had two films premiered at the [[2015 Toronto International Film Festival|2015 TIFF]], both garnering favorable reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/born_to_be_blue/|title=Born To Be Blue (2015)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=March 25, 2016 |access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830121448/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/born_to_be_blue|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/maggies_plan_2016/|title=Maggie's Plan (2016)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|date=May 20, 2016 |access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830140534/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/maggies_plan_2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[Robert Budreau]]'s drama film ''[[Born to Be Blue (film)|Born to Be Blue]]'', he played the role of jazz musician [[Chet Baker]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/20/ethan-hawke-chet-baker-born-to-be-blue-interview|title=Born to Be Blue: Ethan Hawke on the fast life and mysterious death of Chet Baker|last=Queenan|first=Joe|date=July 20, 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=July 13, 2017|archive-date=August 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805100402/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/20/ethan-hawke-chet-baker-born-to-be-blue-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> The film is set in the late 1960s and focuses on the musician's turbulent career comeback plagued by heroin addiction.<ref>{{cite news|first=Alex|last=Godfrey|title=Ethan Hawke: 'Mining your life is the only way to stumble on anything real'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/29/ethan-hawke-boyhood-before-midnight|access-date=December 5, 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=November 29, 2014|archive-date=December 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204200736/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/29/ethan-hawke-boyhood-before-midnight|url-status=live}}</ref> His portrayal of Baker was well received; ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' noted that "Everything that makes Ethan Hawke an extraordinary actor&nbsp;— his energy, his empathy, his fearless, vanity-free eagerness to explore the deeper recesses of a character&nbsp;— is on view in ''Born to Be Blue''."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/born-to-be-blue-20160324/|title=Born to Be Blue|last=Travers|first=Peter|date=March 24, 2016|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=June 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625153829/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/born-to-be-blue-20160324|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[Rebecca Miller]]'s romantic comedy ''[[Maggie's Plan]]'', Hawke starred as an anthropologist and aspiring novelist alongside [[Greta Gerwig]] and [[Julianne Moore]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/maggies-plan-as-smart-and-funny-as-vintage-woody-allen/|title='Maggie's Plan': As smart and funny as vintage Woody Allen|last=Roeper|first=Richard|date=May 26, 2016|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830200744/http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/maggies-plan-as-smart-and-funny-as-vintage-woody-allen/|url-status=live}}</ref> His other films that year included the coming-of-age drama ''[[Ten Thousand Saints]]'' and the psychological thriller ''[[Regression (film)|Regression]]'' opposite [[Emma Watson]]. In November 2015, Hawke published his third novel, ''[[Rules for a Knight]]'', in the form of a letter from a father to his four children about the moral values in life.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/ethan-hawke-explains-his-thing-for-knights|title=Ethan Hawke Explains His Thing for Knights|last=Lach|first=Eric|date=November 9, 2015|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|access-date=July 8, 2017|archive-date=June 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610015059/http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/ethan-hawke-explains-his-thing-for-knights|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, Hawke starred in [[Ti West]]'s western film ''[[In a Valley of Violence]]'', in which he played a drifter seeking revenge in a small town controlled by its [[Marshal]] ([[John Travolta]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/in-a-valley-of-violence|title=In a Valley of Violence Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=October 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008071300/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/in-a-valley-of-violence|url-status=live}}</ref> He then portrayed two unpleasant characters in a row, first as the abusive father of a talented young baseball player in ''[[The Phenom (film)|The Phenom]]'', then as the harsh husband of [[Maud Lewis]] (played by [[Sally Hawkins]]) in ''[[Maudie (film)|Maudie]]''. While some critics praised his unexpected turns,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/18/the-phenom-review-baseball-ethan-hawke|title=The Phenom review: baseball movie throws a curveball|last=Smith|first=Nigel M|date=April 18, 2016|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619050453/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/18/the-phenom-review-baseball-ethan-hawke|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/maudie-sally-hawkins-delights-as-a-hard-luck-pauper-who-loves-life/|title='Maudie': Sally Hawkins delights as a hard-luck pauper who loves life|last=Roeper|first=Richard|date=June 22, 2017|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=July 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704203649/http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/maudie-sally-hawkins-delights-as-a-hard-luck-pauper-who-loves-life/|url-status=live}}</ref> others felt that Hawke was "miscast" as a cruel figure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/maudie-review-sally-hawkins-ethan-hawke/|title='Maudie' Review: Sally Hawkins Saves an Otherwise Missed Opportunity|last=Puig|first=Claudia|work=[[TheWrap]]|access-date=July 7, 2017|date=June 15, 2017|archive-date=July 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711093426/http://www.thewrap.com/maudie-review-sally-hawkins-ethan-hawke/|url-status=live}}</ref> He reunited with ''Training Day'' director [[Antoine Fuqua]] and actor [[Denzel Washington]] for ''[[The Magnificent Seven (2016 film)|The Magnificent Seven]]'' (2016), a remake of the [[The Magnificent Seven|1960 western film of the same name]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/awards-and-festivals/tiff/how-ethan-hawke-survived-hollywood/article31725063/|title=How Ethan Hawke survived Hollywood|last=Hertz|first=Barry|date=September 6, 2016|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|access-date=July 7, 2017|location=Canada|archive-date=September 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907023951/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/awards-and-festivals/tiff/how-ethan-hawke-survived-hollywood/article31725063/|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 7, his fourth book, ''Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars'', a graphic novel he wrote with artist Greg Ruth, was released.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/ethan-hawkes-indeh-is-a-graphic-novel-history-of-two-peoples// |title=Ethan Hawke's Indeh is a Graphic Novel History of Two Peoples |date=June 6, 2016 |access-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010062631/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/ethan-hawkes-indeh-is-a-graphic-novel-history-of-two-peoples// |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2017, Hawke appeared in a cameo role in the science fiction film ''[[Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets]]'' by [[Luc Besson]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/07/luc-besson-valerian-interview.html|title=Luc Besson, Utopian Spaceman|last=Riesman|first=Abraham|date=July 9, 2017|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=July 10, 2017|archive-date=July 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710070811/http://www.vulture.com/2017/07/luc-besson-valerian-interview.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and starred in [[Paul Schrader]]'s drama film ''[[First Reformed]]'', as a former [[military chaplain]] tortured by the loss of his son he encouraged to enlist in the armed forces, and focused on impending cataclysmic [[climate change]]. The film premiered at the [[74th Venice International Film Festival|2017 Venice Film Festival]] to a positive reception.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/first_reformed|title=First Reformed (2017)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523143028/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/first_reformed/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/ethan-hawke-amanda-seyfried-first-reformed-bought-1202560859/|title=Ethan Hawke-Amanda Seyfried Thriller 'First Reformed' Bought by A24 for U.S.|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=September 15, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=September 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922100754/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/ethan-hawke-amanda-seyfried-first-reformed-bought-1202560859/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, Hawke had two films premiere at the [[2018 Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/sundance-film-festival-2018-lineup-program-1202625522/|title=Sundance Film Festival Unveils Full 2018 Features Lineup|last=Debruge|first=Peter|date=November 29, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=November 29, 2017|archive-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211170052/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/sundance-film-festival-2018-lineup-program-1202625522/|url-status=live}}</ref> In ''[[Juliet, Naked (film)|Juliet, Naked]]'', a romantic comedy adapted from [[Nick Hornby]]'s [[Juliet, Naked|novel of the same name]], he appeared as an obscure rock musician whose eponymous album set the plot in motion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/juliette-naked-review-ethan-hawke-sundance-1202670715/|title=Sundance Film Review: 'Juliet, Naked'|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|date=January 19, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=January 30, 2018|archive-date=January 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128191837/http://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/juliette-naked-review-ethan-hawke-sundance-1202670715/|url-status=live}}</ref> His third feature film, ''[[Blaze (2018 film)|Blaze]]'', based on the life of little-known country musician [[Blaze Foley]], was selected in the festival's main competition section.<ref name=blaze>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-ethan-hawke-profile-20170608-story.html|title=Ethan Hawke lets us in his editing room and reveals what Philip Seymour Hoffman taught him|last=Fleishman|first=Jeffrey|date=June 8, 2017|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=July 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707061439/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-ethan-hawke-profile-20170608-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, Hawke starred in Budreau's crime thriller ''[[Stockholm (2018 film)|Stockholm]]'' which premiered at the 2018 [[Tribeca Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/03/07/tribeca-film-festival-2018-lineup/|title=Tribeca Film Festival lineup features Sarah Jessica Parker drama, Liz Garbus NYT doc series|last=Nolfi|first=Joey|date=March 7, 2018|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=March 26, 2018|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323225925/http://ew.com/movies/2018/03/07/tribeca-film-festival-2018-lineup/|url-status=live}}</ref> Hawke was in the 2019 western drama ''[[The Kid (2019 film)|The Kid]]'', directed by [[Vincent D'Onofrio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/vincent-donofrio-jake-schur-the-kid-title-role-ethan-hawke-dane-dehaan-1202174077/|title=Vincent D'Onofrio Sets Jake Schur In Title Role Of 'The Kid'|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=September 20, 2017|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=February 5, 2018|archive-date=January 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124071521/http://deadline.com/2017/09/vincent-donofrio-jake-schur-the-kid-title-role-ethan-hawke-dane-dehaan-1202174077/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2020s: Continued work ===
[[File:Ethan Hawke in 2022.jpg|upright|thumbnail|Hawke as a presenter of the 2022 [[Peabody Awards]]|alt=A Caucasian male aged 52 wearing a cap, with gray hair sticking out, and and graying goatie beard, wearing a gray jacket, light blue shirt and white undershirt and piercing hazel eyes]]

In 2019, Hawke and [[Jason Blum]] adapted the book ''[[The Good Lord Bird]]'' into the [[The Good Lord Bird (miniseries)|miniseries based on the same name]] which premiered on October 4, 2020, on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ethan Hawke, Jason Blum Adapting 'The Good Lord Bird' for TV|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/ethan-hawke-jason-blum-adapting-the-good-lord-bird-for-tv-exclusive-1202841171/|website=Variety|last=Lang|first=Brent|date=June 11, 2018|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613041104/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/ethan-hawke-jason-blum-adapting-the-good-lord-bird-for-tv-exclusive-1202841171/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Academy Award(R) Nominee Ethan Hawke to Executive Produce and Star in Showtime(R) Limited Series "Good Lord Bird"|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/03/11/academy-award-nominee-ethan-hawke-to-executive-produce-and-star-in-showtime-limited-series-good-lord-bird-7514/20190311showtime01/|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=March 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Showtime Taps Tony Winner Daveed Diggs and Wyatt Russell in "The Good Lord Bird"|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/08/02/showtime-taps-tony-winner-daveed-diggs-and-wyatt-russell-in-the-good-lord-bird-559415/20190802showtime01/|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=August 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=TV News Roundup: Showtime Sets 'The Good Lord Bird' Premiere Date (Watch)|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-showtime-good-lord-bird-premiere-trailer-1234604974/|last1=Rico|first1=Klaritza|date=May 13, 2020|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=May 13, 2020|archive-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513015840/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-showtime-good-lord-bird-premiere-trailer-1234604974/|url-status=live}}</ref> 

He stars as [[abolitionist]] [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] alongside [[Daveed Diggs]], [[Ellar Coltrane]], and includes an appearance of [[Maya Hawke]]. In the 2020 biographical film ''[[Tesla (2020 film)|Tesla]]'', he plays the title character, inventor and engineer [[Nikola Tesla]].

His third novel, ''A Bright Ray of Darkness'', was published in February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/235750/a-bright-ray-of-darkness-by-ethan-hawke/ |title=A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke |access-date=November 3, 2020 |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201031081324/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/235750/a-bright-ray-of-darkness-by-ethan-hawke/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, Hawke starred as the primary villain [[Arthur Harrow]] in the [[Disney+]] streaming series ''[[Moon Knight (miniseries)|Moon Knight]]'', produced by [[Marvel Studios]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ethan-hawke-to-play-villain-opposite-oscar-isaac-in-marvels-moon-knight-exclusive|title= Ethan Hawke to Play Villain Opposite Oscar Isaac in Marvel's 'Moon Knight' (Exclusive)|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= January 15, 2021|access-date= January 15, 2021|archive-date= January 15, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210115214730/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ethan-hawke-to-play-villain-opposite-oscar-isaac-in-marvels-moon-knight-exclusive|url-status= live}}</ref> and as [[serial killer]] of children The Grabber in the [[Blumhouse]] feature, ''[[The Black Phone]]''. The latter marked Hawke's ninth collaboration with Blumhouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/ethan-hawke-blumhouse-scott-derrickson-movie-the-black-phone-1234682515|title=Ethan Hawke Boards Blumhouse Scott Derrickson Feature 'The Black Phone'|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|date=January 28, 2021 |access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128181609/https://deadline.com/2021/01/ethan-hawke-blumhouse-scott-derrickson-movie-the-black-phone-1234682515/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also that year, he appeared in [[Robert Eggers]]' ''[[The Northman]]'', a 10th-century [[Viking]] epic which was filmed in Ireland, alongside [[Nicole Kidman]], [[Anya Taylor-Joy]], and [[Willem Dafoe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-northman/image/unit-3/|title=Ethan Hawke stars as King Aurvandil in director Robert Eggers' Viking epic The Northman.|website=Focus Features|url-status=live|access-date=January 19, 2022|archive-date=January 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123002809/https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-northman/image/unit-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/2020/11/nicole-kidman-terrified-robert-eggers-northman-1234597176/|title= Robert Eggers' 'Northman' Terrifies Kidman, Taylor-Joy Says You've Never Seen Anything Like It|website= [[IndieWire]]|date= November 5, 2020|access-date= November 9, 2020|archive-date= November 7, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201107010225/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/11/nicole-kidman-terrified-robert-eggers-northman-1234597176/|url-status= live}}</ref>

In 2022, Hawke's six-part biographical documentary on [[Paul Newman]] and [[Joanne Woodward]], ''[[The Last Movie Stars]],'' was broadcast on [[HBO Max]].<ref name="newman bio">{{Cite web |last=Olsen |first=Mark |date=July 22, 2022 |title=Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were movie stars for 50 years. A new doc explains how |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-07-22/paul-newman-joanne-woodward-ethan-hawke-the-last-movie-stars-hbo-max |access-date=August 1, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=August 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801025022/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-07-22/paul-newman-joanne-woodward-ethan-hawke-the-last-movie-stars-hbo-max |url-status=live }}</ref> Hawke also voiced [[Batman|Bruce Wayne/Batman]] in the animated children's television series ''[[Batwheels]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=WarnerMedia Announces 'Batwheels' Cast|url=https://www.awn.com/news/warnermedia-announces-batwheels-cast|website=[[Animation World Network]]|date=September 12, 2021|access-date=October 21, 2022|archive-date=October 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020174126/https://www.awn.com/news/warnermedia-announces-batwheels-cast|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Stage career===
Hawke has described theater as his "first love",<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/08/24/spotlight-ethan-hawke/ |title=Spotlight on Ethan Hawke |last=Kirschling |first=Gregory|date=August 24, 2007 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=December 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225135247/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20053070,00.html |archive-date=December 25, 2007 |url-status=unfit}}</ref> a place where he is "free to be more creative".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/07/entertainment/la-et-hawke7-2010jan07/2 |title=Ethan Hawke is always in development |last=Villarreal |first=Yvonne|date=January 7, 2010 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=December 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524212807/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/07/entertainment/la-et-hawke7-2010jan07/2 |archive-date=May 24, 2012 |url-status=unfit}}</ref> Hawke made his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in 1992, portraying the playwright Konstantin Treplev in [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Seagull]]'' at the [[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Lyceum Theater]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE5DD133BF933A05752C1A964958260|title=Review/Theater: The Seagull; A Vain Little World Of Art and Artists, Painted by Chekhov|last=Rich|first=Frank|date=November 30, 1992|work=The New York Times|page=1|access-date=February 5, 2009|archive-date=August 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817211118/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/30/theater/review-theater-seagull-vain-little-world-art-artists-painted-chekhov.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The following year Hawke was a co-founder and the [[artistic director]] of [[Malaparte (theater company)|Malaparte]], a [[Manhattan]] theater company, which survived until 2000.<ref name="hello"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/3111/|title=Babies Lower Boom on Theater Group|last1=Landman|first1=Beth|last2=Spiegelman|first2=Ian|date=May 15, 2000|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=August 10, 2009|archive-date=August 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814135220/http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/3111/|url-status=live}}</ref> Outside the New York stage, Hawke made an appearance in a 1995 production of [[Sam Shepard]]'s ''[[Buried Child]]'', directed by [[Gary Sinise]] at the [[Steppenwolf Theater]] in Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.steppenwolf.org/tickets--events/seasons/199696/buried-child/|title=Buried Child (September 20, 1995&nbsp;– November 5, 1995)|publisher=[[Steppenwolf Theater Company]] Official Website|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518033430/https://www.steppenwolf.org/tickets--events/seasons/199696/buried-child/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1999, he starred as Kilroy in the [[Tennessee Williams]] play ''[[Camino Real (play)|Camino Real]]'' at the [[Williamstown Theater Festival]] in [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?id=1077011429488|title=Theater Review; Lost Souls, Not So Different From Their Creator|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=June 28, 1999|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 26, 2010|archive-date=August 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817211118/https://www.nytimes.com/section/theater?id=1077011429488|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hawke returned to Broadway in [[Jack O'Brien (director)|Jack O'Brien]]'s 2003 production of ''[[Henry IV, Part 1|Henry IV]]'', playing [[Henry Percy (Hotspur)]].<ref name="four">{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/n_9543/|title=Star Turns|last=Simon|first=John|date=November 24, 2003|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=February 5, 2009|archive-date=May 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511062322/http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/n_9543/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine wrote: "Ethan Hawke's Hotspur&nbsp;... is a compelling, ardent creation."<ref name="four" /> [[Ben Brantley]] of ''The New York Times'' reported that Hawke's interpretation of Hotspur might be "too contemporary for some tastes," but allowed "great fun to watch as he fumes and fulminates."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/21/movies/theater-review-falstaff-and-hal-with-war-afoot.html|title=Theater Review; Falstaff and Hal, With War Afoot|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=November 21, 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 5, 2009|archive-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111112708/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/21/movies/theater-review-falstaff-and-hal-with-war-afoot.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, Hawke starred in the [[Off-Broadway]] revival of [[David Rabe]]'s dark comedy ''[[Hurlyburly]]''.<ref name="hurlyburly">{{cite news|first=Ben|last=Brantley|title=Sloppy Losers With Fried Brains Hunt for Clarity|date=April 21, 2005|work=The New York Times}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' critic Brantley praised Hawke's performance as the central character Eddie, reporting that "he captures with merciless precision the sense of a sharp mind turning flaccid".<ref name="hurlyburly" /> The performance earned Hawke a [[Lucille Lortel Award]] nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lortelaward.com/2005nominees.htm|title=2005 Nominations and Recipients|access-date=June 17, 2013|publisher=[[Lucille Lortel Awards]] Official Website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514223227/http://www.lortelaward.com/2005nominees.htm|archive-date=May 14, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Ethan Hawke BridgetLaudien.jpg|upright|thumbnail|Hawke in 2008 at a screening for ''[[What Doesn't Kill You (film)|What Doesn't Kill You]]''|alt=A Caucasian male with light brown hair and light brown stubble is facing to the left. He is wearing a white long sleeve shirt, and is holding a black microphone.]]
From November 2006 to May 2007, Hawke starred as [[Mikhail Bakunin]] in [[Tom Stoppard]]'s trilogy play ''[[The Coast of Utopia]]'', an eight-hour-long production at the [[Lincoln Center Theater]] in New York.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/arts/theater/reviews/28506/|title=Arise, Ye Prisoners of Tom Stoppard|last=McCarter|first=Jeremy|date=May 28, 2007|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=February 5, 2009|archive-date=October 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013025525/http://nymag.com/arts/theater/reviews/28506/|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Los Angeles Times'' complimented Hawke's take on Bakunin, writing: "Ethan Hawke buzzes in and out as Bakunin, a strangely appealing enthusiast on his way to becoming a famous anarchist."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/news/local/ny-etutopia5023698dec22,2,135638.story |title=The Coast of Utopia, Part Two: Shipwreck |last=Winer |first=Linda |date=December 22, 2006 |work=[[Newsday]] (via Los Angeles Times) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513050845/http://www.calendarlive.com/news/local/ny-etutopia5023698dec22%2C2%2C135638.story |archive-date=May 13, 2009 |access-date=July 13, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The performance earned Hawke his first [[Tony Award]] nomination for [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play|Best Featured Actor in a Play]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/state-mind-article-1.236904|title='State' of mind|last=Glitz|first=Michael|date=August 19, 2007|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|access-date=April 10, 2012|archive-date=May 24, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524212843/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/state-mind-article-1.236904|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2007, he directed ''Things We Want'', a two-act play by [[Jonathan Marc Sherman]], for the artist-driven Off-Broadway company [[The New Group]].<ref name="things">{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/arts/theater/reviews/40973/|title=We've Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway|last=McCarter|first=Jeremy|date=November 16, 2007|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=February 5, 2009|archive-date=May 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511054405/http://nymag.com/arts/theater/reviews/40973/|url-status=live}}</ref> The play has four characters played by [[Paul Dano]], [[Peter Dinklage]], [[Josh Hamilton (actor)|Josh Hamilton]], and [[Zoe Kazan]]. ''New York'' magazine praised Hawke's "understated direction", particularly his ability to "steer a gifted cast away from the histrionics".<ref name="things" />

The following year, Hawke received the Michael Mendelson Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Theater.<ref name="michael award">{{cite news|url=http://observer.com/2008/11/11/at-fte-for-ethan-hawke-actors-justin-long-and-billy-crudup-recall-what-its-like-to-be-laid-off/|title=At Fête for Ethan Hawke, Actors Justin Long and Billy Crudup Recall What It's Like to Be Laid Off|last=Aleksander|first=Irina|date=November 11, 2008|work=[[The New York Observer]]|access-date=February 5, 2009|archive-date=August 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817211118/https://observer.com/2008/11/at-fte-for-ethan-hawke-actors-justin-long-and-billy-crudup-recall-what-its-like-to-be-laid-off/|url-status=live}}</ref> In his acceptance speech, Hawke said "I don't know why they're honoring me. I think the real reason they are honoring me is to help raise money for the theater company. Whenever the economy gets hit hard, one of the first thing {{sic}} to go is people's giving, and last on that list of things people give to is the arts because they feel it's not essential. I guess I'm here to remind people that the arts are essential to our mental health as a country."<ref name="michael award"/>

In 2009, Hawke appeared in two plays under British director [[Sam Mendes]]: as Trofimov in Chekhov's ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' and as Autolycus in Shakespeare's ''[[The Winter's Tale]]''.<ref name="bridge">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/5296859/Sam-Mendes-and-Kevin-Spacey-The-Bridge-Project.html|title=Sam Mendes and Kevin Spacey: The Bridge Project|date=May 8, 2009|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=November 5, 2009|location=London|first=Heather|last=Hodson|archive-date=September 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901224908/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/5296859/Sam-Mendes-and-Kevin-Spacey-The-Bridge-Project.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The two productions, launched in New York as part of the Bridge Project, went on an eight-month tour in six countries.<ref name="bridge" /> ''The Cherry Orchard'' won a mixed review from the ''[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]]'', which wrote "Ethan Hawke&nbsp;... fits the image of the 'mangy' student Trofimov, but one wishes he didn't speak with a perennial frog in his throat."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/cherry-orchard-blossoms-bam-article-1.424472|title='Cherry Orchard' blossoms at BAM|last=Dziemianowicz|first=Joe|date=January 16, 2009|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|access-date=April 10, 2012|archive-date=October 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022093114/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/cherry-orchard-blossoms-bam-article-1.424472|url-status=live}}</ref> Hawke's performance in ''The Winter's Tale'' was better received,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/winter-tale-othello-suspicious-delicious-article-1.389864|title='The Winter's Tale,' 'Othello' are suspicious but delicious|last=Dziemianowicz|first=Joe|date=February 23, 2009|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|access-date=April 10, 2012|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104620/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/winter-tale-othello-suspicious-delicious-article-1.389864|url-status=live}}</ref> earning him a [[Drama Desk Award]] nomination for [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play|Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/05/drama-desk-awards-winners-news-839157264-article.html|title=As usual, non-Broadway shows get stomped at the Drama Desk Awards|date=May 17, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=October 7, 2009|archive-date=May 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521072150/http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/05/drama-desk-awards-winners-news-839157264-article.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2010, Hawke directed his second play, ''[[A Lie of the Mind]]'', by Sam Shepard on the New York stage.<ref>{{cite news|first=Adam|last=Sternbergh|url=https://nymag.com/arts/theater/profiles/63419/|title=The Ethan Hawke Actors Studio|access-date=February 1, 2010|date=January 31, 2010|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|page=1|archive-date=February 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203110956/http://nymag.com/arts/theater/profiles/63419/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the first major Off-Broadway revival of the play since its 1985 premiere.<ref name="nyt"/> Hawke said that he was drawn to the play's take on "the nature of reality",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2010/02/conversation-ethan-hawke-on-directing-sam-shepards-a-lie-of-the-min.html|title=Conversation: Ethan Hawke on Directing Shepard's 'A Lie of the Mind'|last=Jacobson|first=Murrey|date=February 24, 2010|work=[[PBS NewsHour]]|access-date=February 25, 2010|archive-date=February 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226174749/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2010/02/conversation-ethan-hawke-on-directing-sam-shepards-a-lie-of-the-min.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and its "weird juxtaposition of humor and mysticism".<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/theater/31roundtable.html|title=New Search for the Truth in 'A Lie'|last=Healy|first=Patrick|date=January 27, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 25, 2010|archive-date=February 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225190844/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/theater/31roundtable.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In his review for ''The New York Times'', Ben Brantley noted the production's "scary, splendid clarity", and praised Hawke for eliciting a performance that "connoisseurs of precision acting will be savoring for years to come".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/theater/reviews/19lie.html|title=Home Is Where the Soul Aches|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=February 19, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 22, 2010|archive-date=February 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225161908/http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/theater/reviews/19lie.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' commented that although ''A Lie of the Mind'' "wobbles a bit in its late stages", Hawke's "hearty" revival managed to "resurrect the spellbinding uneasiness of the original".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2010/02/18/lie-mind/|title=Stage Review&nbsp;— A Lie of the Mind (2010)|last=Labrecque|first=Jeff|date=February 18, 2010|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 22, 2010|archive-date=March 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317211307/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20345377,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The production garnered five Lucille Lortel Award nominations including Outstanding Revival,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/lucille-lortel-nominees-announced/|title=Lucille Lortel Nominees Announced|last=Healy|first=Patrick|date=April 1, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 3, 2010|archive-date=April 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404015114/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/lucille-lortel-nominees-announced/|url-status=live}}</ref> and earned Hawke a Drama Desk Award nomination for [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play|Outstanding Director of a Play]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2010/legit/news/drama-desk-fetes-ragtime-scottsboro-1118018658/|title=Drama Desk fetes 'Ragtime,' 'Scottsboro'|last=Cox|first=Gordon|date=May 3, 2010|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=May 4, 2010|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132536/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118018658?refCatId=15|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hawke next starred in the Off-Broadway premiere of a new play, Tommy Nohilly's ''Blood from a Stone'', from December 2010 to February 2011. The play was not a critical success,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/theater/talking_blue_in_blood_from_stone_ASnKN8grqzLVJ2cZ5ntPVI|title=The women of 'Blood from a Stone'|last=Vincentelli|first=Elisabeth|date=January 13, 2011|work=[[New York Post]]|access-date=January 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022053718/http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/theater/talking_blue_in_blood_from_stone_ASnKN8grqzLVJ2cZ5ntPVI|archive-date=October 22, 2012}}</ref> but Hawke's portrayal of the central character Travis earned positive feedback; ''The New York Times'' said he was "remarkably good at communicating the buried sensitivity beneath Travis's veneer of wary resignation."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/theater/reviews/13blood.html|title=Discord Dished Up at Every Meal|first=Charles|last=Isherwood|date=January 12, 2011|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 25, 2011|archive-date=January 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117145710/http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/theater/reviews/13blood.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A contributor from the ''[[New York Post]]'' noted it was Hawke's "best performance in years".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/heavy_stone_sinks_Nlg3DW9M0dTqoO8xlPSiBO|title=Heavy 'Stone' sinks|first=Elisabeth|last=Vincentelli|date=January 12, 2011|work=[[New York Post]]|access-date=January 25, 2011|archive-date=January 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116025651/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/heavy_stone_sinks_Nlg3DW9M0dTqoO8xlPSiBO|url-status=live}}</ref> Hawke won an [[Obie Award]] for his role in ''Blood from a Stone''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/embargoed-chad-deity-takes-obie-for-best-new-american-play/|title='Chad Deity' Takes Obie For Best New American Play|last=Healy|first=Patrick|date=May 16, 2011|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 18, 2011|archive-date=May 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518152356/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/embargoed-chad-deity-takes-obie-for-best-new-american-play/|url-status=live}}</ref> The following year Hawke played the title role in Chekhov's ''[[Ivanov (play)|Ivanov]]'' at the [[Classic Stage Company]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2012/legit/news/hawke-sheik-set-for-csc-1118054879/|title=Hawke, Sheik set for CSC|last=Cox|first=Gordon|date=May 31, 2012|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=June 17, 2013|archive-date=February 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226162309/http://variety.com/2012/legit/news/hawke-sheik-set-for-csc-1118054879/|url-status=live}}</ref> In early 2013, he starred in and directed a new play ''Clive'', inspired by [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[Baal (play)|Baal]]'' and written by Jonathan Marc Sherman.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/ethan-hawke-will-star-in-and-direct-new-play-for-new-group/|title=Ethan Hawke Will Star in and Direct New Play for New Group|last=Healy|first=Patrick|date=May 22, 2012|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 25, 2012|archive-date=May 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526145448/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/ethan-hawke-will-star-in-and-direct-new-play-for-new-group/|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, he played the [[Macbeth (character)|title role]] in a Broadway production of ''[[Macbeth]]'' at the [[Lincoln Center Theater]], but his performance failed to win over the critics, with the ''New York Post'' calling it "underwhelming" for showing untimely restraint in a flashy production.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2013/11/22/ethan-hawke-underwhelming-in-macbeth/|title=Ethan Hawke underwhelming in 'Macbeth'|last=Vincentelli|first=Elisabeth|date=November 22, 2013|work=[[New York Post]]|access-date=January 22, 2014|archive-date=January 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117145257/http://nypost.com/2013/11/22/ethan-hawke-underwhelming-in-macbeth/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, Hawke returned to Broadway in the revival of Sam Shepard's ''[[True West (play)|True West]]'', co-starring [[Paul Dano]]. The show was met with critical acclaim. It received the Critic's Pick from ''The New York Times''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/theater/true-west-review-ethan-hawke-paul-dano.html|title=Review: Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano Go Mano a Mano in the Riveting 'True West'|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=January 24, 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 14, 2019|archive-date=March 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314072825/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/theater/true-west-review-ethan-hawke-paul-dano.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The show's previews began on December 27, 2018, and officially opened January 24, 2019, closing on March 17, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/shows/true-west-broadway/|title=True West Paul Dano and Ethan Hawke star in Sam Shepard's Pulitzer-nominated drama|year=2018|work=[[broadway.com|Broadway]]|access-date=March 14, 2019|archive-date=December 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223171921/https://www.broadway.com/shows/true-west-broadway/|url-status=live}}</ref> Hawke is a member of the [[LAByrinth theater company]].

==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&nbsp;— 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>

==Filmography==
{{main|List of Ethan Hawke performances}}

== Discography ==
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!Year
!Song
!Contribution
!Artist
!Album
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|2023
|"The Pink Seashell"<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=March 3, 2023 |title=Fall Out Boy Unveils 'So Much (For) Stardust' Tracklist, Featuring Ethan Hawke Collab |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/fall-out-boy-unveils-so-much-for-stardust-tracklist-1235279675/ |access-date=March 4, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=March 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304045508/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/fall-out-boy-unveils-so-much-for-stardust-tracklist-1235279675/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Spoken Word 
|[[Fall Out Boy]]
|''[[So Much (for) Stardust]]''
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by Ethan Hawke}}

==Publications==
* {{Cite book |last=Hawke |first=Ethan |year=1996 |title=The Hottest State: A Novel |edition=1st |location=Boston |publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]] |isbn=978-0-316-54083-4 |oclc=34474927}}
* {{Cite book |last=Hawke |first=Ethan |year=2002 |title=Ash Wednesday: A Novel |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]] |isbn=978-0-375-41326-1 |oclc=48967928 |url=https://archive.org/details/ashwednesdaynove00hawk|url-access=registration }}
* {{Cite magazine |last=Hawke |first=Ethan |date=April 2009 |title=The Last Outlaw Poet |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=1076 |pages=50–61, 78–79 |issn=0035-791X |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/27113898/the_last_outlaw_poet
|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410055914/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/27113898/the_last_outlaw_poet |archive-date=April 10, 2009}}
* {{Cite book |last=Hawke |first=Ethan |year=2015 |title=Rules for a Knight |edition=1st |location=New York|publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]] | isbn=978-0307962331 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbwOrgEACAAJ}}
* {{Cite book |last=Hawke |first=Ethan |year=2016 |title=Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=[[Grand Central Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-401-31099-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bDoYCwAAQBAJ |via=[[Google Books]]}}
* {{Cite book |last=Hawke |first=Ethan |year=2021 |title=A Bright Ray of Darkness: A Novel |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]] |isbn= 978-1-785-15260-3 |oclc=34474927}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [https://thefilmaholic.com/actor/ethan-hawke Ethan Hawke] at The Filmaholic
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091005054616/http://www.klru.org/texasmonthlytalks/archive/hawke.php Ethan Hawke Interview] on ''[[Texas Monthly Talks]]'' (November 2007)

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