Portrait of Ethan Hawke

Acting

Ethan Hawke

Career

Active from 1985 to 2026, busiest in 2015 and 2016 with 6 main titles each.

Leading roles
73
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Before Sunset
Before Sunset
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 93 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ethan Hawke Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.9, average 2.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.4, average 2.0
  • Fantasy
    1.1, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 12
  • Moral Ambiguity 10
  • Character Study 8
  • Psychological Thriller 5
  • Crime Drama 4
  • Biographical Drama 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Emotional Catharsis 3
  • Redemption Story 3
  • Family Dynamics 3
  • Crime 3
  • Psychological Drama 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

113
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

6 titles
The Last of the Tribe
The Last of the Tribe

as William Phelan

Tonight at Noon
Tonight at Noon

as Lefty

Hippies
Hippies

as Ralph Waldo Emerson

Untitled Agnes Denes Documentary
Untitled Agnes Denes Documentary

Executive Producer

Camino Real
Camino Real

Screenplay, Director

The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter

Producer, Writer

2020s

25 titles ยท average score 69
The Weight
The Weight (2026)
GoodWatch score 77

as Samuel Murphy

Black Phone 2
Black Phone 2 (2025)
GoodWatch score 65

as Grabber

The Lowdown
The Lowdown (2025)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Lee Raybon

Blue Moon
Blue Moon (2025)
GoodWatch score 76

as Lorenz Hart

Leave the World Behind
Leave the World Behind (2023)
GoodWatch score 62

as Clay Sandford

Strange Way of Life
Strange Way of Life (2023)
GoodWatch score 68

as Jake

Moon Knight
Moon Knight (2022)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Arthur Harrow

The Black Phone
The Black Phone (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

as The Grabber

Raymond & Ray
Raymond & Ray (2022)
GoodWatch score 54

as Ray

The Guilty
The Guilty (2021)
GoodWatch score 64

as Sgt. Bill Miller (voice)

The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird (2020)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as John Brown

Tesla
Tesla (2020)
GoodWatch score 55

as Nikola Tesla

2010s

39 titles ยท average score 63
Juliet, Naked
Juliet, Naked (2018)
GoodWatch score 70

as Tucker Crowe

First Reformed
First Reformed (2018)
GoodWatch score 81

as Pastor Ernst Toller

The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
GoodWatch score 62

as Goodnight Robicheaux

Maggie's Plan
Maggie's Plan (2016)
GoodWatch score 70

as John Harding

Regression
Regression (2015)
GoodWatch score 35

as Bruce Kenner

Predestination
Predestination (2014)
GoodWatch score 75

as The Bartender

Boyhood
Boyhood (2014)
GoodWatch score 87

as Dad

The Purge
The Purge (2013)
GoodWatch score 46

as James Sandin

Before Midnight
Before Midnight (2013)
GoodWatch score 87

as Jesse

Sinister
Sinister (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

as Ellison Oswalt

Daybreakers
Daybreakers (2010)
GoodWatch score 61

as Edward Dalton

Brooklyn's Finest
Brooklyn's Finest (2010)
GoodWatch score 51

as Det. Sal Procida

2000s

19 titles ยท average score 59
Staten Island
Staten Island (2009)
GoodWatch score 37

as Sully

What Doesn't Kill You
What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

as Paulie

New York, I Love You
New York, I Love You (2008)
GoodWatch score 47

as Writer

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

as Hank Hanson

Assault on Precinct 13
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
GoodWatch score 57

as Sergeant Jake Roenick

Lord of War
Lord of War (2005)
GoodWatch score 69

as Jack Valentine

Before Sunset
Before Sunset (2004)
GoodWatch score 88

as Jesse

Taking Lives
Taking Lives (2004)
GoodWatch score 44

as James Costa

Training Day
Training Day (2001)
GoodWatch score 76

as Jake

Waking Life
Waking Life (2001)
GoodWatch score 80

as Jesse

Tape
Tape (2001)
GoodWatch score 73

as Vin

Hamlet
Hamlet (2000)
GoodWatch score 66

as Hamlet

1990s

19 titles ยท average score 61
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
GoodWatch score 55

as Ishmael Chambers

Great Expectations
Great Expectations (1998)
GoodWatch score 55

as Finnegan Bell

The Newton Boys
The Newton Boys (1998)
GoodWatch score 59

as Jess Newton

Gattaca
Gattaca (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

as Vincent Freeman

Before Sunrise
Before Sunrise (1995)
GoodWatch score 87

as Jesse

Reality Bites
Reality Bites (1994)
GoodWatch score 67

as Troy Dyer

Alive
Alive (1993)
GoodWatch score 63

as Nando Parrado

Straight to One
Straight to One (1993)

Writer, Producer

A Midnight Clear
A Midnight Clear (1992)
GoodWatch score 79

as Will Knott

Waterland
Waterland (1992)
GoodWatch score 55

as Matthew Price

White Fang
White Fang (1991)
GoodWatch score 66

as Jack Conroy

Mystery Date
Mystery Date (1991)
GoodWatch score 39

as Tom McHugh

1980s

5 titles ยท average score 60
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

as Todd Anderson

Dad
Dad (1989)
GoodWatch score 50

as Billy

Lion's Den
Lion's Den (1988)

as Chris

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Self - Guest

Explorers
Explorers (1985)
GoodWatch score 58

as Ben Crandall