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Biography
Ethan Green Hawke is an American actor, writer and film director.Born in Austin, Texas to James Steven Hawke and Leslie Carole Green, Hawke moved to Princeton, New Jersey at an early age, where he took acting classes at the McCarter Theatre. He first appeared in various high school performances, e.g. in George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan.At the age of fourteen he made his feature film debut in Explorers (1985). Afterward, Hawke studied acting at the British Theatre Association in England and at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He has twice enrolled in New York University's English program and is one of the founding fathers and artistic director of Malaparte, a New York City theatre company (productions included A Joke!; Wild Dogs; Good Evening; Sons and Fathers; It Changes Every Year; Veins and Thumbtacks; Hesh; and The Great Unwashed)In 1988, Hawke was offered a role in Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society and his part as Todd Anderson was his breakthrough. He left school and appeared in A Midnight Clear, Alive, Reality Bites, Before Sunrise, Gattaca, The Newton Boys, Great Expectations and many other movies. In 2001 he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Training Day.Hawke has recently directed Chelsea Walls and has written two novels, The Hottest State (1996) and Ash Wednesday (2002).On May 1, 1998 he married actress Uma Thurman with whom he has two children, daughter Maya Ray (born July 8, 1998) and son Levon Roan (born January 15, 2002). They separated in 2004 amid tabloid rumours his infidelity with an unknown woman. In 2005, along with his co-writers (Richard Linklater and Julie Delpy), he received his first screenwriting Oscar nomination for Before Sunset (a sequel to Before Sunrise).Hawke owns a small island off the coast of Nova Scotia. This land was purchased before his divorce from Uma Thurman as a family retreat.Despite not having a mainstream "hit" movie since Training Day, Hawke is still mentioned frequently in tabloid newspapers. Photos are commonly snapped of him going about his life in New York City.
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Attended West Windsor-Plainsboro High School in Central New Jersey, but is not pictured in the yearbook (1984-86).Daughter, with Uma Thurman, Maya Ray Thurman-Hawke. [8 July 1998]Graduated from the Hun School of Princeton. [1988]Published his first novel, "The Hottest State," in 1996 (the novel sold for $400,000 to Little, Brown and Company).Was in a production of "Great Expectations" at West Windsor Plainsboro High School.Was accepted by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Drama in Pittsburgh, PA, but dropped out after only 5 months.Proposed to wife Uma Thurman twice before she said yes.His brother is a Green Beret.Welcomed second child, Roan, a boy on January 15, 2002. The baby weighed 7lbs 15oz.Childhood friend of director Bryan Singer (_The Usual Suspects_ ; X-Men (2000))The cat appearing in the Lisa Loeb music-video "Stay", which he directed, is his own.Has appeared in two film adaptations of William Wharton novels: Dad (1989) and A Midnight Clear (1992).He was the original choice to play FBI Agent Will Graham in Red Dragon (2002), but turned the role down to take time off from making movies.His parents were University of Texas students when Ethan was born, and they separated when he was three.Says that he is constantly mistaken for Mark McGrath from "Sugar Ray" so often that he signs autographs as "Mark McGrath" and, apparently, the same thing happens to Mark McGrath who, in turn, signs autographs as "Ethan Hawke" to fans.Met and became friends with River Phoenix during the making of Explorers (1985).When he was in the seventh grade, he played "Lon" in West Windsor-Plainsboro junior high school production of the play "Meet Me in St. Louis".Remains close friends with Dead Poets Society (1989) co-stars, Robert Sean Leonard and Josh Charles.Attended the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, New York for one year.First cousin twice removed of Tennessee Williams. Hawke's great grandfather and Williams' father were brothers.Is close friends with actor/director Frank Whaley, whom he met while filming A Midnight Clear (1992).On father's day 2004 he went to a Yankees game with his kidsIs a big fan of the Star Wars movie series
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