Everything about Ethan Hawke totally explained
Ethan Green Hawke (born
November 6,
1970) is a two-time
Academy Award-nominated
American actor,
writer and
film director.
Biography
Early life
Hawke was born in
Austin, Texas, the son of Leslie Carole (
née Green) and James Steven Hawke. His maternal grandfather, Howard Lemuel Green, served five terms in the
Texas Legislature and was a minor league baseball commissioner. Hawke's parents were students at the
University of Texas at the time of his birth, and separated five years later. When he was ten, he moved with his mother from Atlanta to New York, where he attended the
Packer Collegiate Institute in
Brooklyn Heights and then moved to
West Windsor, New Jersey, where he attended what is now
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South. He took acting classes at the
McCarter Theatre. His first paid role was at the age of twelve, in McCarter's production of
George Bernard Shaw's
Saint Joan.
Career
At the age of fourteen, he made his feature film debut in
Joe Dante's
Explorers (
1985).
Personal life
On
May 1,
1998, Hawke married actress
Uma Thurman. The couple had two children, daughter Maya Ray Thurman-Hawke (born
July 81998) and son Levon Roan Thurman-Hawke (born
January 152002). They separated and divorced in July 2004.
Hawke lives in
Chelsea, a neighborhood in the borough of
Manhattan in
New York City, and owns a small flat in
Tracadie,
Nova Scotia. He has recently completed a screenplay with Tracadie neighbor, writer Charles Gaines, author of
Pumping Iron and inventor of the game
paintball.
He is a
Democrat. and has supported
John Kerry for
President of the United States in 2004 and
Barack Obama for 2008.
His family includes half-brothers Matthew and Samuel, and his stepmother Gay. His father James is a high ranking official at
Conseco. His mother has been honored for her ongoing humanitarian work in
Romania, where she first went as a member of the
Peace Corps in 2000. She founded and runs an educational charity for
Roma children in that country.
Tennessee Williams was his great-uncle, on his father’s side.
He is a fan of
Guns N' Roses.
On
January 302008, Hawke announced he's about to become a father again, this time with Ryan Shawhughes, described as the former nanny to his children with
Uma Thurman.
Filmography
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