Ethan Hawke
- Born: 6 Nov, 1970
A self-described "slob" who has been named repeatedly to People magazine's Worst Dressed List, Ethan Hawke began fashioning his career as a Gen-X Renaissance Man, publishing a modestly-acclaimed novel, co-founding a Manhattan theater company, and stepping behind the camera to helm music videos and films, in addition to acting. Possessing WASP-ish good looks and a disarming air of sincerity, he began taking acting classes at Princeton University's McCarter Theater, and his stage debut there at age 13 in "St. Joan" led to a successful audition for "Explorers" (1985), Joe Dante's underappreciated teen sci-fi film (which also marked the feature debut of River Phoenix). The film flopped, and Hawke, encouraged by his mother, left acting for several years before retu...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- grandfather : served in the state legislature of Texas
- father : divorced from Hawke's mother; resides in Virginia; 18 years old at the time of Hawke's birth
- mother Leslie Hawke: divorced from Hawke's father; resides in New Jersey; 17 years old at the time of Hawke's birth
- step-father : divorced from Hawke's mother; Hawke credits him with being "the person who made me think it would be cool to try and live an artist's life"
- brother Matthew Hawke:
- step-sister : attended Arizona State University
- step-brother Patrick Powers: served as a Green Beret in the US Army; travelled through Europe with Hawke the summer after his stepbrother's junior year in high school
- daughter Maya Ray Thurman-Hawke: born on July 8, 1998
- son Roan Thurman-Hawke: born in January 2002
- wife Uma Thurman: co-starred with Hawke in "Gattaca" (1997); married on May 1, 1998
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