Ethan Hawke

Born on November 6, 1970, in Texas, Ethan Hawke starred in Dead Poet's Society in 1989. He moved to New York City and worked steadily in films from then on. In addition to his movie work, he became an active participant in the New York theater scene and is a filmmaker in his own right. He published his first novel in 1996 and reappeared on the big screen in 1997 with Gattaca. He later starred in the critically acclaimed film Training Day(2001) with Denzel Washington, earning his first Oscar nomination. He would receive further Academy Award nominations for adapted screenplay for the films Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013). And Hawke's role as a parent in 2014's acclaimed Boyhood earned the actor his fourth Oscar nod. In 2016 he starred as legendary trumpeter Chet Baker in the biopic Born to Blue.