ETHAN HAWKE
Height5' 10"
SpouseUma Thurman (1 May
1998 - present); 1 daughter
TriviaThe cat appearing in the Lisa Loeb music-video "Stay", which
he directed, is his cat. (1984-86) Attended West Windsor-Plainsboro High School
in Central New Jersey, but is not pictured in the yearbook. (8 July 1998)
Daughter, with Thurman, Maya Ray Thurman-Hawke. (1988) Graduated from the
Hun School of Princeton. 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. (Summer 2001) Announced that he and wife Uma Thurman are expecting
second child in January 2002. Can speak fluent French and German. Plays the
piano, the violin, and the trumpet. Was considered for Ben Affleck's role
in Shakespeare in Love (1998). Was considered for the Brad Pitt role in Mexican,
The (2001). (2001) Writing his next novel. Was accepted to Harvard University,
but dropped out after only 5 months. Proposed to wife Uma Thurman two times
before she said yes. Met his wife for the first time at an ATM machine in
Hollywood in 1995. His brother is a Green Beret. Personal quotes"Life
goes by too damn fast, you have to know how to compete and win. I wouldn't
be where I am today if I hadn't been ruthless." SalaryTraining Day (2001)
$12,000,000
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) $8,000,000
Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:Handsome young actor who
made his film debut in Joe Dante's Explorers (1985) but really came into his
own as the shy student who stands on a desk to yell "O Captain, my Captain"
to Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society (1989). Since then, Hawke has appeared
as Ted Danson's son in Dad(1989), the victim of a Mystery Date (1991), a prospector
in White Fang (1991), a WW2 infantry leader in A Midnight Clear (1992), and
a rugby player marooned in the Andes in Alive (1993). He costarred with Jeremy
Irons in Waterland (1992) and Albert Finney in Rich in Love (1993), and became
something of a "Generation X" poster boy with his turns in Reality
Bites (1994) and Before Sunrise (1995).