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Trivia
Birth name: Ethan Green Hawke
Date of birth: 6 November 1970
Place of birth: Austin, Texas, USA
Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m)
Spouse: Uma Thurman (1 May 1998 - 20 July 2004) (divorced) 2 children
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 kids
Is a big fan of the Star Wars movie series
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