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Ethan Hawke Breaks Down His Career, From ‘Training Day’ to ‘Boyhood’ | Vanity Fair

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5 months ago

October 16, 2025

Ethan Hawke takes us through his celebrated and dynamic career, discussing his roles in ‘Dead Poets Society,’ ‘Before Sunrise,’ ‘Training Day,’ ‘Before The Devil Knows Your Dead,’ ‘Boyhood,’ ‘First Reformed’ and more.

FX’s The Lowdown airs Tuesdays at 9pm ET/PT on FX, next day on Hulu.

0:00 Ethan Hawke’s Career Timeline
1:00 Explorers (1985)
2:18 Dead Poets Society (1989)
4:23 Before Sunrise (1995)
8:44 Training Day (2001)
11:00 Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
15:12 Boyhood (2014)
17:55 Born to Be Blue (2015)
19:17 First Reformed (2017)
22:14 The Good Lord Bird (2020)
24:32 The Lowdown (2025)
25:38 Blue Moon (2025)

Director: Adam Lance Garcia
Director of Photography: Bradley Wickham
Editor: Alex Mechanik; Alana McNair
Talent: Ethan Hawke
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Audio Engineer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Owen Wright; Shanti Cuizon-Burden
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
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25 Comments

@Chris24_

October 16, 2025 at 1:31 pm

Wish they let him talk about Sinister.

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@micahjoelberg

October 16, 2025 at 1:36 pm

My brothers and I love Explorers! We watched it over and over again when we were kids. I wanted that homemade spaceship!

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@gstung

October 16, 2025 at 1:40 pm

Before the devil is such an underrated masterpiece

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@lukewilliam3601

October 16, 2025 at 1:44 pm

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. Incredible movie that I’ll only ever watch once. Hoffman’s performance was almost too real.

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@hirynanasarian

October 16, 2025 at 1:52 pm

I grew up with Ethan❤ I’m a GenX so I really love him. He is a true treasure in cinema for me

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@henshin587

October 16, 2025 at 1:55 pm

Pretty disappointing video, there are so many great movies of his that didn’t even get mentioned.

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@SVUE-jj9jc

October 16, 2025 at 1:57 pm

Ethan has always been an exceptional actor. Listening to him adds so much more depth when it comes to how he approaches and interprets his characters. I 💯 agree the best films are created with collaboration at its foundational core. 👌

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@beetlebum1

October 16, 2025 at 2:00 pm

his perspective is always welcome

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@MP-in7ne

October 16, 2025 at 2:05 pm

Oh, captain, my captain

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@markprice3621

October 16, 2025 at 2:07 pm

Predestination

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@AAA-tp7nc

October 16, 2025 at 2:41 pm

What he does in First Reformed is truly an all time performance and should be talked about more

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@steveospirals

October 16, 2025 at 2:44 pm

No Gattica or Tape on this is wild

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@Federer20Goat

October 16, 2025 at 2:46 pm

They spend two minutes on training day ?! And more time on other way worse movies ! Hate when they do that

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@SethYoungRuiz

October 16, 2025 at 2:53 pm

I f*cking love Ethan Hawke, as an actor and in interviews.

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@chelseacanales8763

October 16, 2025 at 2:54 pm

I love him in Dead Poet Society and Training Day ❤❤❤❤❤

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@douglas68storm

October 16, 2025 at 3:03 pm

This is easily one of the best of these I’ve seen – hats off to Ethan Hawke.

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@Bringmethehorizondude

October 16, 2025 at 3:11 pm

Gattaca missing is a crime but I also would’ve accepted him talking about White Fang!

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@mikehall7189

October 16, 2025 at 3:12 pm

I really love training day, it’s a great movie but it hinges on one of the most unrealistic coincides in movie history.

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@KABOBkabob

October 16, 2025 at 3:14 pm

I love that yall do this format in chronological order. So much better than jumping around wildly imo

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@Graco451

October 16, 2025 at 3:24 pm

The purge, sinister, black phone? Missing those on October feels wrong!

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@meganmarshall1801

October 16, 2025 at 3:25 pm

No Reality Bites?Shameful.

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@cristinaapariciolinale2119

October 16, 2025 at 3:25 pm

I looooove Ethan Hawke, he’s an amazing actor ❤

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@cristinaapariciolinale2119

October 16, 2025 at 3:29 pm

No reality bites??????

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@ianflawlez

October 16, 2025 at 3:30 pm

Ethan specifically asked to ditch Gattaca cuz he didn’t want to look bad (he cheated on Uma). So no Ethan – no my view, i just closed this video.

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@KajiCarson

October 16, 2025 at 3:33 pm

First Reformed is such an astonishing movie – it will only age like wine over time.

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Inside WNBA Star A’ja Wilson’s Louis Vuitton Bag | In the Bag | Vogue

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18 hours ago

March 24, 2026

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