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Daybreakers (2009): $4,000,000
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005): $3,000,000
Training Day (2001): $12,000,000

Attended West Windsor-Plainsboro High School in central New Jersey, but is not pictured in the yearbook (1984-86). Graduated from the Hun School of Princeton. [1988] Was in a production of "Great Expectations" at West Windsor Plainsboro High School. Proposed to ex-wife Uma Thurman twice before she said yes. His cat appeared in the Lisa Loeb music-video "Stay", which he directed. 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. Says that he is constantly mistaken for Mark McGrath from the band 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. 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". Attended the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, New York for one year. Is close friends with actor/director Frank Whaley, whom he met while filming A Midnight Clear (1992). Is a big fan of the Star Wars movie series Co-founded the now-defunct theater company called "Malaparte" with Robert Sean Leonard, Frank Whaleyand Steve Zahn. Stepbrother Patrick Powers is a Green Beret who served a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, and is currently (late 2006/early 2007) serving a six-month tour in Iraq. His first acting role was at McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey at age 12. Is a big fan of the band Wilco. To prepare for his role in the film version of Hamlet he spent the summer before filming attending three study sessions a week with a friend who had played the part on the stage. Twice during his 20s he took a two-year leave of absence, once to go to NYU and study English (he dropped out when a part came up), and then to write a novel. Announced that he and his girlfriend, Ryan Shawhughes, are expecting a child together (January 31, 2008). Ryan used to be the nanny of his children by his ex-wife, Uma Thurman. Ethan and his wife, Ryan, became the parents of a girl, Clementine Jane Hawkes, on July 18, 2008 in New York City. A fan of Guns N' Roses. Former brother-in-law of Dechen Thurman, Ganden Thurman and Mipam Thurman.