By Wonderwall.com Editors
5:28pm PDT, Apr 19, 2024
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In 1989, Ethan Hawke starred within the coming-of-age drama “Lifeless Poets Society.”
In 2024, he (middle) and colleague Josh Charles (proper) starred in Taylor Swift and Submit Malone’s “Fortnight” music video.
“I am nonetheless laughing from attending to work with the best guys on earth, @ethanhawke and @mrjoshcharles (tortured poets, meet your colleagues from down the corridor, the useless poets),” the pop icon wrote on social media when she launched the video.
Ethan was the epitome of cool within the ’90s and has since turn into an unbiased film king over the past three a long time. Together with his good-looking one-sided smile, child blues and artsy, cool-guy vibe, the actor — who’s now a four-time Oscar nominee — was merely irresistible.
To mark his shock video look, be a part of us as we revisit the perfect images of Ethan in his youthful years…
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These cheekbones! Ethan Hawke cleaned up properly for the 1997 film “Gattaca,” by which he co-starred with future ex-wife Uma Thurman.
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On the New York Metropolis music venue Wetlands in 1994, the effortlessly cool Ethan Hawke may’ve been an actor, a rocker or an everyday previous Manhattanite.
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Although he would possibly look sweaty and unkempt, Ethan Hawke was nonetheless 100% sizzling as slacker Troy Dyer within the 1994 movie “Actuality Bites.”
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Such a charmer! Ethan Hawke was all smiles at a “Coaching Day” press convention on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant in 2001.
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Awww, it is a baby-faced Ethan Hawke in “portrait mode” in 1995.
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It is arduous to withstand his unbelievable attractiveness with a photograph like this. This candid and moody shot of Ethan Hawke was taken whereas he filmed “Floundering” in Los Angeles in 1992.
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We’ll by no means forgive Gwyneth Paltrow’s Estella for toying with Ethan Hawke’s loving and proficient painter Finn in 1998’s “Nice Expectations.”
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Regardless of a sprinkling of rain, a goateed Ethan Hawke was all inviting child blues and horny, smirky smiles on the Berlin Movie Pageant premiere of his film “Earlier than Sundown” in February 2004.
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A bit of angle and a few hair gel clearly go a great distance for this man. Suited up for the premiere of “Hamlet” in 2000, Ethan Hawke was wanting fairly debonair.
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He is an writer too! In August 2002, Ethan Hawke smoldered whereas posing for a portrait to advertise the discharge of his gripping novel “Ash Wednesday.”
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Now, this is able to be one to explode right into a poster and hold on a teenage wall! Who’s cuter — the candy canine or Ethan Hawke on the 1999 Deauville Movie Pageant?
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Ethan Hawke is seen right here on the 2001 Gotham Awards the place he stared down the digital camera in a khaki blazer, a paisley shirt and artfully tousled hair.
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In October 1993, Ethan Hawke weathered New York Metropolis’s brisk temperatures on this cozy-cute jacket. He seemed fresh-faced and cute together with his ’90s haircut!
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Horny ski teacher or big-time actor? On the Sundance Movie Pageant in 2000, Ethan Hawke was simply as handsome on the slopes as he was on the streets.
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Is there any look this dude cannot pull off? Ethan Hawke donned a high hat, some signature ‘tude and a swimsuit for the “Snow Falling on Cedars” premiere in 1999.
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Who may ever overlook Ethan Hawke’s portrayal of Finn and Gwyneth Paltrow as Estella in 1998’s “Nice Expectations”? We actually assume he by no means seemed higher than in that movie — and he seemed fairly nice clean-shaven on the film’s premiere too.
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Who knew he seemed so good in a bandana?! Ethan Hawke confirmed off his match physique in a short-sleeved button-up in New York Metropolis in July 1995.
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How cute is child Ethan Hawke on the premiere of “Earlier than Dawn” in 1995? He was 24 and on the verge of turning into an icon (and heartthrob!).
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Ethan Hawke’s even mega-handsome by way of aspect profile! Right here, he ponders life on Seashore Road in New York Metropolis within the 12 months 2000.
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A suit-and-tie-clad Ethan Hawke confirmed as much as the “Coaching Day” photocall on the 2002 Venice Movie Pageant as shaggy-haired and sizzling as ever.
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Simply as comfy in a swimsuit as a pair of soiled denims, Ethan Hawke performed the shiny thespian half nicely on the New York Shakespeare Pageant’s Spring Gala in 1994.
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How endearing! In August 1991, a 20-year-old Ethan Hawke threw up a peace signal for photographers on the New York Metropolis premiere of “Thriller Date.”
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Ethan Hawke arrived on the the New York Movie Critics Circle Awards in 2002 with a cowboy-inspired outfit and a make-you-melt pose.
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Ethan Hawke rocked a basic khaki swimsuit and seemed classically horny together with his arms nonchalantly positioned in his pockets on the “Waking Life” premiere on the Venice Movie Pageant in 2001.
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Ethan Hawke arrived on the “Gattaca” premiere in 1997 with an uncharacteristic lack of goatee and slicked-back hair. Is it simply us or is he giving Leonardo DiCaprio vibes right here?
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Ethan Hawke was carrying his (figurative) director’s hat whereas overseeing a soundtrack recording session for his 2000 movie, “Chelsea Partitions” — and he seemed very good-looking doing it.
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In a publicity portrait for his 1994 movie “Actuality Bites,” Ethan Hawke was the poster little one for slouchy-suave ’90s hottie.
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He is too sizzling to deal with! Right here, Ethan Hawke sits casually and smolders on the “Coaching Day” photocall on the Venice Movie Pageant in 2002.
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In “Actuality Bites,” Ethan Hawke was a ’90s heartthrob supreme, however he additionally had a unbelievable wardrobe that represented the period nicely (and is having a serious second for males and ladies proper now!).
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How cute was Ethan Hawke on this beanie?! In March 2003, the actor seemed informal and funky in a sherpa-lined denim jacket earlier than watching the play “The Late Henry Moss” in Dublin, Eire.
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Dare we are saying it, however within the 1995 movie “Earlier than Dawn,” Ethan Hawke’s dialog abilities and creativeness could have really outshined his appears.
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The 1999 Cannes Movie Pageant is without doubt one of the few occasions we have ever seen Ethan Hawke wanting this clear reduce!
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Ethan Hawke was 30 when he was attended the 54th Cannes Movie Pageant in Could 2001.
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On the premiere of “Ocean’s Eleven” in 2001, Ethan Hawke was a little bit of a wardrobe mess (a beanie, a turquoise belt and a khaki swimsuit?) — however we forgive him!
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Stars, they’re similar to us! With a beanie on his head and a soda in his hand, Ethan Hawke attended a launch of the flick “American Film” in New York Metropolis in 1999.
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How good is that this artsy shot of Ethan Hawke at New York’s Obie Awards in 1996? He was caught off guard however nonetheless seemed cute.
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Ethan Hawke was feeling very peaceable when he arrived on the 2001 premiere of “A.I. Synthetic Intelligence” rocking a goatee.
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As a nominee for his efficiency in “Coaching Day,” Ethan Hawke was wanting genuinely happy (and pleasing!) on the 2002 Oscars Nominees Luncheon.
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A candid cutie! Ethan Hawke seemed informal on the New York Metropolis premiere of “The Ballad of Ramblin’ Jack” in August 2000.