Ethan (or Eitan or Eytan in Hebrew), meaning strong/firm and safe. Television and film · Ethan Coen, film director and screenwriter, who often works with his brother Joel Coen · Ethan Embry, an American actor in Can't Hardly Wait; as a youth credited as Ethan Randall · Ethan Erickson, American actor · Ethan Hawke, a two-time Oscar-nominated Hollywood actor · Ethan Hunt, a character in the Mission: Impossible films played by Tom Cruise · Ethan James, a character from the TV show Power Rangers: Dino Thunder · Ethan Phillips, a playwright, author, and actor on Star Trek: Voyager · Ethan Rayne, a character from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer · Ethan Rom, a character from the TV series Lost (TV series) · Ethan Suplee, an American actor on My Name Is Earl and Clerks II