Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, writer and film director. Biography Early life Hawke was born in Austin, Texas, the son of Leslie Carole (née Green) and James Steven Hawke. His maternal grandfather, Howard Lemuel Green, served five terms in the Texas Legislature and was a minor league baseball commissioner.http://www.texaspress.com/messenger/november05/obituaries1105.htm Hawke's parents were students at the University of Texas at the time of his birth, and separated five years later.Stated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio When he was ten, he moved with his mother from Atlanta to New York, where he attended the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights and then moved to West Windsor, New Jersey, where he attended West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South. He transferred to and graduated from