Ethan Hawke has an acting career.
Assault on Precinct 13 is a 2005 American-French action thriller film directed by Jean-François Richet , starring Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne . Ethan Hawke . He then appeared in numerous films before taking a role in the 1994 Generation X drama Reality Bites , for which he received critical praise . His other films include the science fiction drama Gattaca ( 1997 ) , the contemporary adaptation of Hamlet ( 2000 ) , the action thriller Assault on Precinct 13 ( 2005 ) , the crime drama Before the Devil Knows You 're Dead ( 2007 ) , and the horror film Sinister ( 2012 ) .