Get to Know Ethan Hawke

Don't miss Ethan Hawke tonight on 106 & Park!

Get to Know Ethan Hawke - Ethan Hawke is a Hollywood verteran and this weekend he is gearing up for the release of his latest film, The Purge. If you don't know him, then now is your time to get to know Ethan Hawke. Don't miss Ethan Hawke tonight on 106! (Photo: Rob Kim/Getty Images)

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Get to Know Ethan Hawke - Ethan Hawke is a Hollywood verteran and this weekend he is gearing up for the release of his latest film, The Purge. If you don't know him, then now is your time to get to know Ethan Hawke. Don't miss Ethan Hawke tonight on 106! (Photo: Rob Kim/Getty Images)

Born and Raised - Ethan Hawke was born in Texas, but he and his mother eventually settled in New Jersey when he was five and she remarried. (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

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Born and Raised - Ethan Hawke was born in Texas, but he and his mother eventually settled in New Jersey when he was five and she remarried. (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Breakout Role - During his matriculation at the prestigious Carnegie-Mellon University, Ethan Hawke received a lead role in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society opposite of Robin Williams. It was at this point that Ethan left school to pursue acting full time.(Photo: PacificCoastNews.com)

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Breakout Role - During his matriculation at the prestigious Carnegie-Mellon University, Ethan Hawke received a lead role in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society opposite of Robin Williams. It was at this point that Ethan left school to pursue acting full time.(Photo: PacificCoastNews.com)

Rumor Has It... - Rumor has it that Ethan proposed to his ex-wife Uma Thurman twice before she obliged and said yes. The couple was married for six years and have two children together.(Photo: Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)

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Rumor Has It... - Rumor has it that Ethan proposed to his ex-wife Uma Thurman twice before she obliged and said yes. The couple was married for six years and have two children together.(Photo: Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)

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Doppelganger - Ethan Hawke is Hollywood royalty, but he's often mistaken for pop music royalty Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray. Believe it or not the two are often mistaken for one another and go as far as signing each other's signatures when fans mistake them. (Photo: Darla Khazei/ Pacificcoastnews.com)

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Doppelganger - Ethan Hawke is Hollywood royalty, but he's often mistaken for pop music royalty Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray. Believe it or not the two are often mistaken for one another and go as far as signing each other's signatures when fans mistake them. (Photo: Darla Khazei/ Pacificcoastnews.com)

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Support System - In 2001's Training Day, Ethan played opposite Denzel Washington in Training Day. His role as the rookie cop trying to do the right thing earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. (Photo: Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

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Support System - In 2001's Training Day, Ethan played opposite Denzel Washington in Training Day. His role as the rookie cop trying to do the right thing earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. (Photo: Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

The Purge: June 7 - Imagine if one night every year, people could commit any crime they wanted without facing consequences? Welcome to the world of The Purge. On that night an intruder breaks into a man's (Ethan Hawke) gated communty and threatens to destroy his family. The film also stars Edwin Hodge. (Photo: Universal Pictures)

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The Purge - Don't miss Ethan Hawke tonight on 106 since he'll be dishing about his new movie The Purge at 6P/5C! (Photo: Universal Pictures)

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