--- description: Find out why Ethan Hawke is one of the 100 most influential people of 2026. title: Ethan Hawke: The 100 Most Influential People of 2026 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69adfff91082d080/69dfb96150e0ccef16ce890c/T100-2026-Web-Ethan-Hawke-456.png?branch=production --- Apr 15, 2026 # Ethan Hawke by Laura Linney  Heather Hazzan—Trunk Archive For [Ethan Hawke](https://time.com/7328186/blue-moon-review/ "undefined"), being an artist is a vocation first and a profession second. Very few have so courageously, on a daily basis, year after year, walked the walk of a true artist. Whether he is acting in film or onstage, directing, sculpting a documentary, interpreting poetry, rousing his guitar, or playing with the architecture of a novel, Ethan leads with an infectious curiosity, modesty, and vast amounts of love. He embodies generosity of spirit. He is invigorated like a kid on Christmas morning to discover what the arts will teach him, and us, next. When someone asks me to point to an artist whose skill is becoming more powerful and refined with each decade, and whose authenticity is a ballast so needed in today’s world, I point with joy to Ethan Hawke. _Linney is an Emmy-winning and Oscar- and Tony-nominated actor_ Ethan Hawke Is on the 2026 TIME100 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/ethan-hawke/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/ethan-hawke/"},"headline":"Ethan Hawke","datePublished":"2026-04-15T11:00:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:21:48.156Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/ethan-hawke/","keywords":["TIME 100","list","franchise","Accolades"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69adfff91082d080/69dfb96150e0ccef16ce890c/T100-2026-Web-Ethan-Hawke-456.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Linney"}],"creator":"Laura Linney","articleSection":"TIME100","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69adfff91082d080/69dfb96150e0ccef16ce890c/T100-2026-Web-Ethan-Hawke-456.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/time100/","name":"TIME100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/ethan-hawke/","name":"Ethan Hawke"}}]}] ```