 Ewell has worked extensively in independent and art house films.Ewell is best known for his performance in Kevin Smith's "Chasing Amy" starring Ben Affleck, where he plays the role of "Hooper X", an African American writer of black militant comic books, who is secretly homosexual but employs the public persona of a violent militant who denounces the "Star Wars" trilogy as racist.Ewell has collaborated with director Hal Hartley on short- and feature-length films; including "Amateur" and "Flirt".