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Hamish Linklater

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Hamish Linklater
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Hamish Linklater is an American actor. He is known for playing Matthew Kimble in The New Adventures of Old Christine, Andrew Keanelly in The Crazy Ones, and Clark Debussy in Legion. He is the son of dramatic vocal trainer Kristin Linklater. In 2021, he starred as Father Paul in the Netflix horror miniseries Midnight Mass, for which he received high critical acclaim.
BornJuly 7, 1976
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Hamish Linklater in Midnight Mass (2021)
Hamish Linklater and Dan Stevens in Gaslit (2022)
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Hamish Linklater in Midnight Mass (2021)
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Hamish Linklater and Zach Gilford in Midnight Mass (2021)
Annabeth Gish, Hamish Linklater, and Samantha Sloyan in Midnight Mass (2021)
Hamish Linklater in Midnight Mass (2021)
James Marsden and Hamish Linklater in The Stand (2020)
Mackenzie Gray, Hamish Linklater, Dan Stevens, and Jesse Reid in Legion (2017)
Hamish Linklater in Legion (2017)
Hamish Linklater in Fargo (2014)

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Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, and Ryan Gosling in The Big Short (2015)
The Big Short
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  • Porter Collins
  • 2015
Battleship (2012)
Battleship
5.8
  • Cal Zapata
  • 2012
Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, and Ioan Gruffudd in Fantastic Four (2005)
Fantastic Four
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  • Leonard
  • 2005
Colin Firth and Emma Stone in Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
Magic in the Moonlight
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  • Brice Catledge
  • 2014

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  • The Nickel Boys
    • Post-production
  • Manhunt
  • Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom (2022)
    Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom
  • Willem Dafoe, Christoph Waltz, Rachel Brosnahan, and Warren Burke in Dead for a Dollar (2022)
    Dead for a Dollar
  • Julia Roberts in Gaslit (2022)
    Gaslit
  • Emmy Rossum in Angelyne (2022)
    Angelyne
  • Hamish Linklater, Zach Gilford, and Kate Siegel in Midnight Mass (2021)
    Midnight Mass
  • Cinema Toast (2021)
    Cinema Toast
    • (voice)
  • Amy Brenneman and Lily Rabe in Tell Me Your Secrets (2021)
    Tell Me Your Secrets
  • The Stand (2020)
    The Stand
  • Monsterland (2020)
    Monsterland
  • 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up (2020)
    10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up
  • Dan Stevens in Legion (2017)
    Legion
  • Paper Year (2018)
    Paper Year
  • You Can't Say No (2018)
    You Can't Say No
  • Brie Larson in Unicorn Store (2017)
    Unicorn Store

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  • Downtown Owl
    • Post-production
  • Rutger Hauer, Andie MacDowell, Aidan Quinn, John Carroll Lynch, Morris Chestnut, Sharon Lawrence, Piper Perabo, and Warren Christie in The Prince of Motor City (2008)
    The Prince of Motor City

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  • Downtown Owl
    • Post-production
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    • July 7, 1976
    • Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA
    • January 21, 2002 - 2012 (divorced, 1 child)
    • Kristin Linklater
    • Magnus Linklater(Aunt or Uncle)
  • Other works
    Plays John Pace Seavering in "The Violet Hour" play by Richard Greenberg (South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California, USA).
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    Daughter, born March 2017. Mother is girlfriend, Lily Rabe.
  • Quotes
    I did try to go to college and try to be an English major.

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