Hamish Linklater

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Hamish Linklater
Hamish Linklater Seminar.jpg
Linklater in November 2011
Born (1976-07-07) July 7, 1976 (age 47)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater Amherst College
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
Spouse
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(m. 2002;div. 2012)​
Partner Lily Rabe (2013–present)
Children4
Parent
Relatives Marjorie Linklater (grandmother)
Eric Linklater (grandfather)
Magnus Linklater (uncle)
Andro Linklater (uncle)

Hamish Linklater (born July 7, 1976) [1] is an American actor and playwright. 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 horror miniseries Midnight Mass, for which he received high critical acclaim. [2]

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Early life

Linklater was born in New York City, New York. His mother, Kristin Linklater, was a Scottish-born Professor of Theatre and Chair of the Acting Division at Columbia University and a teacher of vocal technique. A single mother, she raised her son partly in the Berkshires, where she was a founder of the Shakespeare & Company drama troupe. Linklater was eight years old when he began doing small Shakespearean roles. [3]

His maternal grandparents were Marjorie Linklater, an arts campaigner, and Eric Linklater, who was a Scottish novelist of partly Swedish origin. [4] His uncles are journalist Magnus Linklater and writer Andro Linklater.

Linklater graduated in 1994 from Commonwealth School in Boston [5] and attended Amherst College. [6]

Career

Given his pedigree in the theater, he first established himself on the stage and made his big-screen debut in 2000's Groove . That was followed by his role as CNN correspondent Richard Roth in the HBO movie Live from Baghdad . He has since appeared in numerous movies, including Fantastic Four (2005). He had a recurring role on the television show American Dreams as well as Gideon's Crossing . He was second-in-line to play Logan on Dark Angel , but the role went to Michael Weatherly.

From 2006 until 2010 he was a main cast member in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine , as the brother of Christine Campbell, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

In July 2006, Linklater appeared in Keith Bunin's The Busy World Is Hushed opposite Jill Clayburgh off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons. He played the title character in Hamlet at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California and the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Connecticut.

On Halloween 2007, Linklater appeared in an episode of Pushing Daisies on ABC, entitled "Girth". He also completed the film The Violent Kind. [7]

He appeared in The Public Theater's 2009 production of Twelfth Night at Shakespeare in the Park as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, opposite Anne Hathaway, Audra McDonald and Raul Esparza. [8]

In 2011, he starred with Miranda July in The Future . He made his Broadway debut in October 2011 in Theresa Rebeck's new play Seminar opposite Alan Rickman, Jerry O'Connell, Lily Rabe, and Hettienne Park.

In 2013, he played Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca in the Jackie Robinson biopic film 42 . Linklater also joined the cast of Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom in a recurring role, playing senior producer Jerry Dantana. He remained for six episodes, until earning the role of Andrew Keanelly on the CBS series The Crazy Ones , which premiered in September 2013.

In 2017, Linklater was cast in a recurring role in the FX original series Legion , based on the Marvel Comics character, and was promoted to the main cast for its second season. Also in 2017, he had a small role in the third season of the FX black comedy crime drama series Fargo , created by Legion showrunner Noah Hawley.

In 2020, Linklater was cast in the Amazon Prime series Tell Me Your Secrets as John Tyler, a convicted rapist seeking redemption by trying to find a missing girl. [9] The series premiered on February 19, 2021. [10]

In 2021, Linklater starred in Mike Flanagan's Netflix horror miniseries, Midnight Mass, as Father Paul Hill. It premiered September 24, 2021. He received high critical acclaim and a Critic's Choice nomination for the role.

Also in 2021, he began filming Gaslit as Jeb Magruder, which premiered in 2022 on Starz. In 2022, Walter Hill's western Dead for a Dollar premiered at Venice Film Festival and in the United States, with Linklater playing wealthy villain Martin Kidd.

In 2022, Linklater began filming Downtown Owl , a film based on the Chuck Klosterman novel of the same name. Linklater is the screenwriter as well as a producer and director for the film.

Personal life

Linklater married playwright Jessica Goldberg in January 2002; they divorced in 2012 and have one daughter. [3] [11]

Shortly thereafter, Linklater went public with his relationship with actress Lily Rabe, daughter of Jill Clayburgh. They have two daughters, born in March 2017 and June 2020. [12] [13] In September 2021, the couple announced they were expecting their third child. [14]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Groove David Turner
2003Final DraftMarty
2005The Sailor's Girl—Short film
Everything's Gone GreenWilliamShort film
Fantastic Four Leonard
2006Affair GameHenryShort film
2008The Violent KindFrankDirect-to-DVD
2011I'm Coming OverBuffaloShort film
The Future Jason
2012 Battleship Cal Zapata
Lola Versus Henry
2013 42 Ralph Branca
Redemption Trail David
2014 The Angriest Man in Brooklyn Tommy Altmann
Magic in the Moonlight Brice
2015 One More Time Tim
Ithaca Tom Spangler
The Big Short Porter CollinsNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2017 A Midsummer Night's Dream Lysander
Paper Year Noah Bearinger
You Can't Say No Miles
2019 Unicorn Store Gary
2020 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up Benjamin
2022 Dead for a Dollar Martin Kidd
2023 Downtown Owl —Director, screenwriter, and producer
2024 Nickel Boys [15] TBAPost-production
TBA A Big Bold Beautiful Journey TBAFilming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000–01 Gideon's Crossing Dr. Bruce Cherry20 episodes
2002 Live from Baghdad Richard Roth Television film
2003 Happy Family Todd BrennanEpisode: "Pilot" (scenes deleted)
Dragnet Kevin GrimesEpisode: "The Magic Bullet"
2004 American Dreams Pvt. Stan Silver9 episodes
Five Days to Midnight Carl Axelrod5 episodes
2006–10 The New Adventures of Old Christine Matthew Kimble88 episodes
2007 Pushing Daisies John Joseph JacobsEpisode: "Girth"
2009 Ugly Betty Evan YorkEpisode: "Blue on Blue"
2012 The Big C Dave Cooper4 episodes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit David MorrisEpisode: "Manhattan Vigil"
2012–13 The Good Wife David LaGuardia2 episodes
2013 The Newsroom Jerry Dantana6 episodes
2013–14 The Crazy Ones Andrew Keanelly22 episodes
2017–19 Legion Clark Debussy14 episodes
2017 Fargo Larue Dollard4 episodes
2020 Monsterland Dr. Joe KellerEpisode: "New Orleans, Louisiana"
The Stand Dr. EllisEpisode: "The End"
2021 Tell Me Your Secrets John Tyler10 episodes
Midnight Mass Father Paul7 episodes
Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actor in a Horror Series
Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
2022 Gaslit Jeb Magruder Miniseries, 5 episodes
Angelyne Rick KrauseMiniseries, 4 episodes
2024 Manhunt Abraham Lincoln Miniseries, 7 episodes
American Horror Story: Delicate HimselfEpisode: "Little Gold Man"; uncredited

Theater

Selected credits (adapted from About the Artists). [16]

YearTitleRoleVenueNotes
1996 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer / Buck Grangerford Actors Theatre of Louisville
1998Love's Fire The Public Theater
1999 The Chemistry of Change Shep Women's Project Theatre
Hamlet Laertes The Public Theater
2001 Good Thing Dean Susan Stein Shiva Theater Workshop
The Theater at St. Clements
2003 Recent Tragic Events Andrew Playwrights Horizon
2004 Hamlet Hamlet Long Wharf Theatre
2005 The Singing Forest Young Walter / Gray Korankyi
2006 The Busy World is Hushed BrandtPlaywrights Horizon
2007 Hamlet Hamlet South Coast Repertory
2009 Twelfth Night Sir Andrew Aguecheek Delacorte TheaterShakespeare in the Park
2010 The Winter's Tale Lord Autolycus
The Merchant of Venice Bassanio
2011 The School for Lies Frank Classic Stage Company World premiere
2011–12 Seminar Martin John Golden Theatre World Broadway premiere
2013 The Comedy of Errors AntipholusDelacorte TheaterShakespeare in the Park
2014 Much Ado About Nothing Benedick
2015 Posterity Gustav Vigeland Atlantic Theater Company World premiere
Cymbeline Leonatus / ClotenDelacorte TheaterShakespeare in the Park
2017 Mamma Mia! Harry Bright Hollywood Bowl
2018 Henry IV Prince Hal The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
2019 The Pain of My Belligerence GuyPlaywrights HorizonWorld premiere

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  5. ↑ "CBS Sitcom Star Hamish Linklater '94 Visits", Commonwealth School, November 2, 2008, reprinted from Boston Globe , also available in part here , via HighBeam Research
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