Hamish Linklater Biography – Hamish Linklater Wiki
Hamish Linklater is an American actor 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.
He appears in the 2021 Netflix horror miniseries Midnight Mass. While first establishing himself on the stage, he 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, he featured 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, he appeared in an episode of Pushing Daisies on ABC, entitled “Girth”. He also completed the film The Violent Kind.
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.
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, he 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, he was cast in the Amazon Prime series Tell Me Your Secrets as John, a convicted rapist seeking redemption by trying to find a missing girl. The series premiered on February 19, 2021. He graduated in 1994 from Commonwealth School in Boston and attended Amherst College.
Hamish Linklater Age
He was born on July 7, 1976, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States.
Hamish Linklater Wife
He married playwright Jessica Goldberg in January 2002 and they divorced in 2012 and have one daughter. In 2013, he started a relationship with actress Lily Rabe. They have two daughters, born in March 2017 and July 2020 and in September 2021 announced they are expecting their third child together.
Hamish Linklater Children
He is a father of three and in September 2021, his wife, Rabe announced her third pregnancy with Linklater. In December 2016, it was reported that Rabe was expecting her first child with her boyfriend, Hamish. Rabe gave birth to a girl in March 2017. In June 2020, the pair had their second daughter. In September 2021, Rabe announced her third pregnancy with Linklater. He had also fathered a daughter with his ex-wife. His daughter is named Lucinda Rose Linklater.
Hamish Linklater Parents
He is the son of Kristin Linklater, and James Lincoln Cormeny and was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. His mother 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 brought up her son partly in the Berkshires, where she was a founder of the Shakespeare & Company drama troupe. Hamish was eight years old when he started doing small Shakespearean roles.
His maternal grandparents were Marjorie Linklater, an arts campaigner, and Eric Linklater, who was a Scottish novelist of partly Swedish origin. His uncles are journalist Magnus Linklater and writer Andro Linklater.
Hamish Linklater Height
He stands at a listed height of 6 feet 3 inches (1.93 meters) tall.
