Hamish Linklater

Hamish Linklater is the kind of actor I root for, the dependable craftsman rather than the marquee name. Raised by the legendary voice teacher Kristin Linklater and educated at Amherst, he carries a verbal precision you can hear in every line. He moves between television, stage, film, and voice work, and he writes plays too, which tells me his interest is storytelling itself, not stardom. His unsettling turn in Legion is the kind of supporting performance that quietly elevates a whole show. I admire performers who make everyone around them look better, and he does exactly that.

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Name (English)

Hamish Linklater

Name (Japanese)

ヘイミッシュ・リンクレイター

Reading

へいみっしゅ・りんくれいたー

Born

July 7, 1976 (age 50)

Origin

Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States

Height

193 cm

Occupation

television actor / stage actor / film actor / voice actor / film director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

University

Amherst College

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamish%20Linklater
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Tags

• Massachusetts
• television actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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