Portrait of Hamish Linklater

Hamish Linklater

Acting

Biography

Hamish Linklater (born July 7, 1976) is an American actor. He is known for playing Matthew Kimble in The New Adventures of Old Christine, Porter Collins in The Big Short, 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.

Born: July 7, 1976

Place of Birth: Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA

Filmography

2025
2025
Barron's Cove

as Lyle Chambers

2025
The Life of Chuck

as American Reporter (voice)

2024
Nickel Boys

as Spencer

2024
Batman: Caped Crusader

as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)

2024
Manhunt

as Abraham Lincoln

2023
Gen V

as Cipher

2023
Downtown Owl

as Principal Valentine

2022
Dead for a Dollar

as Martin Kidd

2022
Angelyne

as Rick Krause

2022
Gaslit

as Jeb Magruder

2021
Midnight Mass

as Father Paul Hill

2020
The Stand

as Dr. Jim Ellis

2020
Monsterland

as Joe Keller

2018
Paper Year

as Noah Bearinger

2018
2017
2017
Legion

as Clark Debussy

2016
2015
The Big Short

as Porter Collins

2015
Ithaca

as Tom Spangler

2014
2014
Fargo

as Larue Dollard

2013
2013
2013
42

as Ralph Branca

2012
The Newsroom

as Jerry Dantana

2012
Lola Versus

as Henry

2012
Battleship

as Cal Zapata

2011
The Future

as Jason

2009
The Good Wife

as David LaGuardia

2007
Pushing Daisies

as John Joseph Jacobs

2006
Ugly Betty

as Evan Grant

2005
Fantastic Four

as Leonard

2004
5ive Days to Midnight

as Carl Axelrod

2003
Final Draft

as Marty

2002
Live from Baghdad

as Richard Roth

2002
American Dreams

as Pvt. Stan Silver

2000
Gideon's Crossing

as Dr. Bruce Cherry

2000
Groove

as David Turner