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Hamish Linklater

Hamish Linklater

Actor, also writer, director and producer · Born July 7, 1976 (50) · Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA

Primetime Emmy nominee · Screen Actors Guild Award nominee · 1 other major award body

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 7, 1976 (50)
From
Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA
Works as
Actor, also writer, director and producer
Titles
46 on MovieCove · 60 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 53% in 30 days

What are Hamish Linklater's films like?

Across their 32 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 96th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
29%
Bonds
27%
Morality
20%
Survival
9%
Society
8%
Power
5%
Ideas
1%
Justice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 25 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 8 · Dark 9

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 12 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 7

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 9 · Charged 9 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 12 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 10 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 12 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 6

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 14 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 5 of 15 analyzed roles.

Ally
5 of 15
Shadow
4 of 15
Hero
2 of 15
Mentor
1 of 15
Shapeshifter
1 of 15
Herald
1 of 15
Threshold guardian
1 of 15
Show the 15 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Melancholic
16
Hopeful
12
Joyful
5
Absurd
7
Other
29

How their films linger

Hopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet20
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Hamish Linklater's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 46 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Hamish Linklater's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

60 credits, 46 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Exorcist: Martyrs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • The Whisper Man(2026)

    as Norman Collins

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Widow's Bay(2026)

    Show 3 episodes · as Richard Warren

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • A Big Bold Beautiful Journey(2025)

    as David's Father

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Barron's Cove(2024)

    as Lyle Chambers

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Life of Chuck(2024)

    as American Reporter (voice)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Cattywampus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Max

  • Nickel Boys(2024)

    as Spencer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Batman: Caped Crusader(2024)

    Show 20 episodes · as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Manhunt(2024)

    Show 7 episodes · as Abraham Lincoln

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Elsbeth(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Archer Kopunek

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Gen V(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as Cipher

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Downtown Owl(2023)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · as Principal Valentine

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Dead for a Dollar(2022)

    as Martin Kidd

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Angelyne(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Rick Krause

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • Gaslit(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Jeb Magruder

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Midnight Mass(2021)

    Show 7 episodes · as Father Paul Hill

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Cinema Toast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · Actor

  • Tell Me Your Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · as John

  • The Stand(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Jim Ellis

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • Monsterland(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Joe Keller

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up(2020)

    as Ben

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Paper Year(2018)

    as Noah Bearinger

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • You Can't Say No(2018)

    as Miles

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Unicorn Store(2017)

    as Gary

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream(2017)

    as Lysander

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Legion(2017)

    Show 22 episodes · as Clark Debussy

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • One More Time(2015)

    as Tim

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Big Short(2015)

    as Porter Collins

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Ithaca(2015)

    as Tom Spangler

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Magic in the Moonlight(2014)

    as Brice

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Angriest Man in Brooklyn(2014)

    as Tommy Altmann

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Fargo(2014)

    Show 4 episodes · as Larue Dollard

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Redemption Trail(2013)

    as David

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Crazy Ones(2013)

    Show 22 episodes · as Andrew

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • 42(2013)

    as Ralph Branca

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Newsroom(2012)

    Show 6 episodes · as Jerry Dantana

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Lola Versus(2012)

    as Henry

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Battleship(2012)

    as Cal Zapata

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • I'm Coming Over (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Buffalo

  • The Future(2011)

    as Jason

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Good Wife(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as David LaGuardia

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Prince of Motor City(2008)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Violent Kind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Frank

  • Pushing Daisies(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as John Joseph Jacobs

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Ugly Betty(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Evan Grant

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • The New Adventures of Old Christine(2006)

    Show 88 episodes · as Matthew Kimble

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Fantastic Four(2005)

    as Leonard

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Everything's Gone Green (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as William

  • The Sailor's Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • 5ive Days to Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 5 episodes · as Carl Axelrod

  • Final Draft(2003)

    as Marty

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Live from Baghdad(2002)

    as Richard Roth

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • American Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 9 episodes · as Pvt. Stan Silver

  • Gideon's Crossing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 21 episodes · as Dr. Bruce Cherry

  • Groove(2000)

    as David Turner

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as David Morris

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Callback (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Chop Shop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as David Sconce

  • She's Fine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 2 episodes · as Evan

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 60 titles, 56 of them dated from 1999 to 2026; peak year 2014.

Biggest box office

Fantastic Four (2005)

$334M worldwide

Highest rated

The Big Short (2015)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

The Whisper Man (2026)

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19992026

Peak 2014 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 10 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting59 of 60: 58 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score48thDirecting1 of 60: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting2 of 60: 1 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 60: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s15 · 14 acting · 1 crew2010s19 · acting2020s21 · 21 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 5% of 19 roles
0015

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

3 major nominations and no wins, 2016–2026.

  1. 2026
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
  2. 2022
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
  3. 2016
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Hamish Linklater's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 27; across their 25 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 33rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Reach · how many have seen their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Midcredits score across 46 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th15
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 46 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · writer

The Prince of Motor City (2008)

98th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Fargo (2014)

Midcredits 99th · 96% liked

Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Hamish Linklater's work okay for kids?

Across up to 20 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore14 titles3–76 · median 45 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity20 titles13–52 · median 27 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity15 titles32–82 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs14 titles27–56 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense13 titles8–77 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Hamish Linklater work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hamish Linklater's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lily Rabe shares the most, 4.

Actors

Producers