Hamish Linklater

Birthday: 7 July 1976, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA

Height: 193 cm

Hamish Linklater was born on July 7, 1976 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for Fantastic Four (2005), The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006) and Battleship (2012). He ...Show More

You want to throw yourself in as many uncomfortable places as possible, if you want to build muscles Show more You want to throw yourself in as many uncomfortable places as possible, if you want to build muscles in uncomfortable parts of your body and grow as an artist. Hide

It was an outdoor Shakespeare theater that I grew up at. That feels like home, and the place I'm alw Show more It was an outdoor Shakespeare theater that I grew up at. That feels like home, and the place I'm always trying to figure out how to get to. Hide

In my ideal world there would be 99% unemployment for actors, and I would be the 1% that's employed. Show more In my ideal world there would be 99% unemployment for actors, and I would be the 1% that's employed. I hear about somebody getting a job at Starbucks and I get jealous. Hide

I'm a pretty cliché actor in that I hate watching myself on film. I'm a pretty cliché actor in that I hate watching myself on film.

I've never seen anyone handling pans in the streets of New York, and if I did I doubt I'd give them Show more I've never seen anyone handling pans in the streets of New York, and if I did I doubt I'd give them money, unless I needed a pan. I do give money to homeless people, whether they ask or no. Hide

I invested all my money in debt. I invested all my money in debt.

When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.' When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'

I did try to go to college and try to be an English major. I did try to go to college and try to be an English major.

Hamish Linklater's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (66)

The Good Wife - Season 2

Ithaca

Pushing Daisies - Season 2

A Midsummer Nights Dream

American Dreams - Season 2

The Newsroom - Season 2

Unicorn Store

Legion - Season 3

Groove