Hamish Linklater is an acclaimed film, television, and theatre actor. He wrapped shooting on Battleship for director Peter Berg for Universal Pictures. His other film credits include Fantastic Four, Final Draft and Groove (Sundance 2000). Previously, he could be seen as Matthew in the CBS hit comedy The New Adventures of Old Christine opposite Julia Louis Dreyfus (Seinfeld). In summer 2010, Linklater appeared with Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice at the Delacourt Theater, where he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Twelfth Night the summer previous.
Other New York theater credits include Good Thing at The New Group (also in L.A.); Romeo in Romeo and Juliet for the Acting Company; Laertes opposite Liev Schreiber in Hamlet, The Square and Love's Fire, all three at The Public. Notable regional credits include starring in the world premiere of Richard Greenberg's The Violet Hour at South Coast Rep, where he also played the title role in Hamlet; The Singing Forest at Long Wharf; and A Midsummer Night's Dream and Measure for Measure, directed by Sir Peter Hall, at The Ahmanson.
Linklater's other TV credits include Ugly Betty, Pushing Daisies, American Dreams, Gideon's Crossing (series regular) and the television movies 5ive Days to Midnight and Live from Baghdad. He also co-wrote and produced the pilot Prince of Motor City for ABC with his wife Jessica Goldberg.
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