Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Hamish Linklater was raised by a single mother amongst the theater community, and was eight years old when he began doing small Shakespearean roles. He attended Amherst College, working extensively on stage before making his film debut in the 2000 film Groove. That same year he took on the role of Dr. Bruce Cherry in the TV series Gideon's Crossing.
Known For
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Batman: Caped Crusader (2024)
Starring as Batman/Bruce Wayne
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Savage Night (Aug 1, 2024)
- Episode 1x09: The Killer Inside Me (Aug 1, 2024)
- Episode 1x08: Nocturne (Aug 1, 2024)
- Episode 1x07: Moving Target (Aug 1, 2024)
- Episode 1x06: Night Ride (Aug 1, 2024)
- Episode 1x05: The Stress of Her Regard (Aug 1, 2024)
- Episode 1x04: The Night of the Hunters (Aug 1, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: Kiss of the Catwoman (Aug 1, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: …And Be A Villain (Aug 1, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: In Treacherous Waters (Aug 1, 2024)
Manhunt (2024)
Starring as Abraham Lincoln
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: The Final Act (Apr 19, 2024)
- Episode 1x06: Useless (Apr 12, 2024)
- Episode 1x05: A Man of Destiny (Apr 5, 2024)
- Episode 1x04: The Secret Line (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: Let the Sheep Flee (Mar 22, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: Post-mortem (Mar 15, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Mar 15, 2024)
Angelyne (2022)
Starring as Rick Krause
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: Pink Clouds (May 19, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: The Tease (May 19, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Glow in the Dark Queen of the Universe (May 19, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Dream Machine (May 19, 2022)
Gaslit (2022)
Guest starring as Jeb Magruder
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Final Days (Jun 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: Tuffy (May 29, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Honeymoon (May 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Malum in Se (May 15, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: King George (May 8, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Will (Apr 24, 2022)
Midnight Mass (2021)
Starring as Father Paul Hill
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: Book VII: Revelation (Sep 24, 2021)
- Episode 1x06: Book VI: Acts of the Apostles (Sep 24, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: Book V: Gospel (Sep 24, 2021)
- Episode 1x04: Book IV: Lamentations (Sep 24, 2021)
- Episode 1x03: Book III: Proverbs (Sep 24, 2021)
- Episode 1x02: Book II: Psalms (Sep 24, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: Book I: Genesis (Sep 24, 2021)
Tell Me Your Secrets (2021)
Starring as John Tyler
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: The Dead Come Back (Feb 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x09: Gotcha (Feb 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x08: Be Mine (Feb 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x07: Now You See Me (Feb 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x06: I'm a Good Person (Feb 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: I Got Here By Myself (Feb 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x04: I Don't Know You (Feb 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x03: Someone Worse Than Me (Feb 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x02: Burn Me When I'm Gone (Feb 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: Once I Had a Love (Feb 19, 2021)
Monsterland (2020)
Guest starring as Dr. Joe Keller
- Episode 1x03: New Orleans, Louisiana (Oct 2, 2020)
Legion (2017)
Starring as Clark DeBussy
(14 episodes)
- Episode 3x05: Chapter 24 (Jul 22, 2019)
- Episode 3x04: Chapter 23 (Jul 15, 2019)
- Episode 3x02: Chapter 21 (Jul 1, 2019)
- Episode 3x01: Chapter 20 (Jun 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x11: Chapter 19 (Jun 12, 2018)
- Episode 2x10: Chapter 18 (Jun 5, 2018)
- Episode 2x09: Chapter 17 (May 29, 2018)
- Episode 2x08: Chapter 16 (May 22, 2018)
- Episode 2x07: Chapter 15 (May 15, 2018)
- Episode 2x05: Chapter 13 (May 1, 2018)
- Episode 2x04: Chapter 12 (Apr 24, 2018)
- Episode 2x03: Chapter 11 (Apr 17, 2018)
- Episode 2x02: Chapter 10 (Apr 10, 2018)
- Episode 2x01: Chapter 9 (Apr 3, 2018)
Guest starring as Clark DeBussy
(3 episodes)
Fargo (2014)
Guest starring as IRS Agent Larue Dollard
(4 episodes)
- Episode 3x10: Somebody to Love (Jun 21, 2017)
- Episode 3x09: Aporia (Jun 14, 2017)
- Episode 3x06: The Lord of No Mercy (May 24, 2017)
- Episode 3x05: The House of Special Purpose (May 17, 2017)
The Crazy Ones (2013)
Starring as Andrew Kennedy
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: She's So European (Oct 24, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: Breakfast Burrito Club (Oct 17, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: Bad Dad (Oct 10, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: The Spectacular (Oct 3, 2013)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 26, 2013)
The Newsroom (2012)
Guest starring as Jerry Dantana
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: Red Team III (Aug 25, 2013)
- Episode 2x06: One Step Too Many (Aug 18, 2013)
- Episode 2x04: Unintended Consequences (Aug 4, 2013)
- Episode 2x03: Willie Pete (Jul 28, 2013)
- Episode 2x02: The Genoa Tip (Jul 21, 2013)
- Episode 2x01: First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers (Jul 14, 2013)
The Talk (2010)
Guest starring as Hamish Linklater
- Episode 2024-03-20: Hamish Linklater, Lala Kent (Mar 20, 2024)
The Good Wife (2009)
Guest starring as David LaGuardia
- Episode 4x10: Battle of the Proxies (Dec 2, 2012)
The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006)
Starring as Matthew Kimble
(88 episodes)
- Episode 5x21: Get Smarter (May 12, 2010)
- Episode 5x20: Scream (May 5, 2010)
- Episode 5x19: I Love What You Do For Me (Apr 21, 2010)
- Episode 5x18: Revenge Makeover (Apr 14, 2010)
- Episode 5x17: Up in the Airport (Apr 7, 2010)
- Episode 5x16: Subway, Somehow (Mar 10, 2010)
- Episode 5x15: Sweet Charity (Mar 3, 2010)
- Episode 5x14: A Family Unfair (Feb 10, 2010)
- Episode 5x13: Truth or Dare (Jan 20, 2010)
- Episode 5x12: A Whale of a Tale (Jan 13, 2010)
- Episode 5x11: It's Beginning to Stink a Lot Like Christmas (Dec 16, 2009)
- Episode 5x10: Old Christine Meets Young Frankenstein (Dec 9, 2009)
- Episode 5x09: I Love Woo, I Hate You (Nov 25, 2009)
- Episode 5x08: Love Means Never Having to Say You're Crazy (Nov 18, 2009)
- Episode 5x07: Nuts (Nov 11, 2009)
- Episode 5x06: The Curious Case of Britney B (Nov 4, 2009)
- Episode 5x05: Dr. Little Man (Oct 21, 2009)
- Episode 5x04: For Love or Money (Oct 14, 2009)
- Episode 5x03: The Mole (Oct 7, 2009)
- Episode 5x02: Burning Love (Sep 30, 2009)
- Episode 5x01: Bahamian Rhapsody (Sep 23, 2009)
- Episode 4x22: Love: A Cautionary Tale (May 20, 2009)
- Episode 4x21: The Old Maid of Honor (May 13, 2009)
- Episode 4x20: He Ain't Heavy (May 6, 2009)
- Episode 4x19: Hair (Apr 8, 2009)
- Episode 4x18: A Change of Heart/Pants (Mar 18, 2009)
- Episode 4x17: Too Close for Christine (Mar 11, 2009)
- Episode 4x16: Honey, I Ran Over the Kid (Feb 18, 2009)
- Episode 4x15: Reckless Abandonment (Feb 11, 2009)
- Episode 4x14: What Happens In Vegas Is Disgusting In Vegas (Jan 21, 2009)
- Episode 4x13: Notes on a 7th Grade Scandal (Jan 14, 2009)
- Episode 4x12: Happy Endings (Dec 17, 2008)
- Episode 4x11: Unidentified Funk (Dec 10, 2008)
- Episode 4x10: Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner? (Nov 26, 2008)
- Episode 4x09: Rage Against the Christine (Nov 19, 2008)
- Episode 4x08: Self-Esteem Tempura (Nov 12, 2008)
- Episode 4x07: So You Think You Can Date (Nov 5, 2008)
- Episode 4x06: Tie Me Up, Don't Tie Me Down (Oct 29, 2008)
- Episode 4x05: Everyone Says I Love You Except Ritchie (Oct 22, 2008)
- Episode 4x04: Snakes on a Date (Oct 15, 2008)
- Episode 4x03: White Like Me (Oct 8, 2008)
- Episode 4x02: How I Hate Your Mother (Oct 1, 2008)
- Episode 4x01: A Decent Proposal (Sep 24, 2008)
- Episode 3x10: One and a Half Men (Mar 31, 2008)
- Episode 3x09: The Happy Couple (Mar 24, 2008)
- Episode 3x08: Burning Down the House (Mar 17, 2008)
- Episode 3x07: House (Mar 10, 2008)
- Episode 3x06: The New Adventures of Old Christine (Mar 10, 2008)
- Episode 3x05: Between A Rock And A Hard Place (Mar 3, 2008)
- Episode 3x04: Traffic (Feb 25, 2008)
- Episode 3x03: Popular (Feb 18, 2008)
- Episode 3x02: Beauty Is Only Spanx Deep (Feb 11, 2008)
- Episode 3x01: The Big Bang (Feb 4, 2008)
- Episode 2x22: Frasier (May 7, 2007)
- Episode 2x21: Friends (Apr 30, 2007)
- Episode 2x20: My Big Fat Sober Wedding (Apr 23, 2007)
- Episode 2x19: Faith Off (Apr 16, 2007)
- Episode 2x18: The Real Thing (Apr 9, 2007)
- Episode 2x17: Strange Bedfellows (Mar 19, 2007)
- Episode 2x16: Undercover Brother (Mar 12, 2007)
- Episode 2x15: Sleepless in Mar Vista (Mar 12, 2007)
- Episode 2x14: Let Him Eat Cake (Jan 22, 2007)
- Episode 2x13: Endless Shrimp, Endless Night (Jan 15, 2007)
- Episode 2x12: Ritchie Scores (Jan 8, 2007)
- Episode 2x11: Crash (Dec 11, 2006)
- Episode 2x10: What About Barb? (Nov 27, 2006)
- Episode 2x09: Mission: Impossible (Nov 20, 2006)
- Episode 2x08: Women 'N Tuition (Nov 13, 2006)
- Episode 2x07: Playdate with Destiny (Nov 6, 2006)
- Episode 2x06: The Champ (Oct 23, 2006)
- Episode 2x05: Separation Anxiety (Oct 16, 2006)
- Episode 2x04: Oh God, Yes (Oct 9, 2006)
- Episode 2x03: Come to Papa Jeff (Oct 2, 2006)
- Episode 2x02: The Answer is Maybe (Sep 25, 2006)
- Episode 2x01: The Passion of the Christine (Sep 18, 2006)
- Episode 1x13: A Fair to Remember (May 22, 2006)
- Episode 1x12: Some of My Best Friends Are Portuguese (May 22, 2006)
- Episode 1x11: Exile on Lame Street (May 15, 2006)
- Episode 1x10: No Fault Divorce (May 8, 2006)
- Episode 1x09: Ritchie Has Two Mommies (May 1, 2006)
- Episode 1x08: Teach Your Children Well (Apr 24, 2006)
- Episode 1x07: A Long Day's Journey Into Stan (Apr 17, 2006)
- Episode 1x06: The Other F Word (Apr 10, 2006)
- Episode 1x05: I'll Show You Mine (Apr 3, 2006)
- Episode 1x04: One Toe Over the Line, Sweet Jesus (Mar 27, 2006)
- Episode 1x03: Open Water (Mar 20, 2006)
- Episode 1x02: Supertramp (Mar 13, 2006)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Mar 13, 2006)
Gideon's Crossing (2000)
Starring as Dr. Bruce Cherry
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: A Routine Case (Oct 25, 2000)
- Episode 1x01: The Gift (Oct 10, 2000)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as David Morris
- Episode 14x05: Manhattan Vigil (Oct 24, 2012)