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.

KNOWN FOR

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2012
The Good Wife
2012
Fargo
2017
Elsbeth
2026
Widow's Bay
2026
Ugly Betty
2009
Gen V
2025
The Whisper Man
2026
American Dreams
2004
The Newsroom
2013
The New Adventures of Old Christine
2006
Batman: Caped Crusader
2024

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
60
Directing
1
Writing
2
Producing
1
2027
The Exorcist: Martyrs
· unreleased
2026
The Whisper Man
as Norman Collins
2026
Elsbeth
as Archer Kopunek
2026
Widow's Bay
as Richard Warren
2025
Barron's Cove
as Lyle Chambers
2025
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
as David's Father
2025
The Life of Chuck
as American Reporter (voice)
2025
Cattywampus
as Max
2025
Gen V
as Cipher
2024
Nickel Boys
as Spencer
2024
Manhunt
as Abraham Lincoln
2024
Batman: Caped Crusader
as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
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
2021
Tell Me Your Secrets
as John
2021
Cinema Toast
2020
10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up
as Ben
2020
The Stand
as Dr. Jim Ellis
2020
Monsterland
as Joe Keller
2018
You Can't Say No
as Miles
2018
Paper Year
as Noah Bearinger
2017
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Lysander
2017
Unicorn Store
as Gary
2017
Fargo
as Larue Dollard
2017
Legion
as Clark Debussy
2016
One More Time
as Tim
2015
The Big Short
as Porter Collins
2015
Ithaca
as Tom Spangler
2014
Magic in the Moonlight
as Brice
2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Tommy Altmann
2013
42
as Ralph Branca
2013
Redemption Trail
as David
2013
The Crazy Ones
as Andrew
2013
The Newsroom
as Jerry Dantana
2012
Battleship
as Cal Zapata
2012
Lola Versus
as Henry
2012
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as David Morris
2012
The Good Wife
as David LaGuardia
2011
The Future
as Jason
2011
I'm Coming Over
as Buffalo
2009
Ugly Betty
as Evan Grant
2008
The Violent Kind
as Frank
2007
Pushing Daisies
as John Joseph Jacobs
2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine
as Matthew Kimble
2005
Fantastic Four
as Leonard
2005
Everything's Gone Green
as William
2005
The Sailor's Girl
2004
American Dreams
as Pvt. Stan Silver
2004
5ive Days to Midnight
as Carl Axelrod
2003
Final Draft
as Marty
2002
Live from Baghdad
as Richard Roth
2000
Groove
as David Turner
2000
Gideon's Crossing
as Dr. Bruce Cherry
Callback
Chop Shop
as David Sconce
She's Fine
as Evan
Far Cry