Richard Linklater

Characters played by Richard Linklater

Cool Spy — Spy Kids (2001)

Stylish agent, known for suave demeanor.

Career Overview

Richard Linklater has 155 screen credits in a career dating back to 1988. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently Before Trilogy with 3 titles. Signature works include Blue Moon, Before Sunrise, The School of Rock. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 155
Birth Date: 1960-07-30 00:00:00
Birth Place: Houston, Texas, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

Before Trilogy (3 titles)
Before... Collection (3 titles)
Spy Kids (1 titles)
Beavis and Butt-Head Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Ethan Hawke (3 collaborations)
Julie Delpy (2 collaborations)
John Sloss (2 collaborations)
Adam Goldberg (2 collaborations)
Nicky Katt (2 collaborations)
Margaret Qualley (1 collaborations)
Bobby Cannavale (1 collaborations)
Andrew Scott (1 collaborations)
Patrick Kennedy (1 collaborations)
Jonah Lees (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (60 credits)
- Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Dazed and Confused: Behind the Scenes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Making of School of Rock
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Clemente
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Le making of de Nouvelle Vague
  Self - Director
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Art-House America: Austin Film Society
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Clerk
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Another Day at the Office
  Rick
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Blaze
  Oilman 1
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Also Starring Austin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- More Human Than Human
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- The Space in Between
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- After Before
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Richard Linklater Presents: Pickpocket
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Hitchcock/Truffaut
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Richard Linklater Presents: Blue Velvet
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Richard Linklater Presents: L’Argent
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Twelve Years
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
  Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater
  Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Linklater: On Cinema and Time
  Self (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Side by Side
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Bernie
  Deadbeat Dad (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Great Directors
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- American Prince
  Self - Interviewer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- The King of Texas
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
  Principal Mallard
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Critic
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- The Hottest State
  John Wayne Enthusiast
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Viva Les Amis
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Making Dazed
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- ... End of Interview!
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Texas: America Supersized
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Waking Life
  Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Chelsea Walls
  Crony 2
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- In the Bathtub of the World
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Spy Kids
  Cool Spy
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Letters to Thomas
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- University, Inc.
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- Scotch and Milk
  Cab Passenger
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
  Tour Bus Driver (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- The Daily Show
  
  - Richard Linklater (2014) ... Self actor actors
  
  1996
- The Underneath
  Ember Doorman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Before Sunrise
  Man in Shonen Knife T-Shirt Playing Foosball (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- At Sundance
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- North on Evers
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Slacker
  Should Have Stayed at Bus Station
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
directing (33 credits)
- Untitled Lou Gehrig Biopic
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Hippies
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Merrily We Roll Along
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Untitled Richard Linklater Bill Hicks Project
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Blue Moon
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2025
- Nouvelle Vague
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2025
- Hit Man
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2022
- Another Day at the Office
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2019
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2019
- Last Flag Flying
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- Everybody Wants Some!!
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- Boyhood
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Before Midnight
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Bernie
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- Me and Orson Welles
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- Fast Food Nation
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- A Scanner Darkly
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- Bad News Bears
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2005
- Before Sunset
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
- The School of Rock
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- Live from Shiva's Dance Floor
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- Tape
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2001
- Waking Life
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2001
- The Newton Boys
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1998
- SubUrbia
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1997
- Before Sunrise
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1995
- Dazed and Confused
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1993
- Heads I Win/Tails You Lose
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1991
- Slacker
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1990
- It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1988
production (30 credits)
- Queen Takes Bishop
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Merrily We Roll Along
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Deep Eddy
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- How To Not Have Sex
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Untitled Richard Linklater Bill Hicks Project
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Brenda
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Blue Moon
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- Clemente
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- The Confession
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- The Wasps
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- Tape
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2024
- Hit Man
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2024
- Help Her Live
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2022
- Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2022
- Shouting Down Midnight
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2022
- The Pushback
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2020
- Another Day at the Office
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2019
- Last Flag Flying
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2017
- I Dream Too Much
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2016
- Everybody Wants Some!!
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2016
- Boyhood
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2014
- Before Midnight
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2013
- Bernie
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2012
- Me and Orson Welles
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Bad News Bears
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2005
- Before Sunset
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2004
- Dazed and Confused
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1993
- Slacker
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1990
- It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1988
writing (22 credits)
- Hippies
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2026
- Merrily We Roll Along
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2026
- Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2026
- Untitled Richard Linklater Bill Hicks Project
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2026
- Hit Man
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2024
- Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2022
- Another Day at the Office
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2019
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2019
- Last Flag Flying
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2017
- Everybody Wants Some!!
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2016
- Boyhood
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2014
- Before Midnight
  
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2013
- Bernie
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2012
- Fast Food Nation
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2006
- A Scanner Darkly
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2006
- Before Sunset
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2004
- Waking Life
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2001
- The Newton Boys
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1998
- Before Sunrise
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1995
- Dazed and Confused
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1993
- Slacker
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1990
- It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1988
crew (7 credits)
- Computer Chess
  
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  2013
- The Hottest State
  
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  2007
- In Search of a Midnight Kiss
  
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  2007
- Good Will Hunting
  
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  1997
- Totally F***ed Up
  
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  1994
- Never Leave Nevada
  
  video assist operator
  
  crew
  
  1990
- It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
  
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1988
camera (2 credits)
- Tape
  
  camera operator
  
  camera
  
  2001
- Waking Life
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2001
editing (1 credits)
- It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
  
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1988

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