Cast & creator
Richard Linklater
Best known for The Daily Show, Off Camera with Sam Jones, Good Will Hunting
Richard Linklater (/ˈlɪŋkleɪtər/; born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making films that deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. In 2015, Linklater was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. His films include the comedies Slacker (1990) and Dazed and Confused (1993); the Before trilogy of romance films: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), and Before Midnight (2013); the music-themed comedy School of Rock (2003); the adult animated films Waking Life (2001), A Scanner Darkly (2006), and Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022); the coming-of-age drama Boyhood (2014); the comedy film Everybody Wants Some!! (2016); and the romantic comedy Hit Man (2023). Many of Linklater's films are noted for their loosely structured narratives. The Before trilogy and Boyhood both feature the same actors filmed over an extended period of years. He has received five Academy Award nominations and won the Silver Bear for Best Director for Before Sunrise. He also won a Golden Globe Award for directing Boyhood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Linklater, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Rick Linklater, Richard Stuart Linklater
159
film credits
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television credits
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1985–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (172)
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The Daily Show
Self
1996
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Good Will Hunting
Thanks
1997
Before Sunrise
Man in Shonen Knife T-Shirt Playing Foosball (uncredited)
1995Before Sunrise
Director
1995Before Sunrise
Writer
1995
Blue Moon
Producer
2025Blue Moon
Director
2025
Spy Kids
Cool Spy
2001
The School of Rock
Director
2003
Dazed and Confused
Producer
1993Dazed and Confused
Director
1993Dazed and Confused
Writer
1993
Hit Man
Producer
2024Hit Man
Director
2024Hit Man
Screenplay
2024
The Last Movie Stars
Self
2022
Before Sunset
Screenplay
2004Before Sunset
Producer
2004Before Sunset
Characters
2004Before Sunset
Director
2004Before Sunset
Story
2004
Boyhood
Director
2014Boyhood
Writer
2014Boyhood
Producer
2014
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Director
2019Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Screenplay
2019
Before Midnight
Characters
2013Before Midnight
Director
2013Before Midnight
Producer
2013Before Midnight
Writer
2013
Nouvelle Vague
Director
2025
Everybody Wants Some!!
Director
2016Everybody Wants Some!!
Writer
2016Everybody Wants Some!!
Producer
2016
A Scanner Darkly
Screenplay
2006A Scanner Darkly
Director
2006
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Tour Bus Driver (voice)
1996
Last Flag Flying
Producer
2017Last Flag Flying
Director
2017Last Flag Flying
Screenplay
2017
Totally F***ed Up
Thanks
1994
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Director
2022Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Producer
2022Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
Writer
2022
Bad News Bears
Director
2005Bad News Bears
Producer
2005
Waking Life
Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat
2001Waking Life
Director of Photography
2001Waking Life
Director
2001Waking Life
Writer
2001
The Underneath
Ember Doorman
1995
Me and Orson Welles
Director
2008Me and Orson Welles
Producer
2008
Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove
Self
2024
Side by Side
Self
2012
The Newton Boys
Director
1998The Newton Boys
Screenplay
1998
Fast Food Nation
Screenplay
2006Fast Food Nation
Director
2006
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Self
2015
Computer Chess
Thanks
2013
Overheard with Evan Smith
Self
2010
The Hottest State
John Wayne Enthusiast
2007The Hottest State
Thanks
2007
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
Making Dazed
Self
2005
My Generation
Self
2024
God Save Texas
Self
2024God Save Texas
Director
2024God Save Texas
Executive Producer
2024
The Pushback
Producer
2020
Slacker
Should Have Stayed at Bus Station
1990Slacker
Director
1990Slacker
Writer
1990Slacker
Producer
1990
SubUrbia
Director
1997
Blaze
Oilman 1
2018
Bernie
Deadbeat Dad (uncredited)
2012Bernie
Screenplay
2012Bernie
Director
2012Bernie
Producer
2012
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Self
2026Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2026
Up to Speed
Director
2012Up to Speed
Executive Producer
2012
Brenda
Executive Producer
2026
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Self
2023
University, Inc.
Self
1999
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Self
2016
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Self
2006
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
Self
2004
Chelsea Walls
Crony 2
2001Merrily We Roll Along
Director
Merrily We Roll Along
Producer
Merrily We Roll Along
Screenplay
American Prince
Self - Interviewer
2009
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Self
2009
Directors Talks
Self
2023
Before Sunrise: Behind the Scenes
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
Self
2007
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Self
2006
More Human Than Human
Self
2018
Tape
Director
2001Tape
Camera Operator
2001
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Self
2004
The Space in Between
Self
2017
The King of Texas
Self
2008
Linklater: On Cinema and Time
Self (voice)
2013
Another Day at the Office
Rick
2019Another Day at the Office
Writer
2019Another Day at the Office
Director
2019Another Day at the Office
Producer
2019
Making of School of Rock
Self
05
Self
2021
Clerk
Self
2021
At Sundance
Self
1995
Great Directors
Self
2009
The Confession
Executive Producer
2025
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
2005
The Wasps
Executive Producer
2025
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Self
2007
I Dream Too Much
Executive Producer
2016
After Before
Self
2017
Woodshock
Director
1985
In the Bathtub of the World
Self
2001
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius
Self
2019Untitled Lou Gehrig Biopic
Director
Scotch and Milk
Cab Passenger
1998
How To Not Have Sex
Executive Producer
2026
Critic
Self
2008
Le making of de Nouvelle Vague
Self - Director
2025Texas: America Supersized
Self
2004
Also Starring Austin
2018
North on Evers
1992Dazed and Confused: Behind the Scenes
Live from Shiva's Dance Floor
Director
2003
Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
Self
2013
Twelve Years
Self
2015
... End of Interview!
Self
2004
Tape
Executive Producer
2024Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project
Director
Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project
Producer
Untitled Richard Linklater John Brinkley Project
Screenplay
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Thanks
2007
Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach
Director
2008
It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
1988It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
Screenplay
1988It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
Cinematography
1988It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
Editor
1988It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
Producer
1988It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
Director
1988
Viva Les Amis
Self
2005
Clemente
Self
2025Clemente
Executive Producer
2025![RSO [Registered Sex Offender]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/6HYQIIK4whVpwNYSOTBD2UqolAr.jpg?width=1200)
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Principal Mallard
2008
Queen Takes Bishop
Executive Producer
Hippies
Director
Hippies
Writer
Help Her Live
Executive Producer
2022
Never Leave Nevada
Video Assist Operator
1990
Shouting Down Midnight
Executive Producer
2022
Heads I Win/Tails You Lose
Director
1991Deep Eddy
Executive Producer
Letters to Thomas
Self
2000Richard Linklater Presents: Blue Velvet
Self
2015Richard Linklater Presents: Pickpocket
Self
2016Untitled Richard Linklater Bill Hicks Project
Director
Untitled Richard Linklater Bill Hicks Project
Screenplay
Untitled Richard Linklater Bill Hicks Project
Producer
Richard Linklater Presents: L’Argent
Self
2015