Rex Linn
Acting
Biography
Rex Maynard Linn (born November 13, 1956) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Sgt. Frank Tripp in the CBS drama CSI: Miami and Kevin Wachtell in the television series Better Call Saul. He also played Richard Travers in the 1993 action thriller movie Cliffhanger. From 2017 to 2024, he played Principal Tom Peterson on Young Sheldon.
Born: November 13, 1956
Place of Birth: Spearman, Texas, USA
Known For
Making of Better Call Saul: Finale
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Better Call Saul Season Six. Includes interviews with cast and crew, insights into key storylines, and an overview of the production process for the final season. Produced by Bark Bark for AMC
Better Call Saul
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".
Django Unchained
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Young Sheldon
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
Big Shot
After getting ousted from his job in the NCAA for throwing a chair at a referee, a hothead men’s basketball coach Marvyn Korn must take a job at Westbrook School for Girls, a private all-girls high school, in an effort to redeem what's left of his career and reputation.
Northern Exposure
After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.
Cupid's Proxy
What happens when a 12 year old helps an advice column writer with an editor wanting a fresh new voice while trying to help his down-on-romance mother and music teacher?
Key & Peele
Key & Peele is an American sketch comedy television show. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, both former cast members of MADtv. Each episode of the show consists of several pre-taped sketches starring the two actors, introduced by Key and Peele in front of a live studio audience.
The L Word: Generation Q
In this sequel to The L Word, we continue to follow the intermingled lives of Bette Porter, Alice Pieszecki and Shane McCutcheon, along with a new generation of diverse, self-possessed LGBTQIA+ characters experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks and success in L.A.
Filmography
as Emmett
as Bart Crawford
as Security Guard
as Sheriff
as Coach Bert
as Buck Barnes
as Jeff Milner
as Baker
as Self
as The President
as Ed
as Manager
as Tom Petersen
as Clive
as Nathan Riggs
as Coach Shaw
as Self
as Kevin Wachtell
as Smythe
as Sheriff / Narrator
as Sheriff Cole
as Chief Inspector Gitchell
as Tennessee Harry
as Kip Chalmers
as Bill Lexington
as Detective
as Mike Palmer
as Sheriff Murdstone
as Chief
as Clyde Stringer
as Wiley
as Farmer Hoss
as Karl
as Earl
as Jim Martinez
as Agent Kowalski
as Coach Bricker
as Jeddidah
as Powell
as Hat Henderson
as Frank Tripp
as Sheriff
as Detective Bookman
as Yared
as Luke Taggart
as Nuclear Plant Foreman
as Jasper
as Gurad Alan
as Det. Bonney
as Shelby Dykes
as Dave
as Agent Whitney
as Sheriff Ben Bronte
as JayJay
as Mercer
as Travis Floyd
as Captain Spot
as Sheriff Boyd
as Bill Dancy
as Martin Scott
as Man in Bed
as Agent Ellis Talbot
as Agent Ellis Talbot
as Dewey
as Al Spencer
as Chuck
as Webber
as Mr. Blair
as Mark 'Falcon' Sokol
as Submarine Skipper
as Bobby
as Washington Detective
as Frank McLaury
as Gleason
as Joe McPherson
as Mountain McClain
as Richard Travers
as Lester Stahl / Sheriff Leland Stahl
as Colonel (uncredited)
as FBI Agent
as Sheriff Ron Gray
as Guest at Barbeque
as Deputy
as Officer Cerruto
as Martin
as Epps
as Self