Rex Linn
- Acting
- November 13, 1956 · Spearman, Texas, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Happy's Place · Emmett
- Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage · Principal Petersen
- Reba McEntire's The Hammer · Bart Crawford
- MVP · Security Guard
- Roar · Sheriff
- Big Shot · Coach Bert
- Big Sky · Buck Barnes
- The L Word: Generation Q · Jeff Milner
- The Drone · Baker
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- An Acceptable Loss · The President
- The Kominsky Method · Ed
- Under the Silver Lake · Manager
- Waco · Dick DeGuerin
- Young Sheldon · Tom Petersen
- Cupid's Proxy · Clive
- Lethal Weapon · Nathan Riggs
- The Ranch · Coach Shaw
- The Cowboy · Self
- Better Call Saul · Kevin Wachtell
- Zombeavers · Smythe
- A Million Ways to Die in the West · Sheriff / Narrator
- Flutter · Sheriff Cole
- Devil's Knot · Chief Inspector Gitchell
- Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink · Agent Shane Walsh
- Django Unchained · Tennessee Harry
- Atlas Shrugged: Part II · Kip Chalmers
- Nashville · Bill Lexington
- Key & Peele · Detective
- The Walking Dead: Webisodes · Palmer
- The Macabre World of Lavender Williams · Sheriff Murdstone
- Trial by Fire · Chief
- Appaloosa · Clyde Stringer
- Saving Grace · Wiley
- Abominable · Farmer Hoss
- Two Tickets to Paradise · Karl
- American Gun · Earl
- The Zodiac · Jim Martinez
- After the Sunset · Agent Kowalski
- Cheaper by the Dozen · Coach Bricker
- Dry Cycle · Jeddidah
- The Hunted · Powell
- Monte Walsh · Hat Henderson
- CSI: Miami · Frank Tripp
- The Round and Round · Sheriff
- The Salton Sea · Detective Bookman
- Ghosts of Mars · Yared
- Crossfire Trail · Luke Taggart
- Y2K · Nuclear Plant Foreman
- Snoops · Jasper
- Instinct · Gurad Alan
- Murder on Shadow Mountain · Det. Bonney
- The Jack Bull · Shelby Dykes
- Blast from the Past · Dave
- Rush Hour · Agent Whitney
- Black Cat Run · Sheriff Ben Bronte
- The Odd Couple II · JayJay
- The Postman · Mercer
- Alone · Travis Floyd
- Ecce Pirate · Captain Spot
- Breakdown · Sheriff Boyd
- Last Stand at Saber River · Bill Dancy
- Ghosts of Mississippi · Martin Scott
- The Long Kiss Goodnight · Man in Bed
- Profiler · Agent Ellis Talbot
- The Pretender · Agent Ellis Talbot
- Tin Cup · Dewey
- Public Enemies · Al Spencer
- 3rd Rock from the Sun · Chuck, Webber
- Cutthroat Island · Mr. Blair
- JAG · Mark 'Falcon' Sokol, Submarine Skipper
- Perfect Alibi
- Drop Zone · Bobby
- Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
- Clear and Present Danger · Washington Detective
- Wyatt Earp · Frank McLaury
- Confessions: Two Faces of Evil · Gleason
- Iron Will · Joe McPherson
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. · Mountain McClain
- Cliffhanger · Travers