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Ellar Coltrane

Highest Rated: 97% Boyhood (2014)

Lowest Rated: 15% The Circle (2017)

Birthday: Aug 27, 1994

Birthplace: Austin, Texas, USA

As a child actor, Ellar Coltrane became part of a unique filmmaking experiment where he was filmed in short bursts throughout a twelve-year period, culminating in the acclaimed film "Boyhood" (2014), directed by Richard Linklater. Ellar Coltrane was born Ellar Coltrane Kinney Salmon in August 27, 1994, and grew up in Linklater's home state of Austin, Texas. Coltrane was chosen from a long list of potential candidates for "Boyhood," and was cast when he was six years old. Linklater also cast Coltrane in a small role in his film "Fast Food Nation" (2006) while "Boyhood" was still in production. "Boyhood" told the story of a child's growing up, raised by his parents, played by Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette, after their divorce. The filming of "Boyhood" took place for several weeks every year for over a decade, but the ultimate shooting schedule over all this time was thirty-nine days. Linklater wrote the script as he went, basing the story on Coltrane's real life development from childhood into young adulthood. The goal was to make a film that worked like time-lapse photography, done more realistically than having Coltrane age through CGI or motion capture special effects. Once all the footage was finally assembled into the finished film, "Boyhood" was a critical hit, and won a number of festival awards as well.

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Highest rated movies

97% 80% Boyhood Watchlist 89% 85% The Get Together Watchlist 80% 50% Barry Watchlist 75% 51% The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot Watchlist 61% 73% The Last Movie Star Watchlist 57% 14% Blood Money Watchlist 55% 22% Summer Night Watchlist 44% 70% Shoplifters of the World Watchlist 15% 21% The Circle Watchlist
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Weird Kidz Unknown (Voice) - 2023
44% 70% Shoplifters of the World Dean (Character) - 2021
89% 85% The Get Together Production Design - 2020
55% 22% Summer Night Jameson (Character) - 2019
75% 51% The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot The Clerk (Character) - 2018
61% 73% The Last Movie Star Shane (Character) $8.0K 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Drowned Boy (Character) - 2017
57% 14% Blood Money Victor (Character) - 2017
15% 21% The Circle Mercer (Character) $20.5M 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet By the River Unknown (Character) - 2016
80% 50% Barry Will (Character) - 2016
97% 80% Boyhood Mason (Character) $25.4M 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Boyhood: Trailer Mason (Character) - 2014

TV

Credit
98% 73% The Good Lord Bird Salmon Brown (Character) 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2015
No Score Yet 11% The View Guest 2014-2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2014
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2014