Linda Hunt
Highest Rated: 88% The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Lowest Rated: 7% Dragonfly (2002)
Birthday: Apr 2, 1945
Birthplace: Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Despite her diminutive 4-foot, 9-inch frame, actress Linda Hunt emerged as a prominent, Oscar-winning performer in only her second film, playing doomed Chinese-Australian photojournalist Billy Kwan in Peter Weir's "The Year of Living Dangerously" (1982), which marked the first time in Academy Award history that an actor won for playing a character of the opposite sex. Her triumphant win led to a Tony-nominated performance in Arthur Kopit's "End of the World" (1983) and a supporting role as a saloon keep in the revisionist Western, "Silverado" (1985), though opportunities later became few and far between. While she logged numerous film and television roles over the years, including a long-running recurring role as a judge on "The Practice" (ABC, 1996-2004), Hunt developed a second career as a busy voiceover artist. She lent her surprising baritone as a narrator on environmental specials, while voicing characters in both video games - most notably on the "God of War" series - and various animated projects like Disney's "Pocahontas" (1995). By the time she was seen with regularity on such hit procedurals as "Without a Trace" (CBS, 2002-09) and "NCIS: Los Angeles" (2009- ), Hunt was a familiar presence in several different mediums; a testament to both her talent and her ability to overcome the odds.
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Filmography
Movies
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69% | 63% | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Lady Proxima (Voice) | $213.8M | 2018 |
83% | 82% | The Singing Revolution | Narrator | $330.0K | 2006 |
73% | 85% | Stranger Than Fiction | Dr. Mittag-Lefler (Character) | $40.1M | 2006 |
7% | 62% | Dragonfly | Sister Madeline (Character) | $30.1M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Island of the Sharks | Narrator | $10.7M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Out of the Past | Narrator | - | 1998 |
29% | 28% | Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | Grandmother Willow (Voice) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Eat Your Heart Out | Kathryn (Character) | - | 1997 |
37% | 34% | The Relic | Dr. Ann Cuthbert (Character) | $34.0M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Amazon | Narrator | - | 1997 |
60% | No Score Yet | Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End | Narrator | - | 1997 |
53% | 64% | Pocahontas | Grandmother Willow (Voice) | $141.6M | 1995 |
24% | 27% | Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter) | Regina Krumm (Character) | $10.7M | 1994 |
75% | 61% | Twenty Bucks | Angeline (Character) | $30.7K | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ishi: The Last Yahi | Narrator | - | 1992 |
50% | 64% | Rain Without Thunder | Atwood Society Director (Character) | $6.7K | 1992 |
29% | 50% | If Looks Could Kill | Ilsa Grunt (Character) | $6.3M | 1991 |
54% | 52% | Kindergarten Cop | Miss Schlowski (Character) | $88.6M | 1990 |
48% | 48% | She-Devil | Hooper (Character) | $12.8M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Room Upstairs | Mrs. Sanders (Character) | - | 1987 |
44% | 75% | Waiting for the Moon | Alice B. Toklas (Character) | - | 1987 |
86% | 75% | Eleni | Katina (Character) | - | 1985 |
78% | 80% | Silverado | Stella (Character) | - | 1985 |
37% | 65% | Dune | Shadout Mapes (Character) | - | 1984 |
88% | 77% | The Year of Living Dangerously | Billy Kwan (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fame | Mona (Character) | - | 1978 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 63% | NCIS: Los Angeles | Hetty Lange (Character) | 2009-2023 |
61% | 79% | Scorpion | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
74% | 83% | Nip/Tuck | Voice of Authority (Guest Star) | 2009 |
85% | 72% | The Unit | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007-2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997-2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Living Edens | Narrator | 1997 2000-2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Space Rangers | Unknown (Character) | 1994 |