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Rex Linn

Highest Rated: 83% Breakdown (1997)

Lowest Rated: 14% The Postman (1997)

Birthday: Nov 13, 1956

Birthplace: Spearman, Texas, USA

During the 1980's, former Oklahoma bank manager Rex Linn clawed his way up the local TV commercial and film ladder, finally landing a role as a serial killer in the 1989 Roy Scheider thriller "Night Game." Moving to Los Angeles the following year, he was able to parlay his somewhat distinctive stocky look into some rapidly snowballing TV work. In 1993, Linn scored his first big L.A. break, playing a United States Treasury agent in the Sylvester Stallone action film "Cliffhanger." Multiple arcs on a new version of the TV series "The Fugitive" and "JAG" finally gave way in 2003 to the mother lode for any actor, a recurring role as Detective Frank Tripp on "CSI.: Miami," for many years the most watched TV series not just in the United States but around the world. Not bad for a man who could have easily gone in another, more mundane direction when his Oklahoma bank was declared insolvent in 1982. Today, he likely has more in the bank than the bulk of his former customers put together.

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Highest rated movies

83% 68% Breakdown
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80% 26% The Drone
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77% 55% Appaloosa
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74% 65% Tin Cup
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72% 32% Zombeavers
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68% 52% Cliffhanger Watchlist
67% 66% Iron Will
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62% 79% Rush Hour Watchlist
58% 57% Blast From the Past
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40% 40% Cutthroat Island
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Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet 81% Reba McEntire's The Hammer Bart Crawford (Character) - 2023
80% 26% The Drone Baker (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Edge of the World Coach Andrews (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cupid's Proxy Clive (Character) - 2017
72% 32% Zombeavers Smyth (Character) $8.2K 2014
33% 41% A Million Ways to Die in the West Sheriff (Character) $42.6M 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink Agent Shane Walsh (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Macabre World of Lavender Williams Sheriff Murdstone (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trial by Fire Chief Bill Berry (Character) - 2008
77% 55% Appaloosa Sheriff Stringer (Character) $20.2M 2008
24% 38% The Zodiac Jim Martinez (Character) $44.8K 2005
18% 52% After the Sunset Agent Kowalski (Character) $28.3M 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dry Cycle Jeddidah (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 74% Monte Walsh Hat Henderson (Character) - 2003
30% 47% The Hunted Powell (Character) $34.2M 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Round and Round Sheriff (Character) - 2002
40% 78% Louis L'Amour's Crossfire Trail Luke Taggart (Character) - 2001
58% 57% Blast From the Past Dave (Character) $26.5M 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Murder on Shadow Mountain Det. Bonney (Character) - 1999
62% 79% Rush Hour Dan Whitney (Character) $141.2M 1998
27% 56% Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II Jay Jay (Character) $18.9M 1998
No Score Yet 0% Alone Travis Floyd (Character) - 1997
83% 68% Breakdown Sheriff Boyd (Character) $50.2M 1997
No Score Yet 65% Last Stand at Saber River Bill Dancy (Character) - 1997
14% 51% The Postman Mercer (Character) $17.6M 1997
74% 65% Tin Cup Dewey (Character) $53.9M 1996
40% 40% Cutthroat Island Mr. Blair (Character) $8.8M 1995
No Score Yet 20% Jack Reed: A Search for Justice Dave (Character) - 1994
39% 32% Drop Zone Bobby (Character) $26.7M 1994
67% 66% Iron Will Joe McPherson (Character) $20.6M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Confessions: Two Faces of Evil Gleason (Character) - 1994
68% 52% Cliffhanger Richard Travers (Character) $80.5M 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion Sheriff Ron Gray (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dark Before Dawn Don Hayse (Character) - 1988

TV

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73% 40% Happy's Place Emmett (Character) 2024-2025
No Score Yet 54% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2024
No Score Yet 83% Young Sheldon Principal Petersen (Guest Star) 2017-2023
89% 76% Lethal Weapon Nathan Riggs (Guest Star) 2017-2018
98% 96% Better Call Saul Kevin Wachtell (Guest Star) 2016-2017
91% 73% Nashville Bill Lexington (Guest Star) 2015-2016
28% 66% State of Affairs Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Detective Frank Tripp (Character),
Det. Frank Tripp (Guest Star)
2003-2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Unknown (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2000-2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet JAG Unknown (Guest Star) 1997-1998 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
19% No Score Yet Vengeance Unlimited Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet 71% Home Improvement Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nash Bridges Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guns of Paradise Unknown (Guest Star) 1991