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Actor, Associate Producer
Biography:With his bald head and beefy exterior, Hollywood character player Rex Linn quickly built up an acting resumé replete with many portrayals of toughs, feds, cops, thugs, and -- occasionally -- unremarkable, beleaguered everymen. Born in the panhandle of the Lone Star State, Linn came of age in the small Texas town of Spearman. He discovered a lingering interest in drama during his teenage years, but buckled under the weight of discouragement from an acting coach, and put acting on the shelf to focus on career pursuits in banking and the oil industry. Dissatisfied with these fields, Linn convinced an Oklahoma talent agent to sign him, and made the leap from commercials to feature roles with his portrayal of serial murderer Fred Epps in the Peter Masterson-directed thriller Night Game (1989), opposite Roy Scheider. The pleasure of this experience prompted Linn to head to the West Coast, where he worked... Full Biography
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Rex Linn at the After the Sunset premiere in Hollywood on November 04, 2004
Rex Linn at the After the Sunset premiere in Hollywood on November 04, 2004
Rex Linn and Director Brett Ratner at the After the Sunset premiere in Hollywood on November 04,...
Rex Linn and Director Brett Ratner at the After the Sunset premiere in Hollywood on November 04,...
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