Rex Linn

Actor Nov 13 (age 69) Spearman, Texas, USA 1989–2024 (35 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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

Film

Django Unchained

Tennessee Harry

Film

Rush Hour

Agent Whitney

Film

CSI: Miami

Frank Tripp

Film

Cliffhanger

Travers

Film

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Sheriff / Narrator

Film

Cheaper by the Dozen

Coach Bricker

Film

Clear and Present Danger

Washington Detective

Film

Breakdown

Sheriff Boyd

Filmography

Acting (92)

Movies (62)

Reba McEntire's The Hammer

2023

as Bart Crawford

6.6

Making of Better Call Saul: Finale

as Self

MVP

as Security Guard

The Drone

as Baker

An Acceptable Loss

as The President

Under the Silver Lake

as Manager

Cupid's Proxy

as Clive

A Million Ways to Die in the West

2014

as Sheriff / Narrator

Zombeavers

as Smythe

Flutter

as Sheriff Cole

Devil's Knot

as Chief Inspector Gitchell

6.2

Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink

as Agent Shane Walsh

Django Unchained

as Tennessee Harry

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

2012

as Kip Chalmers

5.3

The Macabre World of Lavender Williams

as Sheriff Murdstone

Appaloosa

as Clyde Stringer

Trial by Fire

as Chief

Two Tickets to Paradise

as Karl

Abominable

as Farmer Hoss

American Gun

as Earl

The Zodiac

as Jim Martinez

After the Sunset

as Agent Kowalski

Cheaper by the Dozen

as Coach Bricker

The Hunted

as Powell

Monte Walsh

as Hat Henderson

Dry Cycle

as Jeddidah

The Salton Sea

as Detective Bookman

The Round and Round

as Sheriff

Ghosts of Mars

as Yared

Crossfire Trail

as Luke Taggart

Blast from the Past

as Dave

Instinct

as Gurad Alan

The Jack Bull

as Shelby Dykes

Y2K

as Nuclear Plant Foreman

3.9

Murder on Shadow Mountain

as Det. Bonney

Rush Hour

as Agent Whitney

The Odd Couple II

as JayJay

Black Cat Run

as Sheriff Ben Bronte

Breakdown

as Sheriff Boyd

The Postman

as Mercer

Alone

as Travis Floyd

Last Stand at Saber River

1997

as Bill Dancy

6.4

Ecce Pirate

1997

as Captain Spot

The Long Kiss Goodnight

as Man in Bed

Public Enemies

as Al Spencer

Ghosts of Mississippi

as Martin Scott

Tin Cup

as Dewey

Cutthroat Island

as Mr. Blair

Perfect Alibi

Wyatt Earp

as Frank McLaury

Clear and Present Danger

1994

as Washington Detective

6.6

Confessions: Two Faces of Evil

as Gleason

Drop Zone

as Bobby

Iron Will

as Joe McPherson

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

as Dave

Cliffhanger

as Travers

Sniper

as Colonel (uncredited)

6.2

Thunderheart

1992

as FBI Agent

6.3

In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion

1992

as Sheriff Ron Gray

3.0

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

1991

as Henry

4.6

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

as Guest at Barbeque

Night Game

as Epps

Television (30)

Happy's Place

as Emmett

Roar

as Sheriff

Big Shot

as Coach Bert

Big Sky

as Buck Barnes

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self

6.4

The L Word: Generation Q

as Jeff Milner

The Kominsky Method

as Ed

Waco

as Dick DeGuerin

Young Sheldon

as Tom Petersen

Lethal Weapon

as Nathan Riggs

The Ranch

as Coach Shaw

The Cowboy

as Self

Better Call Saul

as Kevin Wachtell

Nashville

as Bill Lexington

Key & Peele

as Detective

The Walking Dead: Torn Apart

as Mike Palmer

The Walking Dead

as Mike Palmer

Saving Grace

as Wiley

CSI: Miami

as Frank Tripp

CSI: Miami

as Frank Tripp

Snoops

as Jasper

3rd Rock from the Sun

1996

as Chuck

7.5

The Pretender

1996

as Agent Ellis Talbot

7.4

Profiler

1996

as Agent Ellis Talbot

JAG

as Submarine Skipper

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Lester Stahl / Sheriff Leland Stahl

6.9

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

as Mountain McClain

Northern Exposure

as Martin

Cop Rock

as Deputy

The Oscars

as Self