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Ellar Coltrane Kinney Salmon (born August 27, 1994), known professionally as Ellar Coltrane, is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Mason Evans Jr. in Richard Linklater's film Boyhood.
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Life and career
Coltrane was born in Austin, Texas to Genevieve (née Kinney) and Bruce Salmon, a musician.
In 2001, at age six, Coltrane was cast by filmmaker Richard Linklater to play the title character of sorts of the film Boyhood; Linklater wanted to make an unprecedented film that would show a boy's coming of age, but with the actors growing up or aging on screen. Coltrane and other members of the cast were filmed intermittently for several days at a time between May 2002 and August 2013, when Coltrane turned 19; there were 45 days of filming altogether. During his childhood, Coltrane also appeared in several other movies, including a small role in Linklater's 2006 film Fast Food Nation.
He was largely home-schooled as a child, with the exception of three years of high school followed by a GED.
He has also been credited under his birth name of Ellar Salmon.
Filmography
Actor
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Drowned as
Boy
2023
The Weird Kidz as
Wyatt (voice)
2021
El Fantasma (Short) as
Lee Harvey Oswald
2021
Shoplifters of the World as
Dean
2020
With Pleasure (Short) as
Bar Fly
2020
The Good Lord Bird (TV Mini Series) as
Salmon Brown
- Last Words (2020) - Salmon Brown
- Jesus Is Walkin' (2020) - Salmon Brown
- Hiving the Bees (2020) - Salmon Brown
- Smells Like Bear (2020) - Salmon Brown
- Mister Fred (2020) - Salmon Brown
- A Wicked Plot (2020) - Salmon Brown
- Meet the Lord (2020) - Salmon Brown
2020
The Get Together as
Face Tattoo
2019
Summer Night as
Jameson
2018
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot as
The Clerk
2018
Bodies of Water (Short) as
Marsh
2017
Blood Money as
Victor
2017
The Circle as
Mercer
2017
The Last Movie Star as
Shane McAvoy
2016
Barry as
Will
2014
Boyhood as
Mason
2009
Hallettsville as
Young Tyler (as Ellar Salmon)
2006
Fast Food Nation as
Jay Anderson (as Ellar Salmon)
2005
Faith & Bullets as
Thomas Chaney, Jr. (as Ellar Salmon)
2002
Lone Star State of Mind as
Young Earl (as Ellar Salmon)
Art Department
2022
The Third Saturday in October (set dresser)
2022
The Third Saturday in October Part V (set dresser)
Producer
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Drowned (co-producer)
2018
Bodies of Water (Short) (associate producer)
Production Designer
2020
Something's Wrong with Peter (Short) (completed)
2020
The Get Together
Soundtrack
2014
Boyhood (performer: "Ryan's Song")
Self
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Everything Is Stolen (Documentary) (post-production) as
Self
2016
By the River (Documentary) as
Self
2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (Documentary) as
Self
2015
30th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards (TV Special) as
