Boyhood (film) Boyhood (film) Boyhood is a 2014 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, and Ethan Hawke. Filmed from 2001 to 2013, "Boyhood" depicts the childhood and adolescence of Mason Evans Jr. (Coltrane) from ages six to eighteen as he grows up in Texas with divorced parents (Arquette and Hawke). Richard Linklater's daughter Lorelei plays Mason's sister, Samantha. Production began in 2001 and finished in 2013, with Linklater's goal to make a film about growing up. The project began without a completed script, with only basic plot points and the
Hamish Linklater Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca in the Jackie Robinson biopic film "42". Linklater also joined the cast of Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom" in a recurring role, playing senior producer Jerry Dantana. He remained for six episodes, until earning the role of Andrew Keanelly on the CBS series "The Crazy Ones", which premiered in September 2013. In 2017, Linklater was cast in a recurring role in the FX original series "Legion", based on the Marvel Comics character. Linklater married playwright Jessica Goldberg in January 2002; they divorced in 2012. They have one daughter. Linklater is in a relationship with actress Lily