Ellar Coltrane Kinney Salmon
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Austin, Texas, U.S.
Birthday
1994-08-27
Occupation
Actor
Spouse(s)
Years Active
2002~
Biography
Coltrane was born in Austin, Texas to Genevieve (née Kinney), an equine-assisted therapist for people with autism,and Bruce Salmon, a musician. Their parents divorced when they were nine, and their mother subsequently remarried. Coltrane's half-sister, Evelyn, was born when they were eleven. They were largely homeschooled as a child, with the exception of three years of high school, and obtained their GED.
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 their childhood, Coltrane also appeared in some other movies, including a small role in Linklater's 2006 film Fast Food Nation.
In 2016, Coltrane starred in the Barack Obama drama film Barry, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The following year, they co-starred with Emma Watson in James Ponsoldt's film adaptation of the Dave Eggers novel The Circle (2017), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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