Ellar Coltrane
Ellar Coltrane Kinney Salmon (born August 27, 1994), known professionally as Ellar Coltrane, is an American actor and model. They are best known for their role as Mason Evans Jr. in Richard Linklater's film Boyhood (2014), for which they won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer.[2]
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Coltrane in April 2015 | |
Born | Ellar Coltrane Kinney Salmon[1] August 27, 1994 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2002–present |
Life and career
Coltrane was born in Austin, Texas to Genevieve (née Kinney), an equine-assisted therapist for people with autism,[3] and Bruce Salmon, a musician.[4] Their parents divorced when they was nine, and their mother subsequently remarried.[5] Coltrane's half-sister, Evelyn, was born when they were eleven.[3][4]
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 they turned 19; there were 45 days of filming altogether.[6] During Coltrane's childhood, they also appeared in some other movies, including a small role in Linklater's 2006 film Fast Food Nation.[7]
In 2016, Coltrane starred in the Barack Obama drama film Barry, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.[8] 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.[9]
Coltrane uses singular they/them pronouns.[10]
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Lone Star State of Mind | Young Earl Crest | |
2005 | Faith & Bullets | Thomas Chaney, Jr. | |
2006 | Fast Food Nation | Jay Anderson | |
2009 | Hallettsville | Young Tyler Jensen | |
2014 | Boyhood | Mason Evans, Jr. | |
2016 | Barry | Will | |
2017 | The Circle | Mercer Regalado | |
The Last Movie Star | Shane McAvoy | ||
Blood Money | Victor | ||
2018 | The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot | "The Clerk" | |
2019 | Summer Night | Jameson Ford | |
TBA | Shoplifters of the World | Dean | Post-production |
Awards and nominations
Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
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2014 | Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Cast | Boyhood | Won |
Capri Film Festival | Rising Star | Won | ||
Chicago Film Critics Association | Most Promising Performer | Nominated | ||
Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Ensemble | Nominated | ||
Florida Film Critics Circle | Best Cast | Nominated | ||
Gotham Awards | Breakthrough Actor | Nominated | ||
Phoenix Film Critics Society | Breakthrough Performance on Camera | Nominated | ||
Best Youth Performance in a Lead or Supporting Role – Male | Nominated | |||
San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Performance by an Ensemble | Nominated | ||
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Youth Performance | Won | ||
Best Ensemble | Nominated | |||
2015 | Critics' Choice Movie Award | Best Young Performer | Won | |
Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated | |||
Dorian Awards | Rising Star | Nominated | ||
Georgia Film Critics Association | Breakthrough Award | Nominated | ||
Best Ensemble | Nominated | |||
MTV Movie Awards | Best Breakthrough Performance | Nominated | ||
Best On-Screen Transformation | Nominated | |||
Online Film Critics Society | Best Youth Performance | Nominated | ||
Santa Barbara International Film Festival | Virtuoso Award | Won | ||
Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
References
- "Ellar Coltrane Kinney Salmon". Mocavo.com. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
- Sneider, Jeff (January 16, 2014). "10 Most Buzzed-About Sundance Actors, From Bill Hader to Maika Monroe". TheWrap. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- Thurmond, Sarah (June 30, 2014). "About a Boy". Austin Monthly. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- Kachka, Boris (June 21, 2014). "Ellar Coltrane on Their 12-Year Movie Role". Vulture. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- Mechanic, Michael (July 3, 2014). "Meet the Star of "Boyhood," the Oscar Frontrunner Everybody's Talking About". Mother Jones. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- Carroll, Larry (November 28, 2006). "Got Plans For 2013? Check Out Richard Linklater's '12-Year Movie'". MTV News. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- Lewis, Hilary (November 11, 2014). "'Boyhood': 11 Things to Know About Star Ellar Coltrane". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- McNary, Dave (March 14, 2016). "'Compton's' Jason Mitchell, 'Boyhood's' Ellar Coltrane Join Young Barack Obama Movie 'Barry'". Variety. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- Kit, Borys (September 29, 2015). "'Boyhood' Star Joins Emma Watson, Tom Hanks in 'The Circle' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- "Ol' Yellar (@ellarcoltrane.ks) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2020-06-27.