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Richard Linklater Acting Filmography (55)

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025·Self
Clemente
2025·Self
Le making of de Nouvelle Vague
2025·Self - Director
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
2023·Self
Clerk
2021·Self
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius
2019·Self
Another Day at the Office
2019·Rick
Blaze
2018·Oilman 1
More Human Than Human
2018·Self
Also Starring Austin
2018
The Space in Between
2017·Self
After Before
2017·Self
Richard Linklater Presents: Pickpocket
2016·Self
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016·Self
Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015·Self
Richard Linklater Presents: L’Argent
2015·Self
Richard Linklater Presents: Blue Velvet
2015·Self
Twelve Years
2015·Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014·Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014·Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
2013·Self
Linklater: On Cinema and Time
2013·Self (voice)
Side by Side
2012·Self
Bernie
2012·Deadbeat Dad (uncredited)
American Prince
2009·Self - Interviewer
Great Directors
2009·Self
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
2009·Self
RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
2008·Principal Mallard
The King of Texas
2008·Self
Critic
2008·Self
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007·Self
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
2007·Self
The Hottest State
2007·John Wayne Enthusiast
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
2006·Self
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006·Self
Making Dazed
2005·Self
Viva Les Amis
2005·Self
Before Sunset: Behind the Scenes
2005
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
2004·Self
... End of Interview!
2004·Self
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004·Self
Spy Kids
2001·Cool Spy
Waking Life
2001·Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat
Chelsea Walls
2001·Crony 2
In the Bathtub of the World
2001·Self
Letters to Thomas
2000·Self
University, Inc.
1999·Self
Scotch and Milk
1998·Cab Passenger
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996·Tour Bus Driver (voice)
The Underneath
1995·Ember Doorman
Before Sunrise
1995·Man in Shonen Knife T-Shirt Playing Foosball (uncredited)
At Sundance
1995·Self
North on Evers
1992
Slacker
1990·Should Have Stayed at Bus Station
It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
1988