Ellar Coltrane

Actor

August 27, 1994 (31 years)

Austin, Texas, USA

Biography

Ellar Coltrane (born August 27, 1994) is an American actor. They are best known for their role as Mason Evans Jr. in Richard Linklater's film Boyhood, for which they won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer, as well as their roles in Lone Star State of Mind (2002), Fast Food Nation (2006) and Barry (2016).

Filmography

5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.

6.4

The Daily Show

Self

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

6.7

The Good Lord Bird

Salmon Brown

Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, a newly freed teenager joins abolitionist John Brown on a holy crusade to end slavery. Onion encounters Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, and he finds himself as a part of the famous 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.

7.5

Boyhood

Mason

The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

5.5

The Circle

Mercer Regalado

A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and actions will determine the future of humanity.

6.1

Fast Food Nation

Jay Anderson

A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.

5.4

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

The Clerk

Decades after serving in WWII and assassinating Adolf Hitler, a legendary American war veteran must now hunt down the fabled Bigfoot.

5.0

Blood Money

Victor

Three friends on a wilderness excursion must outrun a white collar criminal hellbent on retrieving his cash, but soon their greed turns them against each other. A modern re-telling of Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).

5.3

Summer Night

Jameson

In a small town, a young, tight-knit group of friends fall in and out of love over the course of one intoxicating, music-filled summer night.

5.7

Barry

Will

A young Barack Obama forges his identity while dealing with race, divergent cultures and ordinary life as a New York City college student.

6.8

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

Self

Highlighting one of the most innovative American directors, this film reveals the path traveled by the auteur from his small-town Texas roots to his warm reception on the awards circuit. Long before he directed Boyhood, Richard Linklater’s intense desire to create fueled his work outside the Hollywood system. Rather than leave Texas, he chose to collaborate with like-minded artists crafting modest, low-budget films in a DIY style. His ability to showcase realistic characters and tell honest stories was evident from his films, and others soon took notice of his raw talent.

6.5

The Last Movie Star

Shane McAvoy

An aging screen icon gets lured into accepting an award at a rinky-dink film festival in Nashville, Tenn., sending him on a hilarious fish-out-of-water adventure and an unexpectedly poignant journey into his past.

5.4

Lone Star State of Mind

Young Earl

Earl and Baby, two young lovers with a plan to escape their small Texas town. But when Baby's dim-witted cousin Junior gets tangled up in a whole heap of trouble, Earl has just 48 hours to save the day, rescue Junior and keep his promise to get his Baby to Los Angeles in time for sweeps.

6.0

Twelve Years

Self

This documentary, chronicles the twelve-year production of Boyhood (2014) and features on-set footage and interviews with cast and crew.

5.0

Shoplifters of the World

Ryan

1987. Denver, Co. One crazy night in the life of four friends reeling from the sudden demise of iconic British band The Smiths, while the local airwaves are hijacked at gunpoint by an impassioned Smiths fan.

5.5

The Get Together

Face Tattoo

A recent college post-grad, a soon-to-possibly-be-engaged couple, and a failing musician all deal with the realities of growing up as their three stories intersect over the course of one night at a house party in Austin.

3.9

Hallettsville

Young Tyler

Something awaits Tyler Jensen and his friends in the Hallettsville house. When Tyler's lifelong friends start dying, he must figure out a way to save himself, his girlfriend and the rest of the crew before the demons come.

3.2

With Pleasure

The Bar Fly

Inside a fruit themed burlesque bar, time and space take a backseat to poetry and proverb.

N/A

Bodies of Water

Marsh

A gay-themed short film that takes audiences on a journey back to the early ’80s, exploring the repressed desires and closeted homosexuality of the protagonist, Marsh. In a time marked by homophobia, Marsh becomes enamored with Rivers, played by Roby Attal, sparking a poignant battle between desire, fear, and burgeoning hormones.

N/A

Art-House America: Austin Film Society

Self

Founded by Richard Linklater in 1985 as a screening series dedicated to bringing experimental and art cinema to the city of Austin, Texas, the Austin Film Society has grown into a cornerstone of the city's creative community - while remaining true to its edgy, eclectic roots.