Rex Linn

About

Rex Maynard Linn (born November 13, 1956) is an American actor. He is best known domestically for playing the role of Sgt. Frank Tripp in the CBS drama CSI: Miami and more recently for playing Kevin Wachtell in the television series Better Call Saul. Internationally he is best known for playing Richard Travers in the 1993 action thriller film Cliffhanger.

Linn was born on November 13, 1956, in Spearman, Texas. He lived in Spearman, Texas up until August 1969 when his parents relocated the family to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where his father practiced law. There he attended Heritage Hall School and later Casady School, an independent school affiliated with the Episcopal Church, and was employed part-time at the Oklahoma City Zoo. In November 1975, after seeing Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Linn announced he was an actor.
In his high school production of Fiddler on the Roof, after Linn demolished a set during a number, his drama coach ordered him off the set and advised him to direct his energy to some other field of endeavor, ending Linn’s high school acting career. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1980.

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