Acting

Rex Linn

Born 1956-11-13 · Spearman, Texas, USA

Rex Maynard Linn (born November 13, 1956) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Sgt. Frank Tripp in the CBS drama CSI: Miami and Kevin Wachtell in the television series Better Call Saul. He also played Richard Travers in the 1993 action thriller movie Cliffhanger. From 2017 to 2024, he played Principal Tom Peterson on Young Sheldon.

Credits

Newest first

Happy's Place
as Emmett
2024
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
as Principal Petersen
2024
Reba McEntire's The Hammer
as Bart Crawford
2023
MVP
as Security Guard
2022
Roar
as Sheriff
2022
Big Shot
as Coach Bert
2021
Big Sky
as Buck Barnes
2020
The L Word: Generation Q
as Jeff Milner
2019
The Drone
as Baker
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
An Acceptable Loss
as The President
2019
The Kominsky Method
as Ed
2018
Under the Silver Lake
as Manager
2018
Waco
as Dick DeGuerin
2018
Young Sheldon
as Tom Petersen
2017
Cupid's Proxy
as Clive
2017
Lethal Weapon
as Nathan Riggs
2016
The Ranch
as Coach Shaw
2016
The Cowboy
as Self
2016
Better Call Saul
as Kevin Wachtell
2015
Zombeavers
as Smythe
2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Sheriff / Narrator
2014
Flutter
as Sheriff Cole
2014
Devil's Knot
as Chief Inspector Gitchell
2013
Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink
as Agent Shane Walsh
2013
Django Unchained
as Tennessee Harry
2012
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
as Kip Chalmers
2012
Nashville
as Bill Lexington
2012
Key & Peele
as Detective
2012
The Walking Dead: Webisodes
as Palmer
2011
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
as Sheriff Murdstone
2009
Trial by Fire
as Chief
2008
Appaloosa
as Clyde Stringer
2008
Saving Grace
as Wiley
2007
Abominable
as Farmer Hoss
2006
Two Tickets to Paradise
as Karl
2006
American Gun
as Earl
2005
The Zodiac
as Jim Martinez
2005
After the Sunset
as Agent Kowalski
2004
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Coach Bricker
2003
Dry Cycle
as Jeddidah
2003
The Hunted
as Powell
2003
Monte Walsh
as Hat Henderson
2003
CSI: Miami
as Frank Tripp
2002
The Round and Round
as Sheriff
2002
The Salton Sea
as Detective Bookman
2002
Ghosts of Mars
as Yared
2001
Crossfire Trail
as Luke Taggart
2001
Y2K
as Nuclear Plant Foreman
1999
Snoops
as Jasper
1999
Instinct
as Gurad Alan
1999
Murder on Shadow Mountain
as Det. Bonney
1999
The Jack Bull
as Shelby Dykes
1999
Blast from the Past
as Dave
1999
Rush Hour
as Agent Whitney
1998
Black Cat Run
as Sheriff Ben Bronte
1998
The Odd Couple II
as JayJay
1998
The Postman
as Mercer
1997
Alone
as Travis Floyd
1997
Ecce Pirate
as Captain Spot
1997
Breakdown
as Sheriff Boyd
1997
Last Stand at Saber River
as Bill Dancy
1997
Ghosts of Mississippi
as Martin Scott
1996
The Long Kiss Goodnight
as Man in Bed
1996
Profiler
as Agent Ellis Talbot
1996
The Pretender
as Agent Ellis Talbot
1996
Tin Cup
as Dewey
1996
Public Enemies
as Al Spencer
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Chuck
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Webber
1996
Cutthroat Island
as Mr. Blair
1995
JAG
as Mark 'Falcon' Sokol
1995
JAG
as Submarine Skipper
1995
Perfect Alibi
1995
Drop Zone
as Bobby
1994
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
1994
Clear and Present Danger
as Washington Detective
1994
Wyatt Earp
as Frank McLaury
1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
as Gleason
1994
Iron Will
as Joe McPherson
1994