Rex Linn

Rex Linn

Known for
Acting
Born
November 13, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Spearman, Texas, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Stick poster

Stick

TV · as Butch Lydecker · 1 ep

2024
Happy's Place poster

Happy's Place

TV · as Emmett · 42 eps

2024
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage poster

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage

TV · as Principal Petersen · 1 ep

2023
Reba McEntire's The Hammer poster

Reba McEntire's The Hammer

Movie · as Bart Crawford

2022
MVP poster

MVP

Movie · as Security Guard

2022
Roar poster

Roar

TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep

2021
Big Shot poster

Big Shot

TV · as Coach Bert · 2 eps

2020
Big Sky poster

Big Sky

TV · as Buck Barnes · 13 eps

2019
The Drone poster

The Drone

Movie · as Baker

2019
An Acceptable Loss poster

An Acceptable Loss

Movie · as The President

2019
The L Word: Generation Q poster

The L Word: Generation Q

TV · as Jeff Milner · 2 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Under the Silver Lake poster

Under the Silver Lake

Movie · as Manager

2018
The Kominsky Method poster

The Kominsky Method

TV · as Ed · 1 ep

2018
Waco poster

Waco

TV · as Dick DeGuerin · 1 ep

2017
Cupid's Proxy poster

Cupid's Proxy

Movie · as Clive

2017
Young Sheldon poster

Young Sheldon

TV · as Tom Petersen · 27 eps

2016
The Ranch poster

The Ranch

TV · as Coach Shaw · 1 ep

2016
Lethal Weapon poster

Lethal Weapon

TV · as Nathan Riggs · 12 eps

2016
The Cowboy poster

The Cowboy

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2015
Better Call Saul poster

Better Call Saul

TV · as Kevin Wachtell · 13 eps

2014
Zombeavers poster

Zombeavers

Movie · as Smythe

2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West poster

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Movie · as Sheriff / Narrator

2014
Flutter poster

Flutter

Movie · as Sheriff Cole

2013
Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink

Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink

Movie · as Agent Shane Walsh

2013
Devil's Knot poster

Devil's Knot

Movie · as Chief Inspector Gitchell

2012
Atlas Shrugged: Part II poster

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

Movie · as Kip Chalmers

2012
Django Unchained poster

Django Unchained

Movie · as Tennessee Harry

2012
Nashville poster

Nashville

TV · as Bill Lexington · 1 ep

2012
Key & Peele poster

Key & Peele

TV · as Detective · 1 ep

2011
The Walking Dead: Webisodes poster

The Walking Dead: Webisodes

TV · as Palmer · 6 eps

2009
The Macabre World of Lavender Williams poster

The Macabre World of Lavender Williams

Movie · as Sheriff Murdstone

2008
Trial by Fire poster

Trial by Fire

Movie · as Chief

2008
Appaloosa poster

Appaloosa

Movie · as Clyde Stringer

2007
Saving Grace poster

Saving Grace

TV · as Wiley · 1 ep

2006
Abominable poster

Abominable

Movie · as Farmer Hoss

2006
Two Tickets to Paradise poster

Two Tickets to Paradise

Movie · as Karl

2005
American Gun poster

American Gun

Movie · as Earl

2005
The Zodiac poster

The Zodiac

Movie · as Jim Martinez

2004
After the Sunset poster

After the Sunset

Movie · as Agent Kowalski

2003
Monte Walsh poster

Monte Walsh

Movie · as Hat Henderson

2003
Dry Cycle poster

Dry Cycle

Movie · as Jeddidah

2003
The Hunted poster

The Hunted

Movie · as Powell

2003
Cheaper by the Dozen poster

Cheaper by the Dozen

Movie · as Coach Bricker

2002
The Salton Sea poster

The Salton Sea

Movie · as Detective Bookman

2002
The Round and Round poster

The Round and Round

Movie · as Sheriff

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Frank Tripp · 187 eps

2001
Ghosts of Mars poster

Ghosts of Mars

Movie · as Yared

2001
Crossfire Trail poster

Crossfire Trail

Movie · as Luke Taggart

1999
Blast from the Past poster

Blast from the Past

Movie · as Dave

1999
The Jack Bull poster

The Jack Bull

Movie · as Shelby Dykes

1999
Murder on Shadow Mountain poster

Murder on Shadow Mountain

Movie · as Det. Bonney

1999
Instinct poster

Instinct

Movie · as Gurad Alan

1999
Y2K poster

Y2K

Movie · as Nuclear Plant Foreman

1999
Snoops poster

Snoops

TV · as Jasper · 1 ep

1998
Rush Hour poster

Rush Hour

Movie · as Agent Whitney

1998
Black Cat Run poster

Black Cat Run

Movie · as Sheriff Ben Bronte

1998
The Odd Couple II poster

The Odd Couple II

Movie · as JayJay

1997
Breakdown poster

Breakdown

Movie · as Sheriff Boyd

1997
The Postman poster

The Postman

Movie · as Mercer

1997
Last Stand at Saber River poster

Last Stand at Saber River

Movie · as Bill Dancy

1997
Ecce Pirate poster

Ecce Pirate

Movie · as Captain Spot

1997
Alone poster

Alone

Movie · as Travis Floyd

1996
The Long Kiss Goodnight poster

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Movie · as Man in Bed

1996
Tin Cup poster

Tin Cup

Movie · as Dewey

1996
Public Enemies poster

Public Enemies

Movie · as Al Spencer

1996
Ghosts of Mississippi poster

Ghosts of Mississippi

Movie · as Martin Scott

1996
The Pretender poster

The Pretender

TV · as Agent Ellis Talbot · 1 ep

1996
Profiler poster

Profiler

TV · as Agent Ellis Talbot · 1 ep

1996
3rd Rock from the Sun poster

3rd Rock from the Sun

TV · as Chuck, Webber · 1 ep

1995
Cutthroat Island poster

Cutthroat Island

Movie · as Mr. Blair

1995
Perfect Alibi poster

Perfect Alibi

Movie

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Mark 'Falcon' Sokol, Submarine Skipper · 5 eps

1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil poster

Confessions: Two Faces of Evil

Movie · as Gleason

1994
Wyatt Earp poster

Wyatt Earp

Movie · as Frank McLaury

1994
Drop Zone poster

Drop Zone

Movie · as Bobby

1994
Clear and Present Danger poster

Clear and Present Danger

Movie · as Washington Detective

1994
Iron Will poster

Iron Will

Movie · as Joe McPherson

1994
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice poster

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

Movie

1993
Cliffhanger poster

Cliffhanger

Movie · as Travers

1993
Sniper poster

Sniper

Movie · as Colonel (uncredited)

1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. poster

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

TV · as Mountain McClain · 1 ep

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Lester Stahl / Sheriff Leland Stahl · 1 ep

1992
Thunderheart poster

Thunderheart

Movie · as FBI Agent

1992
In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion poster

In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion

Movie · as Sheriff Ron Gray

1991
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw poster

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

Movie · as Henry

1991
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys poster

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

Movie · as Guest at Barbeque

1990
Northern Exposure poster

Northern Exposure

TV · as Martin · 1 ep

1990
Cop Rock poster

Cop Rock

TV · as Deputy, Officer Cerruto · 1 ep

1989
Night Game poster

Night Game

Movie · as Epps

1986
Shadows on the Wall poster

Shadows on the Wall

Movie · as Jason Townsend

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep