Ellar Coltrane

Ellar Coltrane Kinney Salmon (born August 27, 1994), known
professionally as Ellar Coltrane, is an American actor. He is best
known for his role as Mason Evans Jr. in Richard Linklater's film
Boyhood (2014), for which he won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for
Best Young Performer.[2]
Contents
1 Life and career
2 Filmography
3 Awards and nominations
4 References
5 External links
Life and career[edit]
Coltrane was born in
Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas to Genevieve (née Kinney), an
equine-assisted therapist for autistic people,[3] and Bruce Salmon, a
musician.[4][5] His parents divorced when he was nine, and his mother
subsequently remarried.[6] Coltrane's half-sister, Evelyn, was born
when he was eleven.[3] He was largely homeschooled as a child, with
the exception of three years of high school, and obtained his GED.[4]
In 2001, at age six, Coltrane was cast by filmmaker Richard Linklater
to play the title character of sorts of the film Boyhood; Linklater
wanted to make an unprecedented film that would show a boy's coming of
age, but with the actors growing up or aging on screen. Coltrane and
other members of the cast were filmed intermittently for several days
at a time between May 2002 and August 2013, when Coltrane turned 19;
there were 45 days of filming altogether.[7] During his childhood,
Coltrane also appeared in several other movies, including a small role
in Linklater's 2006 film Fast Food Nation.[8]
In 2016, Coltrane starred in the
Barack Obama

Barack Obama drama film Barry, which
premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.[9] The following
year, he co-starred with
Emma Watson

Emma Watson in James Ponsoldt's film
adaptation of the
Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers novel The Circle (2017), which premiered
at the Tribeca Film Festival.[10]
Filmography[edit]
Year
Film
Role
Notes
2002
Lone Star State of Mind
Young Earl Crest
2005
Faith & Bullets
Thomas Chaney, Jr.
2006
Fast Food Nation
Jay Anderson
2009
Hallettsville
Young Tyler Jensen
2014
Boyhood
Mason Evans, Jr.
2016
Barry
Will
2017
The Circle
Mercer
The Last Movie Star
Shane
Blood Money
Victor
2018
Drowned
Boy
In post-production
Awards and nominations[edit]
Year
Association
Category
Work
Result
2014
Boston Society of Film Critics
Best Cast
Boyhood
Won
Capri Film Festival
Rising Star
Won
Chicago Film Critics Association
Most Promising Performer
Nominated
Detroit Film Critics Society
Best Ensemble
Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle
Best Cast
Nominated
Gotham Awards
Breakthrough Actor
Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society
Breakthrough Performance on Camera
Nominated
Best Youth Performance in a Lead or Supporting Role – Male
Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society
Best Performance by an Ensemble
Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
Best Youth Performance
Won
Best Ensemble
Nominated
2015
Critics' Choice Movie Award
Best Young Performer
Won
Best Acting Ensemble
Nominated
Dorian Awards
Rising Star
Nominated
Georgia Film Critics Association
Breakthrough Award
Nominated
Best Ensemble
Nominated
MTV Movie Awards
Best Breakthrough Performance
Nominated
Best On-Screen Transformation
Nominated
Online Film Critics Society
Best Youth Performance
Nominated
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Virtuoso Award
Won
Screen Actors Guild Award
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated
References[edit]
^ "
Ellar Coltrane

Ellar Coltrane Kinney Salmon". Mocavo.com. Retrieved May 5,
2014.
^ Sneider, Jeff (January 16, 2014). "10 Most Buzzed-About Sundance
Actors, From Bill Hader to Maika Monroe". TheWrap. Retrieved 26 April
2014.
^ a b Thurmond, Sarah (June 30, 2014). "About a Boy". Austin Monthly.
Retrieved October 1, 2017.
^ a b Kachka, Boris (June 21, 2014). "
Ellar Coltrane

Ellar Coltrane on His 12-Year
Movie Role". Vulture. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
^ Churcher, Sharon (July 19, 2014). "Boyhood star
Ellar Coltrane

Ellar Coltrane began
shooting film at age six and finished at 18". Mail Online. Retrieved
October 30, 2014.
^ Mechanic, Michael (July 3, 2014). "Meet the Star of "Boyhood," the
Oscar Frontrunner Everybody's Talking About". Mother Jones. Retrieved
October 1, 2017.
^ Carroll, Larry (November 28, 2006). "Got Plans For 2013? Check Out
Richard Linklater's '12-Year Movie'". MTV News. Retrieved October 30,
2014.
^ Lewis, Hilary (November 11, 2014). "'Boyhood': 11 Things to Know
About Star Ellar Coltrane". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October
1, 2017.
^ McNary, Dave (March 14, 2016). "'Compton's' Jason Mitchell,
'Boyhood's'
Ellar Coltrane

Ellar Coltrane Join Young
Barack Obama

Barack Obama Movie 'Barry'".
Variety. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
^ Kit, Borys (September 29, 2015). "'Boyhood' Star Joins Emma Watson,
Tom Hanks in 'The Circle' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
Retrieved September 29, 2015.
External links[edit]
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