Ellar Coltrane

Coltrane was born in Austin, Texas to Genevieve (née Kinney), an equine-assisted therapist for people with autism,[3] and Bruce Salmon, a musician.[4] Their parents divorced when they were nine, and their mother subsequently remarried.[5] Coltrane's half-sister, Evelyn, was born when they were eleven.[3] They were largely homeschooled as a child, with the exception of three years of high school, and obtained a GED.[4]

In 2001, at age six, they were 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 they turned 19; there were 45 days of filming altogether.[6] During Coltrane's childhood, they also appeared in some other movies, including a small role in Linklater's 2006 film Fast Food Nation.[7]

In 2016, Coltrane starred in the Barack Obama drama film Barry, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.[8] The following year, they co-starred with Emma Watson in James Ponsoldt's film adaptation of the Dave Eggers novel The Circle (2017), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.[9]

Coltrane uses singular they/them pronouns.[10]

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