Linda Hunt
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While still a child, Linda Hunt decided to become an actress, and began taking drama lessons at age 13. As she was quite small (4'9") and not a great beauty, she also studied directing, in case she never landed any acting roles. Hunt majored in directing at the prestigious Goodman Theater School in Chicago, and went on to spend several years in New York, working as a stage manager, director, and occasionally as an actress; during some of that time she worked in alternative theater with companies such as La Mama and the Open Theater. Following years of getting bit parts and directing for a children's theater, Hunt finally started landing good roles and ultimately won two Obie awards and a Tony nomination. She debuted onscreen in Robert Altman's Popeye (1980), but it was her second film, The Year of Living Dangerously (1983), that made her internationally known; for her portrayal of a male Indonesian dwarf, she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. She followed that up with a part in David Lynch's infamous adaptation of the sci-fi classic Dune, and immediately segued into the part of a beloved saloon owner in Lawrence Kasdan's throwback western Silverado. She maintained a steady career appearing in various projects including She-Devil, Kindergarten Cop, Maverick and Stranger Than Fiction. Her distinctive voice led to steady gigs in animated films and as a narrator of documentary films.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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69% | Solo: A Star Wars Story |
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— | 2018 |
No Score Yet | The Crooked Eye |
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— | 2009 |
83% | The Singing Revolution |
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— | 2007 |
73% | Stranger Than Fiction |
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$40.2M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Nature |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Auschwitz |
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— | 2005 |
6% | Yours, Mine & Ours |
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$53.4M | 2005 |
41% | A Lot Like Love |
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$21.9M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | American Experience |
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— | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Eat Your Heart Out |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Island of the Sharks |
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— | 1999 |
29% | Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Out of the Past |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | National Geographic |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Amazon |
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— | 1997 |
36% | The Relic |
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— | 1997 |
60% | Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End |
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— | 1996 |
55% | Pocahontas |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Younger & Younger |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Ecological Design: Inventing The Future |
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— | 1995 |
24% | Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) |
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— | 1994 |
66% | Maverick |
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— | 1994 |
75% | Twenty Bucks |
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— | 1993 |
50% | Rain Without Thunder |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Ishi, the Last Yahi |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | American Experience |
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— | 1992 |
29% | If Looks Could Kill |
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— | 1991 |
51% | Kindergarten Cop |
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— | 1990 |
40% | She-Devil |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | The Room Upstairs |
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— | 1987 |
43% | Waiting for the Moon |
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— | 1987 |
76% | Silverado |
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$33.2M | 1985 |
86% | Eleni |
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— | 1985 |
51% | Dune |
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— | 1984 |
83% | The Bostonians |
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— | 1984 |
88% | The Year of Living Dangerously |
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— | 1983 |
63% | Popeye |
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— | 1980 |
20% | When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth |
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— | 1971 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
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No Score Yet |
NCIS
2003
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61% |
Scorpion
2014-2018
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No Score Yet |
Sunday Morning
2011-2018
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75% |
Nip/Tuck
2003-2009
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No Score Yet |
American Experience
1988
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No Score Yet |
Without a Trace
2002-2009
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84% |
The Unit
2006-2009
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No Score Yet |
Nature
1982
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No Score Yet |
The Practice
1997-2004
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No Score Yet |
Independent Lens
1999
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No Score Yet |
American Masters
2001
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0% |
Space Rangers
1994
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Quotes from Linda Hunt's Characters
Miss Schlowski: | Two more days of this, and he'll quit! |