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Rex Linn - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography

Rex Lynn - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips, Actor, Producer.
Born November 13, 1956, Spearman, Texas, USA - American film and television actor, producer
Rex was the third child in the family and grew up on the ranch, along with his sister and brother. In August 1969, his parents moved to Oklahoma, where his father began to practice law. There, Rex attended Heritage Hall School, and then Casady School, an independent school under the auspices of the Episcopal Church, and in his free time worked part-time at the city zoo. In November 1975, after seeing Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Rex announced that he was going to become an actor. However, after performing a dance act in his first school play, Fiddler on the Roof, Rex nearly destroyed the set, the school theater director asked Rex to leave the play and channel the energy in a different direction in the future. This marked the end of Rex's high school acting career. After graduating from Oklahoma State University in 1980 with a BA in Radio, Television and Film, Rex began his banking career, reaching the position of Vice President of Lending at Lakeshore Bank, which he held until July 5, 1982, when the bank was declared insolvent. Left without a job, Rex decided to return to the idea of ??becoming an actor and was able to convince the booking agent to give him a chance to try for some role. At the same time, he found a job at an oil company, while auditioning for film and local television, overseeing fieldwork in western Oklahoma. After a series of filming in very poor advertising, Rex Lynn began to get small roles in various projects. It was then that he starred in his first movie, Dark Before Dawn, which was produced by his good friend Edward K. Gaylord II. Rex's first significant role was that of a serial killer in Game of the Night (1989) starring movie star Roy Schneider. Then there was the role of the sheriff in the television series "The Young Riders", after which Lynn decided to move west to Los Angeles. The first three years he studied acting courses, earning a living by working on construction sites. Gradually he began to receive small roles in such films as "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" (1991), "Thunderheart" (1992) and "Sniper" (1993), as well as cameo roles in the television series "Northern Exposure", "Raven "And" The Adventures of Brisco County Jr ". In April 1992, he starred in the now famous film "The Climber" with Sylvester Stallone - and this role brought Rex real fame. After "Rock Climber" he was invited to various projects, with the result that Rex starred in more than 35 films, and their number is constantly growing. In the series "Miami Crime Scene" Rex has already acted as a guest star.
On June 29, 1994, Rex received his star on the Oklahoma Walk of Fame.


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