Hamish Linklater

Linklater in 2008, photo by Prphotos

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: July 7, 1976

Ethnicity: Scottish, English, German, Swedish, Irish, remote Belgian Flemish

Hamish Linklater is an American actor, playwright, and filmmaker. His roles include the series Gideon’s Crossing, American Dreams, Five Days to Midnight, The New Adventures of Old Christine, The Big C, The Good Wife, The Newsroom, The Crazy Ones, Fargo, Legion, Tell Me Your Secrets, Midnight Mass, Gaslit, Angelyne, Manhunt, Batman: Caped Crusader, and Gen V; the films Groove, Fantastic Four (2005), The Future (2011), Lola Versus, Battleship, 42, Redemption Trail, The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, Magic in the Moonlight, One More Time, Ithaca, The Big Short, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2017), Paper Year, You Can’t Say No, Unicorn Store, 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up, Dead for a Dollar, Downtown Owl, which he wrote and co-directed; Nickel Boys, The Life of Chuck, and A Big Bold Beautiful Journey; and the made-for-tv movie Live from Baghdad; as well as many works on stage.

Hamish is the son of Kristin Linklater, a vocal coach, acting teacher, actor, theatre director, and author, and James Lincoln Cormeny. Hamish’s father, who was American, was of German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish descent. Hamish’s mother was Scottish, and was of approximately one half Scottish, three eighths English, one eighth Swedish, and distant Belgian Flemish, ancestry. The name Hamish is common in Scotland. Hamish was raised in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

He has a daughter with his former wife, playwright, screenwriter, and television writer Jessica Goldberg; and three children with his partner, actress Lily Rabe.

Hamish’s patrilineal line can be traced to Joseph Carmany/Karmanee, who was born, c. 1738, in Sudliche Weinstrasse, Germany, the son of Johannes/John Carmane and Maria Catherina Krauss.

Hamish’s paternal grandfather was Alvin Elmore Cormeny (the son of Alvin Eugene Cormeny and Gladys Collins). Hamish’s grandfather Alvin was born in Springfield, Illinois. Hamish’s great-grandfather Alvin was the son of George Henry Cormeny and Matilda A. Ramsey.

Hamish’s paternal grandmother was Meredith Daphne Storr (the daughter of Percy Thomas Storr and Ethel Lilian Peterson). Meredith was born in Chicago, Illinois. Percy was born in Illniois, to an English father and a Swedish mother. Ethel’s father was Swedish.

Hamish’s maternal grandfather was Eric Linklater (Eric Robert Russell Linklater, the son of Robert Baikie Linklater and Mary Elizabeth Young). Eric was born in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, and was raised in Scotland; he was a writer who also helped found the Scottish National Party. Hamish’s great-grandfather Robert was the son of Magnus Linklater, from Harray, Orkney, and of Mary Marwick, from Birsay. Hamish’s great-grandmother Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of James Young, who was Swedish, and of Sarah Elizabeth, who was from Braunston, Northamptonshire, England.

Hamish’s maternal grandmother was Marjorie MacIntyre (the daughter of Ian MacIntyre and Ida Van der Gucht). Ida was English, and had distant Belgian [Flemish] ancestry through her surname, Van der Gucht.

Sources: Hamish’s paternal great-grandfather, Alvin Eugene Cormeny, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Hamish’s paternal great-grandfather, Percy Thomas Storr, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Hamish’s paternal grandmother, Meredith Daphne (Storr) Cormeny – http://www.legacy.com

Genealogy of Hamish’s mother (focusing on her father’s side) – http://robertwhitton.eu