Ellar Coltrane

Ellar Coltrane Biography

Ellar Coltrane Kinney Salmon (born August 27, 1994), known professionally as Ellar Coltrane, is an American actor best known for his role as Mason Evans Jr. in Boyhood.

Life and career

Coltrane was born in Austin, Texas to Genevieve (ne Kinney) and Bruce Salmon, a musician.

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. During his childhood, Coltrane also appeared in several other movies, including a small role in Linklater's 2006 film Fast Food Nation.

He was largely home-schooled as a child, with the exception of three years of high school followed by a GED.

He has also been credited under his birth name of Ellar Salmon.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	Lone Star State of Mind	Young Earl	(as Ellar Salmon)
2005	Faith & Bullets	Thomas Chaney, Jr.	(non speaking) (as Ellar Salmon)
2006	Fast Food Nation	Jay Anderson	(as Ellar Salmon)
2009	Hallettsville	Young Tyler	(as Ellar Salmon)
2014	Boyhood	Mason Evans, Jr.
2016	By the River	Himself	post-production
	Drowned	Boy	post-production
	Barry
2017	The Circle	Mercer

Accolades

Year	Association	Category	Work
2014	Boston Society of Film Critics	Best Cast	Boyhood
	Capri Film Festival	Rising Star
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Most Promising Performer
	Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble
	Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Cast
	Gotham Awards	Breakthrough Actor
	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Breakthrough Performance on Camera
	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Youth Performance in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male
	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Performance by an Ensemble
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Youth Performance
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Ensemble
2015	Critics' Choice Movie Award	Best Young Performer
	Critics' Choice Movie Award	Best Acting Ensemble
	Dorian Awards	Rising Star
	Georgia Film Critics Association	Breakthrough Award
	Georgia Film Critics Association	Best Ensemble
	MTV Movie Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance
	MTV Movie Awards	Best On-Screen Transformation
	Online Film Critics Society	Best Youth Performance
	Santa Barbara International Film Festival	Virtuoso Award
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

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