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.

Biography

Coltrane was born Ellar Coltrane Kinney Salmon in Austin, Texas, United States, the son of Genevieve (Kinney) and Bruce Salmon, a musician.

For eleven years, Coltrane was part of Richard Linklater's film, Boyhood. Coltrane and other members of the cast were filmed for 45 days between May 2002 and August 2013, following a boy's coming of age as he reaches adolescence. 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.



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