Rex Maynard Linn (born November 13, 1956) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Sgt. Frank Tripp in the CBS drama CSI: Miami and Kevin Wachtell in the television series Better Call Saul. He also played Richard Travers in the 1993 action thriller movie Cliffhanger. From 2017 to 2024, he played Principal Tom Peterson on Young Sheldon.

Filmography

• Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage — Principal Petersen
• Happy's Place — Emmett
• 2023Reba McEntire's The Hammer — Bart Crawford
• 2022MVP — Security Guard
• Roar — Sheriff
• Big Shot — Coach Bert
• Big Sky — Buck Barnes
• 2019An Acceptable Loss — The President
• 2019The Drone — Baker
• The L Word: Generation Q — Jeff Milner
• The Kominsky Method — Ed
• 2018Under the Silver Lake — Manager
• Waco — Dick DeGuerin
• 2017Cupid's Proxy — Clive
• Young Sheldon — Tom Petersen
• Lethal Weapon — Nathan Riggs
• The Ranch — Coach Shaw
• Better Call Saul — Kevin Wachtell
• 2014A Million Ways to Die in the West — Sheriff / Narrator
• 2014Flutter — Sheriff Cole
• 2014Zombeavers — Smythe
• 2013Devil's Knot — Chief Inspector Gitchell
• 2013Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink — Agent Shane Walsh
• 2012Atlas Shrugged: Part II — Kip Chalmers
• 2012Django Unchained — Tennessee Harry
• Key & Peele — Detective
• Nashville — Bill Lexington
• The Walking Dead: Webisodes — Palmer
• 2009The Macabre World of Lavender Williams — Sheriff Murdstone
• 2008Appaloosa — Clyde Stringer
• 2008Trial by Fire — Chief
• Saving Grace — Wiley
• 2006Abominable — Farmer Hoss
• 2006Two Tickets to Paradise — Karl
• 2005American Gun — Earl
• 2005The Zodiac — Jim Martinez
• 2004After the Sunset — Agent Kowalski
• 2003Cheaper by the Dozen — Coach Bricker
• 2003Dry Cycle — Jeddidah
• 2003Monte Walsh — Hat Henderson
• 2003The Hunted — Powell
• CSI: Miami — Frank Tripp
• 2002The Round and Round — Sheriff
• 2002The Salton Sea — Detective Bookman
• 2001Crossfire Trail — Luke Taggart
• 2001Ghosts of Mars — Yared
• 1999Blast from the Past — Dave
• 1999Instinct — Gurad Alan
• 1999Murder on Shadow Mountain — Det. Bonney
• Snoops — Jasper
• 1999The Jack Bull — Shelby Dykes
• 1999Y2K — Nuclear Plant Foreman
• 1998Black Cat Run — Sheriff Ben Bronte
• 1998Rush Hour — Agent Whitney
• 1998The Odd Couple II — JayJay
• 1997Alone — Travis Floyd
• 1997Breakdown — Sheriff Boyd
• 1997Ecce Pirate — Captain Spot
• 1997Last Stand at Saber River — Bill Dancy
• 1997The Postman — Mercer
• 3rd Rock from the Sun — Chuck, Webber
• 1996Ghosts of Mississippi — Martin Scott
• Profiler — Agent Ellis Talbot
• 1996Public Enemies — Al Spencer
• 1996The Long Kiss Goodnight — Man in Bed
• The Pretender — Agent Ellis Talbot
• 1996Tin Cup — Dewey
• 1995Cutthroat Island — Mr. Blair
• JAG — Mark 'Falcon' Sokol, Submarine Skipper
• 1995Perfect Alibi
• 1994Clear and Present Danger — Washington Detective
• 1994Confessions: Two Faces of Evil — Gleason
• 1994Drop Zone — Bobby
• 1994Iron Will — Joe McPherson
• 1994Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
• 1994Wyatt Earp — Frank McLaury
• 1993Cliffhanger — Travers
• 1993Sniper — Colonel (uncredited)
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. — Mountain McClain
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Lester Stahl / Sheriff Leland Stahl
• 1992In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion — Sheriff Ron Gray
• 1992Thunderheart — FBI Agent
• 1991My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys — Guest at Barbeque
• 1991The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw — Henry
• Cop Rock — Deputy, Officer Cerruto
• Northern Exposure — Martin
• 1989Night Game — Epps
• 1986Shadows on the Wall — Jason Townsend

Appearances as themselves (3)

• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Cowboy — Self
• The Oscars — Self