Biography
Perhaps best known for the role of Larry Appleton on the long-running comedy series "Perfect Strangers" (ABC, 1986-93), Linn-Baker's character found his neat and orderly life interrupted by the arrival of a distant foreign cousin, Balki, memorably played by Bronson Pinchot.
Linn-Baker began his career on the stage, coming to New York after working three seasons with the Yale Repertory Theater. He made his NY stage debut as Bertram in a New York …
Career Milestones
2006 | Cast in Michael Cuesta's sophomore feature "Twelve and Holding" | |
1999 | Headlined the one-man Off-Broadway show "Chesapeake" | |
1996 | Co-starred with Lane in revival of the musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" | |
| Returned to Broadway as co-star in Neil Simon's "Laughter on the 23rd Floor", starring Nathan Lane | ||
1992 | First film role after a decade of TV, "Noises Off" | |
1992 | Recurring character on children's educational series, "Ghostwriter" | |
1990 | TV directing debut, "Family Matters" | |
| Co-founded True Pictures | ||
| Co-founding director of New York Stage and Film Company | ||
1986 | Star of longrunning ABC comedy series, "Perfect Strangers" | |
1984 | TV-movie debut, "The Ghost Writer" | |
1984 | Debut as host on summer series, "The Comedy Zone" | |
1983 | Episodic TV debut in a detective pilot, "O'Malley" | |
1983 | Starred on Broadway in "Doonesbury" | |
1982 | Feature debut in a starring role, "My Favorite Year" | |
1979 | Feature film debut, "Manhattan" | |
| Off-Broadway stage debut at New York Shakespeare Festival, "All's Well That Ends Well" | ||
| Performed a solo mime show while attending Yale | ||
| Spent three years with the Yale Repertory Theater | ||
| Born in St Louis, Missouri and raised in Wethersfield, a Hartford, Connecticut suburb | ||