Lin Shaye
Lin Shaye
Lin attended the University of Michigan, where she was an Art History major, although acting in as many University productions as possible, including "Bye Bye Birdie" and "On The Town". After U of M, she attended Columbia University School of the Arts, and acquired a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting. She stayed in New York upon graduation and worked in numerous off- and off-off- Broadway productions, as well as Lincoln Center and Broadway. She has studied with some of the finest: Uta Hagen, Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. Lin is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. She is also the younger sister of producer Robert Shaye.
Known For Acting
Popularity 15.663
Birthday 1943-10-12
Place of Birth Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also Known As Linda "Lin" Shaye,
Snakes on a Plane
2006

Snakes on a Plane

A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984

A Nightmare on Elm Street

There's Something About Mary
1998

There's Something About Mary

Critters 2
1988

Critters 2

Critters
1986

Critters

2001 Maniacs
2005

2001 Maniacs

Say It Isn't So
2001

Say It Isn't So

Dead End
2003

Dead End

Kingpin
1996

Kingpin

New Nightmare
1994

New Nightmare

The Hidden
1987

The Hidden

Last Man Standing
1996

Last Man Standing

Hate Crime
2005

Hate Crime

Surf School
2006

Surf School

Detroit Rock City
1999

Detroit Rock City

Insidious: The Last Key
2018

Insidious: The Last Key

Who's Your Daddy?
2004

Who's Your Daddy?

2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
2010

2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams

Killer by Nature
2010

Killer by Nature

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

Hoboken Hollow
2006

Hoboken Hollow

The Temp
1993

The Temp

Insidious
2011

Insidious

Next Stop Murder
2010

Next Stop Murder

Contagion
2002

Contagion

Insidious: Chapter 2
2013

Insidious: Chapter 2

Take Me Home
2011

Take Me Home

FDR: American Badass!
2012

FDR: American Badass!

The Election
2007

The Election

Farewell Mr. Kringle
2010

Farewell Mr. Kringle

Sedona
2011

Sedona

Crazy Kind of Love
2013

Crazy Kind of Love

Big Ass Spider!
2013

Big Ass Spider!

Doggie Heaven
2008

Doggie Heaven

3 Days of Normal
2012

3 Days of Normal

All American Christmas Carol
2013

All American Christmas Carol

Down the P.C.H.
2006

Down the P.C.H.

The Signal
2014

The Signal

Drop Dead Sexy
2005

Drop Dead Sexy

Chillerama
2011

Chillerama

Summer Fantasy
1984

Summer Fantasy

Rosewood Lane
2011

Rosewood Lane

Life's an Itch
2012

Life's an Itch

I Was a Teenage Werebear
2011

I Was a Teenage Werebear

Goin' South
1978

Goin' South

Bachelor Party Vegas
2006

Bachelor Party Vegas

Grace
2014

Grace

Lost Time
2014

Lost Time

Noobz
2013

Noobz

Pickin' and Grinnin'
2010

Pickin' and Grinnin'

Ouija
2014

Ouija

Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
2015

Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves

Texas Heart
2016

Texas Heart

Insidious: Chapter 3
2015

Insidious: Chapter 3

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
1994

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter

Director's Cut
2016

Director's Cut

Roadside Prophets
1992

Roadside Prophets

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
2011

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

Tales of Halloween
2015

Tales of Halloween

Boat Trip
2002

Boat Trip

Unbeatable Harold
2006

Unbeatable Harold

Jack Goes Home
2016

Jack Goes Home

Amityville: A New Generation
1993

Amityville: A New Generation

Abattoir
2016

Abattoir

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
2003

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

Attention Shoppers
2000

Attention Shoppers

Stuntmen
2009

Stuntmen

Buster's Mal Heart
2017

Buster's Mal Heart

Stillwatch
1987

Stillwatch

Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Nature of the Beast
1995

Nature of the Beast

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

Lucky Stiff
1988

Lucky Stiff

Pledge This!
2006

Pledge This!

My Demon Lover
1987

My Demon Lover

Driftwood
2006

Driftwood

The Black Room
2017

The Black Room

Asylum
2008

Asylum

Dark Moon Rising
2009

Dark Moon Rising

The Hillside Strangler
2004

The Hillside Strangler

Killer Pad
2008

Killer Pad

A Cinderella Story
2004

A Cinderella Story

Small Town Saturday Night
2010

Small Town Saturday Night

Barely Legal
2003

Barely Legal

Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015

Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha

Slam Dance
1987

Slam Dance

Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
1995

Sketch Artist II: Hands That See

All About the Money
2017

All About the Money

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

Dumb and Dumber
1994

Dumb and Dumber

Wish You Were Dead
2002

Wish You Were Dead

The Midnight Man
2016

The Midnight Man

Chronic Town
2008

Chronic Town

The Grudge
2019

The Grudge

The Three Stooges
2012

The Three Stooges

Herbert West: Reanimator
2018

Herbert West: Reanimator

Project: ALF
1996

Project: ALF

Darkness Falls
2020

Darkness Falls

Mountain Top
2017

Mountain Top

The Final Wish
2019

The Final Wish

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1994

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

Stuck on You
2003

Stuck on You

My Sister's Keeper
2009

My Sister's Keeper

Corrina, Corrina
1994

Corrina, Corrina

Jewtopia
2012

Jewtopia

The Long Riders
1980

The Long Riders

Cellular
2004

Cellular

Goldberg - P.I.
2011

Goldberg - P.I.

Room for Rent
2019

Room for Rent

They Bite!: The Making of Critters
2018

They Bite!: The Making of Critters

Starz Inside: In the Gutter
2008

Starz Inside: In the Gutter

Get Gone
2019

Get Gone

The Voices
2020

The Voices

Dreamkatcher
2020

Dreamkatcher

Gothic Harvest
2019

Gothic Harvest

Waffle Hut
2012

Waffle Hut

Los Angeles Overnight
2018

Los Angeles Overnight

Confessions of an Action Star
2005

Confessions of an Action Star

Me, Myself & Irene
2000

Me, Myself & Irene

American Cowslip
2009

American Cowslip

Trial by Fire
1995

Trial by Fire

Matchmaker Santa
2012

Matchmaker Santa

The Running Man
1987

The Running Man

Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
2020

Max Reload and the Nether Blasters

Alone in the Dark
1982

Alone in the Dark

Black Limousine
2010

Black Limousine

Dead of Nowhere 3D

Dead of Nowhere 3D

The Horror Crowd
2020

The Horror Crowd

Before Memory

Before Memory

The Call
2020

The Call

Living Out Loud
1998

Living Out Loud

Ambition
2019

Ambition

Born Killers
2005

Born Killers

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Pump Up the Volume
1990

Pump Up the Volume

Extreme Prejudice
1987

Extreme Prejudice

VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
2010

VideoDome Rent-O-Rama

Brain Smasher... A Love Story
1993

Brain Smasher... A Love Story

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
2021

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Surf School
2006

Surf School

Frank and Penelope
2022

Frank and Penelope

Trading Favors
1997

Trading Favors

Pines
2022

Pines

Carrier

Carrier

Three of Hearts
1993

Three of Hearts

Chasing Robert
2007

Chasing Robert

Insidious: The Red Door
2023

Insidious: The Red Door

We Are Gathered Here Today
2022

We Are Gathered Here Today

Living with Chucky
2022

Living with Chucky

Grow House
2017

Grow House

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
1979

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal

Brewster's Millions
1985

Brewster's Millions

Remote
2022

Remote

A Cry for Love
1980

A Cry for Love

The Penthouse
2010

The Penthouse

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

The Old World

The Old World

A Letter from My Father
2001

A Letter from My Father

The Seeding of Sarah Burns
1979

The Seeding of Sarah Burns

Without Charlie
2001

Without Charlie

The Almost Guys
2004

The Almost Guys

The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
2018

The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2

Homo Erectus
2007

Homo Erectus

Hester Street
1975

Hester Street

The Possession at Gladstone Manor

The Possession at Gladstone Manor

Scared to Death

Scared to Death

Breakfast with Einstein
1998

Breakfast with Einstein

My Name Is Earl
2005

My Name Is Earl

ER
1994

ER

Perversions of Science
1997

Perversions of Science

Who's the Boss?
1984

Who's the Boss?

Highway to Heaven
1984

Highway to Heaven

Frasier
1993

Frasier

Becker
1998

Becker

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

Crossing Jordan
2001

Crossing Jordan

Behind the Monsters
2021

Behind the Monsters

My So-Called Life
1994

My So-Called Life

The Twilight Zone
1985

The Twilight Zone

Falcon Crest
1981

Falcon Crest

Cagney & Lacey
1982

Cagney & Lacey

EastSiders
2012

EastSiders

Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Dead Talk Live
2020

Dead Talk Live