"　　作为当今美国影坛最成功的独立影人之一，理查德·林克莱特纯属自学成才，他的电影故事多发生在一天的24小时之内，往往聚焦于叛逆的年轻人，并给予少有的同情和理解。1960年，林克莱特出生于休斯顿，1982年，他在萨姆·休斯顿州立大学休学之后，赴墨西哥湾的海上石油钻井平台工作。后来，他移居德州首府奥斯汀，组建了电影协会，并开始用Super 8摄影机拍摄电影。　在完成处女作的3年后，他的第二部作品《都市浪人》赢得一致赞誉，获圣丹斯电影节评委会大奖和独立精神奖提名，而且这部用23000美元拍摄的电影一经上映立刻吸引了主流媒体的关注，片名“Slacker”一度成为叛逆青年文化的代称。随后，林克莱特又陆续拍摄了问鼎柏林银熊奖的《日出之前》、在威尼斯电影节摘获两项大奖的《半梦半醒的人生》、获奥斯卡提名的《日落之前》和获戛纳金棕榈提名的《速食帝国》等。"

山姆·洛克威尔，美国男演员，父母都是演员。山姆两岁时父母搬到纽约，先后住在布诺克斯和曼哈顿。山姆5岁时父母离婚，他随父亲搬到洛杉矶并在此长大，夏天会跟母亲一起在纽约度过。

　　山姆十岁时，因为母亲的关系，他开始了他演艺人生中的处女作。之后他进入J.E. McAteer学校学习一门名叫SOTA的课程。在校期间，他主演了独立电影《小丑屋》，该片讲的是三个精神病人扮成小丑威吓独自在家的三兄弟，山姆扮演其中的大哥。之后他短暂出演了NBC的电视剧集《Dream Street》(1989年)，不久后就被解雇了。

　　毕业后山姆回到纽约，在当地的William Esper表演工作室接受了两年训练，期间他出现在一些剧集和电视电影中，还在获得过艾美奖的《法律与秩序》中客串演出。当时他一边正常工作，一边找机会演出。1994年，在拍摄完一支啤酒广告后，山姆决定辞职并正式开始他的演员生涯，到1996年，他完成了五部电影：《轻狂岁月》(1996)、《寻找独眼吉米》(1994)、《光荣的迷惑》(1995)、Mercy (1995)以及《盒光之夜》(1996)。在最后这部《盒光之夜》(汤姆·迪西罗执导)中，山姆扮演了一个叫“孩子”的怪人，他像个长不大的孩子，住个一个半完工的流动房子里，喜欢穿成Davy Crockett的样子，常常给约翰·特托罗扮演的男主角制造麻烦。电影并未取得票房上的成功，但评论界对山姆的演出给予了高度评价。

　　1997年他主演了《扮狗脸的日子》，片中他扮演一个孤独的割草工人，与一个寂寞古怪的小女孩(米莎·芭顿)发展了一段难忘的友谊。1998年的独立喜剧《Safe Men》中也有亮眼表现。还在《Jerry and Tom》中与Joe Mantegna对戏。

　　在诸如伍迪·艾伦的《名人百态》、《仲夏夜之梦》(1999年版)中扮演了一些小角色之后，1999年他出演了两部重量级作品，一部是汤姆·汉克斯主演的《绿里奇迹》，一部是蒂姆·艾伦等主演的科幻喜剧《银河追缉令》，他在两部影片中扮演的疯狂杀手和笨蛋演员都给人们留下了深刻的印象。

　　2000年，他出现在商业大片《霹雳娇娃》中，扮演反派人物Eric Knox。2002年他凭借克鲁尼导演的《危险思想的自白》拿下当年的柏林电影节影帝，大放光芒。不过他并没有因此而一头扎进商业大片的洪流中，相反地，他继续扎根在自己钟爱的独立电影领域，自由地游走在艺术和商业之间。近几年他连续奉献了《火柴人》、《银河系漫游指南》、《约书亚》、《神枪手之死》、《窒息》、《福斯特对话尼克松》等风格各异的佳片。他的新作是备受好评的科幻片《月球》。接下来他还会在好莱坞大片《钢铁侠2》中露面。

Shawkat was born in Riverside, California to Dina (née Burke) and actor Tony Shawkat. She grew up in nearby Palm Springs.[1] She has two brothers.[2] Her maternal grandfather was actor Paul Burke. She is of Kurdish descent on her father's side and Irish and Norwegian descent on her mother's side.

Shawkat made her acting debut in both film and television in 1999. In that year, she played the daughter of the character Amir in the feature film Three Kings, in which her father Tony Shawkat played a member of the Iraqi Republican Guard, and appeared as a young Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie on one episode of JAG. She landed her first starring role in 2001, playing Hannah Rayburn in the television sitcom State of Grace, which aired in the United States on the cable television channel Fox Family (subsequently renamed ABC Family) until 2002.

As Maeby Fünke, Shawkat was a regular cast member of Arrested Development for the entire run of the show (2003–2006).[3] The series received nearly universal positive reviews, with Shawkat's performance occasionally singled out for praise; pop-culture commentator Brian M. Palmer remarked that she was "one of the brightest lights on a show populated solely by bright lights,"[4] and Scott Weinberg of eFilmCritic described her as "one funny young lady."[5] In an interview with The A.V. Club in 2010, Shawkat remarked that many of her "formative moments" as an actress took place on the Arrested Development set: " [Show creator] Mitch Hurwitz was like a father figure to me...In a way, it was great to be around [the cast], because I feel that my understanding of comedy was able to grow really well during that time."[6] Shawkat, along with the rest of the main cast, are set to reprise their roles in the upcoming Arrested Development feature film.

Since the end of Arrested Development, Shawkat has continued to act in feature films. In 2009, she played an Arab-American teen in Cherien Dabis's film Amreeka and appeared in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It alongside Ellen Page. In 2010, she appeared in The Runaways, a biographical movie about the band of the same name, playing a fictional version of the band's bassist.

In 2009, Shawkat appeared in Whip It co-star Har Mar Superstar's music video for "Tall Boy", which also featured Eva Mendes and Eric Wareheim. In October 2009, it was announced that Shawkat, Har Mar, and fellow Whip It co-star Page would produce and write a show for HBO called Stitch N' Bitch.[6] According to the Hollywood Reporter, the show "follows two painfully cool hipster girls as they relocate from Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood to Los Angeles' Silver Lake enclave in hopes of becoming artists – of any kind."

Shawkat, along with Arrested Development co-star Mae Whitman, sang guest vocals on a number of tracks from indie-punk band Fake Problems' newest album Real Ghosts Caught on Tape.