Coltrane was born in Austin, Texas to Genevieve (née Kinney), an equine-assisted therapist for people with autism, and Bruce Salmon, a musician. His parents divorced when he was nine, and his mother subsequently remarried. Coltrane\'s half-sister, Evelyn, was born when he was eleven. He was largely homeschooled as a child, with the exception of three years of high school, and obtained his GED.\n', '

In 2001, at age six, Coltrane was cast by filmmaker Richard Linklater to play the title character of sorts of the film Boyhood; Linklater wanted to make an unprecedented film that would show a boy\'s coming of age, but with the actors growing up or aging on screen. Coltrane and other members of the cast were filmed intermittently for several days at a time between May 2002 and August 2013, when Coltrane turned 19; there were 45 days of filming altogether. During his childhood, Coltrane also appeared in several other movies, including a small role in Linklater\'s 2006 film Fast Food Nation.\n', '

In 2016, Coltrane starred in the Barack Obama drama film Barry, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The following year, he co-starred with Emma Watson in James Ponsoldt\'s film adaptation of the Dave Eggers novel The Circle (2017), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.\n', '

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