---
name: "Linwood Boomer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/linwood-boomer"
fi1m_id: "linwood-boomer"
imdb_id: "nm0095450"
tmdb_id: 40629
wikidata_id: "Q1307121"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "9 October 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T23:02:33.752850+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Linwood Boomer

## Identity

Linwood Boomer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/linwood-boomer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** linwood-boomer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0095450
- **TMDB ID:** 40629
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1307121
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linwood_Boomer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307121, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0095450/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40629

Writer and director. Born 9 October 1955 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 9 October 1955, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan J. Higgins](https://film.one/person/alan-j-higgins.md), [Bryan Cranston](https://film.one/person/bryan-cranston.md), [Christopher Masterson](https://film.one/person/christopher-masterson.md), [Gary Murphy](https://film.one/person/gary-murphy.md), [Jimmy Simons](https://film.one/person/jimmy-simons.md), [Justin Berfield](https://film.one/person/justin-berfield.md), [Ken Kwapis](https://film.one/person/ken-kwapis.md), [Matthew Carlson](https://film.one/person/matthew-carlson.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linwood_Boomer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307121, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0095450/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40629

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair*](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md) (71)

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## Biography

Linwood Boomer is a Canadian-American television writer, producer and former actor. He was born on 9 October 1955 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

He began his career as an actor, playing Adam Kendall in the drama series *Little House on the Prairie* (1978–1981). He later moved into writing and producing, with credits including *Silver Spoons* (1982), *Night Court* (1984) and *3rd Rock from the Sun* (1996).

Boomer created the sitcom *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000–2006), for which he wrote the pilot episode and received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. He also directed several episodes of the series. In 2026 he created and wrote the four-episode revival miniseries *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair* (2026), Fi1m 71, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md)
- *Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas* (2014), as Adam Kendall
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, as Loan Shark · Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Townies* (1996), series, Writer
- *3rd Rock from the Sun* (1996), series, Writer, Producer
- *The Boys Are Back* (1994), series, Writer, Producer
- *Flying Blind* (1992), series, Writer
- *Night Court* (1984), series, Producer, Writer
- *Voyagers!* (1982), series, Actor
- *Silver Spoons* (1982), series, Writer
- *Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar* (1979), as Mishael
- *Suddenly, Love* (1978), as Dave Busby
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Doug Bridges
- *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), series, as Adam Kendall
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Nick Zano

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2000: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (won), for *Malcolm in the Middle*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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