# Lin Shaye

Lin Shaye is an actor, born 12 October 1943, known for Insidious: The Red Door (2023), Snakes on a Plane (2006) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).

Also known as Linda Shaye · Actor · Born 1943-10-12

Lin Shaye is an actor working in English cinema and Hindi cinema. Clapnumber holds 195 titles for Lin Shaye, from Hester Street in 1975 to Insidious: Out of the Further in 2026. By decade, that is 6 in the 1970s, 18 in the 1980s, 28 in the 1990s, 53 in the 2000s, 61 in the 2010s and 21 in the 2020s. Those titles are mostly horror, thriller and mystery.
## Filmography
- [Insidious: Out of the Further](https://clapnumber.com/movies/insidious-out-of-the-further) (2026) — Actor
- [Scared to Death](https://clapnumber.com/movies/scared-to-death) (2026) — Actor
- [1000 Women in Horror](https://clapnumber.com/movies/1000-women-in-horror) (2025) — Actor
- [House of Abraham](https://clapnumber.com/movies/house-of-abraham) (2025) — Actor
- [The Last Stand of Ellen Cole](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-last-stand-of-ellen-cole) (2024) — Actor
- [Insidious: The Red Door](https://clapnumber.com/movies/insidious-the-red-door) (2023) — Actress
- [Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story](https://clapnumber.com/movies/hollywood-dreams-nightmares-the-robert-englund-story) (2022) — Actor
- [Remote](https://clapnumber.com/movies/remote) (2022) — Actor
- [We Are Gathered Here Today](https://clapnumber.com/movies/we-are-gathered-here-today) (2022) — Actor
- [Living with Chucky](https://clapnumber.com/movies/living-with-chucky) (2022) — Actor
- [The Quarry: Movie Mode](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-quarry-movie-mode) (2022) — Actor
- [Frank and Penelope](https://clapnumber.com/movies/frank-and-penelope) (2022) — Actor
- [Pines](https://clapnumber.com/movies/pines) (2022) — Actor
- [Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman](https://clapnumber.com/movies/ted-bundy-american-boogeyman) (2021) — Actor
- [The Call](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-call-3) (2020) — Actor
- [The Horror Crowd](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-horror-crowd) (2020) — Actor
- [Max Reload and the Nether Blasters](https://clapnumber.com/movies/max-reload-and-the-nether-blasters) (2020) — Actor
- [The Voices](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-voices-2) (2020) — Actor
- [Ambition](https://clapnumber.com/movies/ambition) (2020) — Actor
- [Dreamkatcher](https://clapnumber.com/movies/dreamkatcher) (2020) — Actor
- [Darkness Falls](https://clapnumber.com/movies/darkness-falls-3) (2020) — Actor
- [The Grudge](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-grudge) (2019) — Actor
- [Gothic Harvest](https://clapnumber.com/movies/gothic-harvest) (2019) — Actor
- [Get Gone](https://clapnumber.com/movies/get-gone) (2019) — Actor
- [Room for Rent](https://clapnumber.com/movies/room-for-rent) (2019) — Actor
- [The Final Wish](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-final-wish) (2019) — Actor
- [Herbert West: Reanimator](https://clapnumber.com/movies/herbert-west-reanimator) (2018) — Actor
- [The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-main-course-the-making-of-critters-2) (2018) — Actor
- [They Bite!: The Making of Critters](https://clapnumber.com/movies/they-bite-the-making-of-critters) (2018) — Actor
- [Los Angeles Overnight](https://clapnumber.com/movies/los-angeles-overnight) (2018) — Actor
- [Insidious: The Last Key](https://clapnumber.com/movies/insidious-the-last-key) (2018) — Actor
- [All About the Money](https://clapnumber.com/movies/all-about-the-money) (2017) — Actor
- [Buster's Mal Heart](https://clapnumber.com/movies/busters-mal-heart) (2017) — Actor
- [The Black Room](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-black-room) (2017) — Actor
- [Grow House](https://clapnumber.com/movies/grow-house) (2017) — Actor
- [Mountain Top](https://clapnumber.com/movies/mountain-top) (2017) — Actor
- [Abattoir](https://clapnumber.com/movies/abattoir) (2016) — Actor
- [Ouija: Origin of Evil](https://clapnumber.com/movies/ouija-origin-of-evil) (2016) — Actor
- [The Midnight Man](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-midnight-man) (2016) — Actor
- [Director's Cut](https://clapnumber.com/movies/directors-cut) (2016) — Actor
- [Texas Heart](https://clapnumber.com/movies/texas-heart) (2016) — Actor
- [Jack Goes Home](https://clapnumber.com/movies/jack-goes-home) (2016) — Actor
- [Tales of Halloween](https://clapnumber.com/movies/tales-of-halloween) (2015) — Actor
- [Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves](https://clapnumber.com/movies/helen-keller-vs-nightwolves) (2015) — Actor
- [Insidious: Chapter 3](https://clapnumber.com/movies/insidious-chapter-3) (2015) — Actor
- [Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha](https://clapnumber.com/movies/don-quixote-the-ingenious-gentleman-of-la-mancha) (2015) — Actor
- [Grace](https://clapnumber.com/movies/grace) (2014) — Actor
- [Ouija](https://clapnumber.com/movies/ouija-2) (2014) — Actor
- [Lost Time](https://clapnumber.com/movies/lost-time) (2014) — Actor
- [Signal](https://clapnumber.com/movies/signal) (2014) — Actor
- [All American Christmas Carol](https://clapnumber.com/movies/all-american-christmas-carol) (2013) — Actor
- [Big Ass Spider!](https://clapnumber.com/movies/big-ass-spider) (2013) — Actor
- [Insidious: Chapter 2](https://clapnumber.com/movies/insidious-chapter-2) (2013) — Actor
- [Crazy Kind of Love](https://clapnumber.com/movies/crazy-kind-of-love) (2013) — Actor
- [Noobz](https://clapnumber.com/movies/noobz) (2013) — Actor
- [Life's an Itch](https://clapnumber.com/movies/lifes-an-itch) (2012) — Actor
- [Matchmaker Santa](https://clapnumber.com/movies/matchmaker-santa) (2012) — Actor
- [FDR: American Badass!](https://clapnumber.com/movies/fdr-american-badass) (2012) — Actor
- [3 Days of Normal](https://clapnumber.com/movies/3-days-of-normal) (2012) — Actor
- [The Carrier](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-carrier) (2012) — Actor
- [Jewtopia](https://clapnumber.com/movies/jewtopia) (2012) — Actor
- [The Three Stooges](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-three-stooges) (2012) — Actor
- [Waffle Hut](https://clapnumber.com/movies/waffle-hut) (2012) — Actor
- [Rosewood Lane](https://clapnumber.com/movies/rosewood-lane) (2011) — Actor
- [Chillerama](https://clapnumber.com/movies/chillerama) (2011) — Actor
- [A Good Old Fashioned Orgy](https://clapnumber.com/movies/a-good-old-fashioned-orgy) (2011) — Actor
- [I Was a Teenage Werebear](https://clapnumber.com/movies/i-was-a-teenage-werebear) (2011) — Actor
- [Take Me Home](https://clapnumber.com/movies/take-me-home-2) (2011) — Actor
- [Sedona](https://clapnumber.com/movies/sedona) (2011) — Actor
- [Goldberg - P.I.](https://clapnumber.com/movies/goldberg-pi) (2011) — Actor
- [Farewell Mr. Kringle](https://clapnumber.com/movies/farewell-mr-kringle) (2010) — Actor
- [The Land of the Astronauts](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-land-of-the-astronauts) (2010) — Actor
- [Next Stop Murder](https://clapnumber.com/movies/next-stop-murder) (2010) — Actor
- [Insidious](https://clapnumber.com/movies/insidious) (2010) — Actor
- [The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-accidental-death-of-joey-by-sue) (2010) — Actor
- [Small Town Saturday Night](https://clapnumber.com/movies/small-town-saturday-night) (2010) — Actor
- [Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy](https://clapnumber.com/movies/never-sleep-again-the-elm-street-legacy) (2010) — Actor
- [Pickin' and Grinnin'](https://clapnumber.com/movies/pickin-and-grinnin) (2010) — Actor
- [2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams](https://clapnumber.com/movies/2001-maniacs-field-of-screams) (2010) — Actor
- [The Penthouse](https://clapnumber.com/movies/the-penthouse) (2010) — Actor

## Worked with
- [Joseph Bishara](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/joseph-bishara) — 2 titles together
- [Ajay](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/ajay) — 3 Days of Normal
- [Pujita Ponnada](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/pujita-ponnada) — Signal
- [D Imman](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/d-imman) — Signal
- [Patrick Wilson](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/patrick-wilson) — Insidious: The Red Door
- [Madison Iseman](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/madison-iseman) — Tales of Halloween
- [Santhosh Prathap](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/santhosh-prathap) — Signal
- [Ty Simpkins](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/ty-simpkins) — Insidious: The Red Door
- [Steve Coulter](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/steve-coulter) — Insidious: The Red Door
- [James Wan](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/james-wan) — Insidious: The Red Door
- [Mary Vernieu](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/mary-vernieu) — Signal
- [Michel Aller](https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/michel-aller) — Insidious: The Red Door

## Also listed at
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449822
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005417/
- TMDb: https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7401

## Common questions

### How many films has Lin Shaye been in?
Clapnumber lists 195 titles for Lin Shaye.

### What was Lin Shaye's first film?
The earliest release on file is Hester Street (1975).

### What is Lin Shaye's latest film?
The most recent release on file is Insidious: Out of the Further (2026).

### Who has Lin Shaye worked with most?
Joseph Bishara, on 2 titles in this catalogue.

### Where can I watch Lin Shaye's films?
Titles featuring Lin Shaye are listed on Amazon Prime, Apple TV and YouTube. Clapnumber records where each one streams rather than hosting any of it.

### Where is Lin Shaye from?
Lin Shaye is from Detroit, Michigan, USA.

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Source: https://clapnumber.com/celebrities/lin-shaye
Retrieved: 2026-10-06