Country Star Trace Adkins in New Movie

Jeffrey Weeks
Country music star Trace Adkins is also an actor and briefly appears in the trailer for the upcoming crime thriller "The Lincoln Lawyer."

The host of the American Country Music Awards is also a performer in Hollywood. Adkins has played several roles in major films.

You can see Trace Adkins in the trailer for "The Lincoln Lawyer"

The movie stars Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller, a Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending low-life criminals, but suddenly gets the case of his career when he defends a Beverly Hills playboy named Roulet (Ryan Phillippe) who is charged with rape and attempted murder. The film also stars Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy and and Josh Lucas.

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In the film Adkins plays the leader of a biker gang. The country music star has previously acted in the movies "An American Carol" and "Trailer Park of Terror."

Published by Jeffrey Weeks

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  • Zona Zirconia12/8/2010

    Excellent ♥ thanks for sharing

  • Laura Cone12/7/2010

    very cool; can't wait to see it

  • Michele Starkey12/7/2010

    Sounds like a winner :) cheers!

  • Patti Walden12/7/2010

    Thanks for the info!

  • Lady Samantha12/7/2010

    omg a third movie I want to see! I'm scared-usually there are no movies I want to see...

  • Amy Brantley12/6/2010

    I love Trace and Matthew. Should be a great movie!

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