Timothy Olyphant (/ˈÉ'lɪfÉ™nt/ OL-ih-fÉ™nt; born May 20, 1968) is an
American actor. He made his acting debut in an off-Broadway theater in
1995, in The Monogamist, and won the Theatre World Award for his
performance, and then originated David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries
in 1996. He then branched out to film; in the early years of his
career, he was often cast in supporting villainous roles, most notably
in Scream 2 (1997), Go (1999), A Man Apart (2003) and The Girl Next
Door (2004). He came to the attention of a wider audience with his
portrayal of Sheriff Seth Bullock in HBO's western Deadwood
(2004â€"2006), later reprising the role in Deadwood: The Movie (2019).
He had starring roles in such films as Catch and Release (2006),
Hitman (2007), A Perfect Getaway (2009), and The Crazies (2010), and
he played the main antagonist, Thomas Gabriel, in Live Free or Die
Hard (2007). Olyphant was a recurring guest star in season two of the
FX legal thriller Damages (2009).Olyphant's best-known performance to
date has been as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in FX's modern-day
Kentucky southern gothic Justified (2010â€"2015), for which he was
nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a
Drama Series in 2011. Olyphant had guest appearances in numerous
television sitcoms including The Office (2010), The Mindy Project
(2013), and The Grinder (2015â€"2016), for which he won a Critics'
Choice Award. He also starred in the Netflix comedy series Santa
Clarita Diet (2017â€"2019) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as James
Stacy (2019). He also played himself in a brief cameo, while
simultaneously parodying his Justified character, in the NBC
award-winning show The Good Place (2020). In the same year, he guest
starred in season 10 of Curb Your Enthusiasm.Olyphant was born in
Honolulu, Hawaii, but moved to Modesto, California, at the age of two.
His parents are Katherine (née Gideon) and J.V. Bevan Olyphant, who
worked as vice president of production at Gallo Winery. He has an
older brother, Andrew, and a younger brother, Matthew. His parents
divorced when Olyphant was a teenager; both remarried. He is of
English, German, Scottish, Dutch, Irish, and one eighth Russian-Jewish
ancestry.
American actor. He made his acting debut in an off-Broadway theater in
1995, in The Monogamist, and won the Theatre World Award for his
performance, and then originated David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries
in 1996. He then branched out to film; in the early years of his
career, he was often cast in supporting villainous roles, most notably
in Scream 2 (1997), Go (1999), A Man Apart (2003) and The Girl Next
Door (2004). He came to the attention of a wider audience with his
portrayal of Sheriff Seth Bullock in HBO's western Deadwood
(2004â€"2006), later reprising the role in Deadwood: The Movie (2019).
He had starring roles in such films as Catch and Release (2006),
Hitman (2007), A Perfect Getaway (2009), and The Crazies (2010), and
he played the main antagonist, Thomas Gabriel, in Live Free or Die
Hard (2007). Olyphant was a recurring guest star in season two of the
FX legal thriller Damages (2009).Olyphant's best-known performance to
date has been as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in FX's modern-day
Kentucky southern gothic Justified (2010â€"2015), for which he was
nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a
Drama Series in 2011. Olyphant had guest appearances in numerous
television sitcoms including The Office (2010), The Mindy Project
(2013), and The Grinder (2015â€"2016), for which he won a Critics'
Choice Award. He also starred in the Netflix comedy series Santa
Clarita Diet (2017â€"2019) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as James
Stacy (2019). He also played himself in a brief cameo, while
simultaneously parodying his Justified character, in the NBC
award-winning show The Good Place (2020). In the same year, he guest
starred in season 10 of Curb Your Enthusiasm.Olyphant was born in
Honolulu, Hawaii, but moved to Modesto, California, at the age of two.
His parents are Katherine (née Gideon) and J.V. Bevan Olyphant, who
worked as vice president of production at Gallo Winery. He has an
older brother, Andrew, and a younger brother, Matthew. His parents
divorced when Olyphant was a teenager; both remarried. He is of
English, German, Scottish, Dutch, Irish, and one eighth Russian-Jewish
ancestry.
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