Timothy David Olyphant\u00a0(\/\u02c8\u0252l\u026af\u0259nt\/\u00a0OL-ih-f\u0259nt; born May 20, 1968)\u00a0is an American actor. He made his acting debut at an\u00a0off-Broadway\u00a0theatre in 1995 in\u00a0The Monogamist, won the\u00a0Theatre World Award\u00a0for his performance, and then originated\u00a0David Sedaris’\u00a0The Santaland Diaries\u00a0in 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\u00a0Scream 2\u00a0(1997),\u00a0Go\u00a0(1999),\u00a0Gone in 60 Seconds\u00a0and\u00a0The Broken Hearts Club\u00a0(2000),\u00a0A Man Apart\u00a0(2003), and\u00a0The Girl Next Door (2004).<\/p>\n
He came to a broader audience through his portrayal of Sheriff\u00a0Seth Bullock\u00a0in\u00a0HBO’s western\u00a0Deadwood\u00a0(2004\u20132006), later reprising the role in\u00a0Deadwood: The Movie\u00a0(2019). He had starring roles in films such as\u00a0Catch and Release (2006),\u00a0Hitman\u00a0(2007),\u00a0A Perfect Getaway (2009), and\u00a0The Crazies\u00a0(2010), and he played the main antagonist, Thomas Gabriel, in\u00a0Live Free or Die Hard\u00a0(2007). Olyphant was a recurring guest star in season two of the\u00a0FX\u00a0legal thriller\u00a0Damages\u00a0(2009).<\/p>\n
From 2010 to 2015, Olyphant starred as Deputy U.S. Marshal\u00a0Raylan Givens\u00a0in FX’s modern-day\u00a0Kentucky\u00a0southern gothic\u00a0Justified, a performance for which he was nominated for a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series\u00a0in 2011. Since the end of\u00a0Justified, Olyphant has starred in films such as\u00a0Mother’s Day\u00a0(2016),\u00a0Snowden\u00a0(2016),\u00a0Once Upon a Time in Hollywood\u00a0(2019), and\u00a0Amsterdam\u00a0(2022). He has also had notable guest appearances in numerous television sitcoms, including\u00a0The Office\u00a0(2010),\u00a0The Mindy Project (2013), and\u00a0The Grinder\u00a0(2015\u20132016), for which he won a\u00a0Critics’ Choice Award. He also starred in the\u00a0Netflix\u00a0comedy series\u00a0Santa Clarita Diet\u00a0(2017\u20132019). In 2020, he played himself in a brief cameo, parodying his\u00a0Justified\u00a0character, in the\u00a0NBC\u00a0award-winning show\u00a0The Good Place. In the same year, he guest-starred in season 10 of\u00a0Curb Your Enthusiasm, as well as in the\u00a0fourth season\u00a0of\u00a0Fargo\u00a0and the\u00a0second season\u00a0of\u00a0The Mandalorian\u00a0in the episode “Chapter 9: The Marshal” as\u00a0Cobb Vanth, a role he later reprised in\u00a0The Book of Boba Fett. In 2025, he starred in a main role in the\u00a0FX\u00a0series\u00a0Alien: Earth.<\/p>\n
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Timothy David Olyphant\u00a0(\/\u02c8\u0252l\u026af\u0259nt\/\u00a0OL-ih-f\u0259nt; born May 20, 1968)\u00a0is an American actor. He made his acting debut at an\u00a0off-Broadway\u00a0theatre in 1995 in\u00a0The Monogamist, won the\u00a0Theatre World Award\u00a0for his performance, and then originated\u00a0David Sedaris’\u00a0The Santaland Diaries\u00a0in 1996. He then branched out to film; in the early years of his career, he was often cast in supporting villainous roles, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-679","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n