Walton Goggins

Walton Goggins
File:Gogginsathome.jpg Walton Goggins, August 2009
Born	Walton Sanders Goggins, Jr. (1971-11-10) November 10, 1971 Birmingham, Alabama, US
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present

Walton Sanders Goggins, Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor. In addition to his roles as Shane Vendrell on The Shield and Boyd Crowder on Justified, he is known for his roles in the films Miracle at St. Anna and Predators. Goggins co-produced and starred in the 2001 short film The Accountant, which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

Early life

Goggins was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and raised in Lithia Springs, Georgia. He has lived in Los Angeles since he was 20 years old.

Career

Goggins is best known for his portrayal of Detective Shane Vendrell in the FX series The Shield, a role he played from 2002 to the series' conclusion in 2008. In addition to his acting work, Goggins is also an award winning filmmaker. He has a production company called Ginny Mule Pictures with his partner Ray McKinnon. Together they have made four films: a short, The Accountant (won the Academy Award in 2001), Chrystal (Sundance Dramatic Competition), Randy and the Mob, and That Evening Sun (South By Southwest Special Jury Prize 2009). He also worked with McKinnon on a new television show, Rectify. Goggins was set to play the lead and AMC had bought the pilot script, written by McKinnon.

In May 2010, Goggins was promoted to series regular for Season 2 of Justified on FX. In July, he had a major supporting role as a deadly death row inmate being hunted by the titular antagonists in the film Predators. In May 2011, Goggins appeared in "Code of the West", a commercial for Ram Truck's Guts & Glory campaign. On July 14, 2011, Goggins was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Boyd Crowder on Justified. Goggins portrayed a sadistic overseer and a Mandingo fighting trainer named Billy Crash in the 2012 film Django Unchained.

Personal life

Goggins was married to Leanne Goggins, who owned a dog-walking business, from 2001 until her death in 2004 when she jumped to her death from a Los Angeles high-rise building. He married film maker Nadia Conners in August 2011 and they have a son, Augustus, born in February 2011.

Goggins is an avid photographer. He has showcased some of his work on a blog that he created when he took time off work and travelled throughout India. He is also an avid traveller – spending much of his free time on the road around the world – India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Central America, and Morocco.

In politics, Goggins has been active in the Democratic Party; in the 2008 presidential election, he campaigned for Senator Barack Obama, going door-to-door in neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles. He is also known to be a fan of the work of former president, Jimmy Carter. He is also active in various non-profit organizations that range from environmental to humanitarian work. He is a regular at GLOBAL GREEN USA events and activities. He connected to environmental issues through his significant other, Nadia Conners, who directed the documentary The 11th Hour about the environmental crisis.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Forever Young	Gate MP
1992	Mr. Saturday Night	Shaky kid	Uncredited
1994	The Next Karate Kid	Charlie
1997	The Apostle	Sam
1997	Painted Hero	Roddy
1997	Switchback	Bud
1998	Major League: Back to the Minors	Billy "Downtown" Anderson
1999	Wayward Son
2000	The Crow: Salvation	Detective Stan Roberts
2000	Red Dirt	Lee Todd
2000	Shanghai Noon	Wallace
2001	Joy Ride	Police officer	Uncredited
2001	Daddy and Them	Tommy Christian
2001	The Accountant	Tommy O'Dell
2002	The Bourne Identity	Research Tech
2003	4 Selections from Plimpton County's Tuff Truck Jamboree	Narl
2003	House of 1000 Corpses	Deputy Steve Nash
2003	Apple Jack	Moe Danyou
2004	Chrystal	Larry
2005	The World's Fastest Indian	Marty Dickerson
2006	Randy and The Mob	Tino Armani
2006	The Architect	Joe
2008	Winged Creatures	Zack
2008	Miracle at St. Anna	Nokes
2009	Damage	Reno
2009	That Evening Sun	Paul Meecham
2010	Predators	Stans
2011	Cowboys & Aliens	Hunt
2011	Straw Dogs	Daniel
2012	Lincoln	Wells A. Hutchins
2012	Django Unchained	Billy Crash
2013	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Warden Nigel James

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Murder in Mississippi	Lyle
1992	Stay the Night	Wayne Seagrove
1992	In the Heat of the Night	Garth Watkins	Uncredited
1993	Alex Haley's Queen	Confederate soldier	Uncredited
1993	For Love and Glory	Buck
1995	JAG	Officer
1996	Humanoids from the Deep	Rod
1996	The Cherokee Kid'	Jim Bob
2000	Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder	Almanzo Wilder
2001	Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
2002	Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder	Almanzo Wilder
2002–2008	The Shield	Detective Shane Vendrell
2007	Veronica Mars	FBI agent
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Marlon Frost
2009	Criminal Minds	John Cooley
2009	CSI: Miami	Sean Echols
2010–present	Justified	Boyd Crowder
2012	Sons Of Anarchy	Venus Van Damme

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom	Border World pilot	Voice

External links

• Walton Goggins at IMDb
• Audio Interview w/ The Rafferty/Mills Connection Podcast (2009)
• myFanbase Interview with Walton Goggins on "Justified" and "The Shield", December 2011
• Walton Goggins Fan