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Timothy Olyphant
Olyphant at the 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon in May 2011
Born
Timothy David Olyphant

(1968-05-20) May 20, 1968 (age 56)
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
OccupationActor Producer
Years active1995–present
Spouse
Alexis Knief
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(m. 1991)​
Children3

Timothy David Olyphant (born May 20, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for his television work as Sheriff Seth Bullock in Deadwood (2004–2006), and Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in the series Justified (2010–present). He has also starred in the films Scream 2 (1997), Go (1999), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), Dreamcatcher (2003), The Girl Next Door (2004), Live Free or Die Hard/Die Hard 4.0 (2007), Hitman (2007), A Perfect Getaway (2009), The Crazies (2010), I Am Number Four (2011), and Rango (2011).

Early life

Olyphant was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Katherine Lyon (Gideon) and John Vernon Bevan Olyphant.[1] His father was a college teacher who worked for a winery.[2][3] His surname is a variant spelling of that of a Highland Scottish clan. He has Russian Jewish (from a maternal great-grandfather), English, German, Scottish, Dutch, and Irish ancestry,[4] and is a descendant of industrialist Cornelius Vanderbilt through Emily Thorn Vanderbilt. His paternal grandmother was the sister of music producer John Hammond.[4] Olyphant was raised in Modesto, California,[5][6] and began competitive swimming at the age of 6. At high school, Olyphant started training seriously under swim coach Darrell Lohrke, who came to Modesto via Arden Hills Swimming and Tennis Club. Olyphant became a nationally ranked swimmer. He graduated from Modesto's Fred C. Beyer High School that year.[7]

Olyphant continued swimming competitively at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he studied fine art. He took a beginning acting class as an elective at UC Irvine in order to fulfill the final credits he needed to graduate from USC. Olyphant then decided to move to New York City to study acting rather than pursue a master's degree in fine arts. He took acting classes with William Esper at William Esper Studio for two years, and then started looking for acting work.[8]

Career

Olyphant made his professional off-Broadway debut in 1995 in the Playwrights Horizons' production of The Monogamist in the role of Tim Hapgood. He received the Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance for his performance.[9] He subsequently appeared in the one-man play The SantaLand Diaries in 1996, which was written by David Sedaris and adapted and directed by Joe Mantello,[10] and in the play Plunge.

Olyphant returned to Los Angeles and found work in television. In 1995 he landed his first TV role in a pilot for a remake of the series 77 Sunset Strip, produced by Clint Eastwood. He was cast in the pilot of Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996), a short-lived CBS spy series, as Scooby, Mr. Smith's (Scott Bakula's) assistant.[11] Olyphant appeared in 3 episodes of the acclaimed police drama High Incident and in the 1997 Hallmark Channel TV film Ellen Foster. A role in the HBO movie When Trumpets Fade was next in 1998, which was a dramatization of the 1944 Battle of Hürtgen Forest. This was followed by a guest starring role in the Sex and the City episode "Valley of the Twenty Something Guys" as one of Carrie Bradshaw's boyfriends.

Olyphant at the Television Academy presents An Evening with “Justified” in Hollywood on March 19, 2014

Olyphant made his feature film debut with a small part in The First Wives Club (1996). He appeared briefly in A Life Less Ordinary (1997), which starred Ewan McGregor, but gained notice appearing in the horror film Scream 2 (1997), as a cynical film student, Mickey. He portrayed the drug dealer Todd Gaines in the comedy-drama Go (1999), directed by Doug Liman, which also starred Katie Holmes, Scott Wolf and Sarah Polley, and featured a script by first time screenwriter John August.[6] His next film roles were in Advice from a Caterpillar (1999), No Vacancy (1999), The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000) and Gone in 60 Seconds (2000).

He had roles in Rock Star (2001) and Dreamcatcher (2003). In 2004 he played a porn film producer in The Girl Next Door alongside Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert.

Olyphant played the lead role of Sheriff Seth Bullock in HBO's Deadwood for three seasons from 2004 until 2006. Olyphant considered it to be one of his first lead roles as a "complicated" and "complex" character.[12]

In January 2007, Olyphant appeared in the comedy Catch and Release, playing the love interest of Jennifer Garner. Olyphant was cast in the role over several other known actors, including Matthew Fox.[13] Olyphant had studied acting with Garner when he first moved to New York.[5] He next appeared in Live Free or Die Hard as cyber-terrorist villain Thomas Gabriel, and in Hitman as the title character. Olyphant shaved his head for his role in Hitman. His 2008 roles included Stop-Loss, about the Iraq War in which he played a Lieutenant Colonel, Meet Bill, a comedy co-starring Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba, and a voice-acting role in videogame Turok as Cowboy.

Olyphant served as the daily on-air, unpaid sports commentator for Joe Escalante's morning show on the LA radio station Indie 103.1, until the channel's demise in January 2009.

In June 2008, he joined the cast of FX's show Damages, starring Glenn Close. He was also cast at the same time in the Christina Applegate sitcom Samantha Who? but his part was recast with Billy Zane.[14] In 2009, he starred with Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich in the thriller A Perfect Getaway as an Iraq war veteran and possible serial killer of honeymooners on the Hawaii islands. In 2010, he was featured in the lead role of the town sheriff in the remake of the film The Crazies.

In the spring of 2010, Olyphant landed the lead role of Raylan Givens in the FX series Justified. His character is a 21st-century U.S. Marshal who is sent back to his home state of Kentucky for a 'justified', but questionable, shooting of a criminal in Miami. Givens wears a Stetson hat and behaves like an old West sheriff. The show is based on a character created by Elmore Leonard in the novels Pronto and Riding the Rap, and the short story "Fire in the Hole," which served as the basis for the pilot. The same year Olyphant played a paper salesman in two episodes of the seventh season of the NBC comedy The Office. He returned to the role for Steve Carell's penultimate episode, but his scenes were cut. However, they can be seen on the Season 7 DVD. Olyphant's most recent film role was in the 2011 animated feature Rango as the voice of Spirit of the West.

Personal life

Olyphant lives in Westwood, Los Angeles, with his wife and their three children. His first child, daughter Grace Katherine, was born in 1999 followed by son Henry and daughter Vivian. The couple were married in July 1991.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 The First Wives Club Brett Artounian
1997 A Life Less Ordinary Hiker
1997 Scream 2 Mickey Altieri/Ghostface
1998 1999 (Girls and Boys) Hooks
1998 When Trumpets Fade Lt. Terrence Lukas
1999 No Vacancy Luke
1999 Go Todd Gaines
1999 Advice from a Caterpillar Brat
2000 The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy Dennis
2000 Gone in 60 Seconds Det. Drycoff
2001 Head Over Heels Michael
2001 Auggie Rose Roy Mason
2001 Rock Star Rob Malcolm
2001 Doppelganger Brian
2002 Coastlines Sonny Mann
2003 The Safety of Objects Randy
2003 Dreamcatcher Pete Moore
2003 A Man Apart Hollywood Jack
2004 The Girl Next Door Kelly
2007 Catch and Release Fritz
2007 Live Free or Die Hard Thomas Gabriel
2007 Hitman Agent 47
2008 Stop-Loss Lt. Col. Boot Miller
2008 Meet Bill Chip
2009 A Perfect Getaway Nick Nominated – Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
2009 High Life Dick
2010 The Crazies Pierce County Sheriff David Dutten
2010 Elektra Luxx Del
2011 I Am Number Four Henri[15]
2011 Rango The Spirit of the West Voice
2013 Dealin' with Idiots Max's Dad
2014 Bone Tomahawk John Brooder
2014 This Is Where I Leave You Horry

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Scooby Pilot
1997–1998 High Incident Brett Farraday 3 episodes
1998 Sex and the City Sam 1 episode
2002 Night Visions Eli 1 episode
2004–2006 Deadwood Sheriff Seth Bullock 36 episodes
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2006)
2006 My Name Is Earl Billy Reed 1 episode
2009 Samantha Who? Winston Funk 1 episode
2009–2010 Damages Wes Krulik[16] Seasons 2 and 3
2010 The Office Danny Cordray[17] Episodes: "The Sting" and "Costume Contest"
2010–present Justified Raylan Givens[18] Satellite Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama (2011)
Nominated – Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series (2011–13)
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (2011)
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama (2012)
Nominated – TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama (2011)
2012 The League Wesley 1 episode
2013 Archer Lucas Troy 1 episode
2013 The Mindy Project Graham Logan 1 episode

Video games

Year Title Voice
2008 Turok Cowboy
2011 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Sergeant First Class "Grinch"

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2000 Young Hollywood Award Best Bad Boy Go Won
2007 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Shared with Jim Beaver, Powers Boothe, Sean Bridgers, W. Earl Brown, Dayton Callie, Brian Cox, Kim Dickens, Brad Dourif, Anna Gunn, John Hawkes, Jeffrey Jones, Paula Malcomson, Gerald McRaney, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Leon Rippy, William Sanderson, Brent Sexton, Bree Seanna Wall, Robin Weigert, and Titus Welliver Deadwood Nominated
2010 Toronto Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actor A Perfect Getaway Nominated
Scream Award Best Horror Actor The Crazies Nominated
IGN Summer Movie Award Best TV Hero Justified Nominated
2011 Nominated
Television Critics Association Award Individual Achievement in Drama Nominated
Satellite Award Best Actor in a Series, Drama Won
Online Film & Television Association Award Best Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
Genie Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role High Life Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Justified Nominated
Critics' Choice Television Award Best Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
2012 Nominated
Satellite Award Best Actor in a Series, Drama Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Award Best Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
2013 Nominated
IGN Summer Movie Awards Best TV Hero Nominated
Critics' Choice Television Award Best Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
TV Guide Award Favorite Actor Nominated

References

  1. ^ http://newspaperarchive.com/oakland-tribune/1963-12-30/page-7
  2. ^ "The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Gerald M. Gay column: Remote Controlled : Future FX series has a couple of Tucson ties". Tmcnet.com. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  3. ^ "John Vernon Bevan Olyphant '63 | Upsilon Alpha of Phi Gamma Delta". Arizonafiji.org. 1941-04-25. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  4. ^ a b http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648249/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
  5. ^ a b c Patterson, John (April 29, 2010). "Timothy Olyphant: a law unto himself". The Guardian. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Zimmerman, Paul (April 4, 1999). "A Life Less Ordinary". If.
  7. ^ Millegan, Lisa (March 17, 2010). "Olyphant back with a badge". Modesto Bee. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  8. ^ Tavis Smiley, host (April 12, 2010). "Timothy Olyphant". The Tavis Smiley Show. PBS. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Marx, Rebecca Flint. "Timothy Olyphant > Overview". Allmovie. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  10. ^ Kissell, Howard (November 8, 1996). "Santaland". Daily News. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  11. ^ Shales, Tom (September 20, 1996). "'Mr. and Mrs.': Smith by a Mile". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
  12. ^ Taib, Shuib (February 5, 2007). "Saddle up and ride!". New Straits Times. Retrieved February 5, 2007. [dead link]
  13. ^ Schaefer, Stephen (January 23, 2007). "Olyphant goes from Wild West to wild at heart". Boston Herald. Retrieved January 24, 2007.
  14. ^ "Sam Who" Recast Scoop: Zane In, Olyphant Out Entertainment Weekly, December 19, 2008
  15. ^ Daniel Hubschman. "Olyphant Replaces Copley In 'I Am Number Four'". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05.
  16. ^ Jane Boursaw. "Timothy Olyphant not returning to Damages?".
  17. ^ "Tim Olyphant Talks About The Office".
  18. ^ "Timothy Olyphant stars in new FX show 'Justified' (trailer)".
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