Timothy Olyphant

Timothy David Olyphant ˈɒlɪfənt OLihfənt born May 20 1968 is an American actor He made his acting debut at an offBroadway theatre in 1995 in The Monogamist 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 Gone in 60 Seconds and The Broken Hearts Club 2000 A Man Apart 2003 and The Girl Next Door 2004 He came to a broader audience through his portrayal of Sheriff Seth Bullock in HBOs western Deadwood 20042006 later reprising the role in Deadwood The Movie 2019 He had starring roles in films such 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 From 2010 to 2015 Olyphant starred as Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens in FXs modernday Kentucky southern gothic Justified a performance for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2011 Since the end of Justified Olyphant has starred in films such as Mothers Day 2016 Snowden 2016 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2019 and Amsterdam 2022 He has also had notable guest appearances in numerous television sitcoms including The Office 2010 The Mindy Project 2013 and The Grinder 20152016 for which he won a Critics Choice Award He also starred in the Netflix comedy series Santa Clarita Diet 20172019 In 2020 he played himself in a brief cameo parodying his Justified character in the NBC awardwinning show The Good Place In the same year he gueststarred in season 10 of Curb Your Enthusiasm as well as in the fourth season of Fargo and the second season of The Mandalorian in the episode Chapter 9 The Marshal as Cobb Vanth a role he later reprised in The Book of Boba Fett In 2025 he starred in a main role in the FX series Alien Earth Description above from the Wikipedia article Timothy Olyphant licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia