Timothy Olyphant
Timothy David Olyphant (/ˈɒlɪfənt/ OL-ih-fənt; born May 20, 1968) is an American actor. He made his acting debut at an off-Broadway 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 HBO's western Deadwood (2004–2006), 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 U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in FX's modern-day 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 Mother's 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 (2015–2016), for which he won a Critics' Choice Award. He also starred in the Netflix comedy series Santa Clarita Diet (2017–2019). In 2020, he played himself in a brief cameo, parodying his Justified character, in the NBC award-winning show The Good Place. In the same year, he guest-starred 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2025 · Alien: Earth as Kirsh
- 2025 · Stick as Clark Ross
- 2025 · Havoc as Vincent
- 2021 · The Book of Boba Fett as Cobb Vanth
- 2021 · The Starling as Travis Delp
- 2021 · The Great North as Wade (voice)
- 2019 · The Mandalorian as Cobb Vanth
- 2019 · Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as Jim Stacy
- 2019 · Deadwood: The Movie as Seth Bullock
- 2017 · Santa Clarita Diet as Joel Hammond
- 2016 · The Good Place as Timothy Olyphant
- 2014 · This Is Where I Leave You as Horry Callen
- 2014 · Fargo as Dick "Deafy" Wickware
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2013 · Rick and Morty as Coop (voice)
- 2012 · The Mindy Project as Graham
- 2011 · Elektra Luxx as Dellwood Butterworth
- 2011 · Rango as Spirit of the West (voice)
- 2011 · Bubble Guppies as Spotty Cackles (voice)
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Justified as Raylan Givens
- 2009 · The League as Wesley
- 2009 · Archer as Lucas Troy (voice)
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · High Life as Dick
- 2007 · Hitman as Agent 47
- 2007 · Damages as Wes Krulik
- 2007 · Live Free or Die Hard as Thomas Gabriel
- 2005 · My Name Is Earl as Billy Reed
- 2005 · The Office as Danny Cordray
- 2005 · American Dad! as Nowell (voice)
- 2004 · The Girl Next Door as Kelly
- 2004 · Deadwood as Seth Bullock
- 2003 · A Man Apart as Hollywood Jack
- 2003 · Dreamcatcher as Pete
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2001 · Rock Star as Rob Malcolm
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mickey
- 2000 · Gone in Sixty Seconds as Detective Drycoff
- 2000 · Auggie Rose as Roy Mason
- 1998 · Sex and the City as Sam
- 1997 · Scream 2 as Mickey Altieri
- 1996 · The First Wives Club as Brett Artounian
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Sheriff Flanders (voice)
- Future · The Adventures of Cliff Booth as Jim Stacy
- 2026 · Over Your Dead Body as
- 2025 · Alien: Earth - On Set Dispatches as Self
- 2025 · #1 Happy Family USA as Dan Daniels (voice)
- 2025 · I Am Luke Perry as Self
- 2023 · Justified: City Primeval as Raylan Givens
- 2023 · Full Circle as Derek Browne
- 2023 · Daisy Jones & the Six as Rod Reyes
- 2022 · Amsterdam as Taron Milfax
- 2021 · National Champions as Elliott Schmidt
- 2020 · A Love Letter To Making Movies as Self
- 2019 · The Wood Brothers as Glen Wood (voice)
- 2019 · Missing Link as Willard Stenk (voice)
- 2018 · Dark Was the Night as Steven Lang
- 2018 · The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale as Self - Special Guest
- 2016 · Snowden as CIA Agent Geneva
- 2016 · Mother's Day as Henry
- 2015 · The Grinder as Timothy Olyphant / Rake Grinder
- 2013 · Dealin' with Idiots as Max's Dad
- 2013 · The Wild West as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · I Am Number Four as Henri Smith
- 2010 · The Crazies as David
- 2009 · A Perfect Getaway as Nick
- 2008 · Stop-Loss as Lieutenant Colonel Boot Miller
- 2007 · Samantha Who? as Winston Funk
- 2007 · Meet Bill as Chip Johnson
- 2006 · Catch and Release as Fritz Messing
- 2006 · Catch and Release as Fritz
- 2004 · Spooks & Creeps as Brian ("Doppelganger")
- 2002 · The Safety of Objects as Randy
- 2002 · Shadow Realm as Eli West
- 2002 · Coastlines as Sonny Mann
- 2001 · Doppelganger as Brian
- 2001 · Head Over Heels as Michael
- 2000 · The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy as Dennis
- 1999 · No Vacancy as Luke
- 1999 · Go as Todd Gaines
- 1999 · Advice From a Caterpillar as Brat
- 1998 · When Trumpets Fade as Lt. Lukas
- 1997 · Ellen Foster as Roy Hobbs
- 1997 · A Life Less Ordinary as Hiker
- 1997 · 1999 as Hooks
- 1996 · Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Scooby
- 1996 · High Incident as Brett Farraday
- Future · Beef as Brian Gill
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Roy Hobbs
- Future · Lucky as John
- Future · The Five-Star Weekend as Jack