Timothy Olyphant
Born: 1968-05-20 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Over Your Dead Body as Pete
- Lucky as John Armstrong
- The Five Star Weekend as Jack
2025
- Alien: Earth as Kirsh
- Havoc as Vincent
- Stick as Clark Ross
- #1 Happy Family USA as Dan Daniels (voice)
- I Am Luke Perry as Self
2023
- Full Circle as Derek Browne
- Justified: City Primeval as Raylan Givens
- Daisy Jones & the Six as Rod Reyes
2022
- Amsterdam as Taron Milfax
2021
- The Great North as Wade (voice)
- The Book of Boba Fett as Cobb Vanth
- The Starling as Travis Delp
- National Champions as Elliott Schmidt
2020
- A Love Letter To Making Movies as Self
2019
- The Mandalorian as Cobb Vanth
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as Jim Stacy
- Missing Link as Willard Stenk (voice)
- Deadwood: The Movie as Seth Bullock
- The Wood Brothers as Glen Wood (voice)
2018
- The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale as Self - Special Guest
- Dark Was the Night as Steven Lang
2017
- Santa Clarita Diet as Joel Hammond
2016
- The Good Place as Timothy Olyphant
- Mother's Day as Henry
- Snowden as CIA Agent Geneva
2015
- The Grinder as Timothy Olyphant / Rake Grinder
2014
- Fargo as Dick "Deafy" Wickware
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- This Is Where I Leave You as Horry Callen
2013
- Rick and Morty as Coop (voice)
- Dealin' with Idiots as Max's Dad
- The Wild West as Narrator (voice)
2012
- The Mindy Project as Graham
2011
- Bubble Guppies as Spotty Cackles (voice)
- Rango as Spirit of the West (voice)
- I Am Number Four as Henri Smith
- Elektra Luxx as Dellwood Butterworth
2010
- Conan as Self - Guest
- Justified as Raylan Givens
- The Crazies as David
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Archer as Lucas Troy (voice)
- The League as Wesley
- A Perfect Getaway as Nick
- High Life as Dick
2008
- Stop-Loss as Lieutenant Colonel Boot Miller
2007
- Damages as Wes Krulik
- Live Free or Die Hard as Thomas Gabriel
- Hitman as Agent 47
- Samantha Who? as Winston Funk
- Meet Bill as Chip Johnson
2006
- Catch and Release as Fritz Messing
2005
- The Office as Danny Cordray
- American Dad! as Nowell (voice)
- My Name Is Earl as Billy Reed
2004
- Deadwood as Seth Bullock
- The Girl Next Door as Kelly
- Spooks & Creeps as Brian ("Doppelganger")
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Dreamcatcher as Pete
- A Man Apart as Hollywood Jack
2002
- The Safety of Objects as Randy
- Coastlines as Sonny Mann
- Shadow Realm as Eli West
2001
- Rock Star as Rob Malcolm
- Head Over Heels as Michael
- Doppelganger as Brian
2000
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mickey
- Gone in Sixty Seconds as Detective Drycoff
- The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy as Dennis
- Auggie Rose as Roy Mason
1999
- Go as Todd Gaines
- No Vacancy as Luke
- Advice From a Caterpillar as Brat
1998
- Sex and the City as Sam
- When Trumpets Fade as Lt. Lukas
1997
- Scream 2 as Mickey Altieri
- A Life Less Ordinary as Hiker
- Ellen Foster as Roy Hobbs
- 1999 as Hooks
1996
- High Incident as Brett Farraday
- The First Wives Club as Brett Artounian
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Scooby
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1989
- The Simpsons as Sheriff Flanders (voice)
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Roy Hobbs