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