Actor timothy olyphant bio
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Timothy Olyphant
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| Born | Timothy David Olyphant () May 20, (age&#;56) Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years&#;active | –present |
| Spouse | Alexis Knief &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 3 |
Timothy David Olyphant (born May 20, ) is an American actor. He is best known for his television work as Sheriff Seth Bullock in Deadwood (–), and Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in the series Justified ().[1] He has starred in the movies Scream 2 (), Go (), Gone in 60 Seconds (), The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (), Dreamcatcher (), The Girl Next Door (), Live Free or Die Hard/Die Hard (), Hitman (), A Perfect Getaway (), The Crazies (), I Am Number Four (), and Rango (). Olyphant starred in the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet.
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Timothy Olyphant
From Timothy Olyphant's first screen appearances, such as his two-minute bit in The First Wives Club (), to "Nicko", whose presence at times dwarfed the island in A Perfect Getaway (), he has been a force to be reckoned with.
Born in Hawaii, Timothy David Olyphant was raised in Modesto, California. He is the son of Katherine Lyon (Gideon) and John Vernon Bevan Olyphant, a college teacher who was also an executive at E & J Gallo Winery. He has an older brother, Andy, who is in A&R for Warner Bros. Records, and a younger brother, Matt Olyphant, who was the lead singer for the punk rock group, Fetish, and is also an artist. He is a descendant of the prominent Vanderbilt and Olyphant families of businesspeople, and his ancestry includes Russian Jewish (from a maternal great-grandfather), English, German, Scottish, Dutch, and Irish. Timothy quickly became Modesto's favorite son, competing as a pro swimmer and excelling at drawing. It was,
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Timothy Olyphant
Adept at both comedy and intense, dramatic action, Timothy Olyphant has been an eclectic but appealing presence in two highly-regarded series - "Deadwood" (HBO, ) and "Justified" (FX, ) - and an inveterate scene-stealer in films and series like "Go" (), "Damages" (FX Network/Audience Network, ) and "Live Free or Die Hard" ().
Born Timothy David Olyphant on May 20, in Honolulu, Hawaii, he moved with his family - Gallo wine executive J.V. Bevan Olyphant, his wife, Katherine and two brothers - to Modesto, California when he was two years of age. There, he nurtured an interest in competitive swimming at Fred C. Beyer High School, and considered a career in art.
Olyphant was recruited to the University of Southern California bygd its swimming coach, but upon discovering that he would be unable to swim and pursue his chosen major- architecture - he chose to earn his grad in fine arts. Upon graduating in , he married his college sweetheart, Alexis Knief, and the pair re