Timothy Olyphant

Timothy Olyphant is one of those actors who somehow makes every genre he touches feel like it was invented specifically for him. Born in Honolulu and trained on the New York stage — he won a Theatre World Award for his very first off-Broadway role in 1995 — he spent years as Hollywood's go-to smirking villain in films like Scream 2 and Die Hard 4.0, before landing the role that truly defined him: Marshal Raylan Givens in Justified. That show was a masterclass in laconic cool, and Olyphant wore that cowboy hat like he was born in it. Then he turned around and played an equally funny, equally dangerous DEA agent in Santa Clarita Diet. The guy has range, charisma to spare, and an effortless ability to be the most watchable person in any scene he's in — criminally underrated on the awards circuit, but beloved by everyone who actually watches television.

Name (English)

Timothy Olyphant

Name (Japanese)

ティモシー・オリファント

Reading

てぃもしー・おりふぁんと

Born

May 20, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Monkey

Origin

Honolulu, United States

Occupation

film actor / actor / swimmer / character actor / television actor

High school

Fred C. Beyer High School

Awards & achievements

• 1996 Theatre World Award

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88

Tags

• film actor
• actor
• swimmer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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