- Name: Timothy Olyphant
- Date of Birth: May 20, 1968
- Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Timothy Olyphant Mini-Bio:
Bearing the kind of sharp-eyed, vaguely sinister good looks that often get actors cast as charismatic drug dealers or murder suspects, Timothy Olyphant first impressed film audiences playing none other than the resident charismatic drug dealer of Doug Liman's
Go (1999).
Born in Hawaii on May 20, 1968, Olyphant grew up in California. After attending the University of California, where he swam competitively, the actor made his professional
debut in the Playwrights Horizons'production of The Monogamist, for which he won a
Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance.
Olyphant's first film appearance came courtesy of a miniscule role in The First Wives Club (1996); somewhat more substantial work followed in 1997's Scream 2, in which the actor was cast as one of Neve Campbell's friends.
After a turn in When Trumpets Fade (1998), a critically acclaimed made-for-TV WWII
drama, and a memorable guest-shot on an episode of Sex and the City, Olyphant gave a scene-stealing performance in Go, managing to stand out in an ensemble cast that included Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes, Taye Diggs, and Scott Wolf. His work caught the notice of more than one industry observer, and by the following year, the actor had
a number of projects in the works. Included among them were The Broken Hearts Club, a comedy that cast Olyphant as a gay photographer; Gone in Sixty Seconds, which featured him as a detective on the trail of a car thief (Nicolas Cage); and Auggie Rose, a drama about assumed identity in which Olyphant played the ex-cellmate of a dead con man.
In 2001, Olyphant would turn up in the tale of an aspiring singer who gets to live a
dream, Rock Star.
Once touted as "the next big thing," Olyphant's stock seemed to drop after attaching himself to a string of duds, most notably the aforementioned Rock Star, Dreamcatcher,
and A Man Apart, the latter two both released in 2003.
Fortunately, the following year saw things looking up for the actor, with a starring role on the latest critically acclaimed weekly series from HBO, the Western Deadwood.
Just a handful of weeks following the premiere of Deadwood, Olyphant could be seen on the big screen again with a supporting role in the teen sex comedy The Girl Next Door.
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Birth Name: Timothy David Olyphant
Date of Birth: 20 May 1968, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Date of Birth: 20 May 1968, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Timothy Olyphant Mini-Bio:
Bearing the kind of sharp-eyed, vaguely sinister good looks that often get actors cast as charismatic drug dealers or murder suspects, Timothy Olyphant first impressed film audiences playing none other than the resident charismatic drug dealer of Doug Liman's Go (1999).
Born in Hawaii on May 20, 1968, Olyphant grew up in California. After attending the University of California, where he swam competitively, the actor made his professional
debut in the Playwrights Horizons'production of The Monogamist, for which he won a
Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance.
Olyphant's first film appearance came courtesy of a miniscule role in The First Wives Club (1996); somewhat more substantial work followed in 1997's Scream 2, in which the actor was cast as one of Neve Campbell's friends.
After a turn in When Trumpets Fade (1998), a critically acclaimed made-for-TV WWII
drama, and a memorable guest-shot on an episode of Sex and the City, Olyphant gave a scene-stealing performance in Go, managing to stand out in an ensemble cast that included Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes, Taye Diggs, and Scott Wolf. His work caught the notice of more than one industry observer, and by the following year, the actor hada number of projects in the works. Included among them were The Broken Hearts Club, a comedy that cast Olyphant as a gay photographer; Gone in Sixty Seconds, which featured him as a detective on the trail of a car thief (Nicolas Cage); and Auggie Rose, a drama about assumed identity in which Olyphant played the ex-cellmate of a dead con man.
In 2001, Olyphant would turn up in the tale of an aspiring singer who gets to live a
dream, Rock Star.
Once touted as "the next big thing," Olyphant's stock seemed to drop after attaching himself to a string of duds, most notably the aforementioned Rock Star, Dreamcatcher,
and A Man Apart, the latter two both released in 2003.Fortunately, the following year saw things looking up for the actor, with a starring role on the latest critically acclaimed weekly series from HBO, the Western Deadwood.
Just a handful of weeks following the premiere of Deadwood, Olyphant could be seen on the big screen again with a supporting role in the teen sex comedy The Girl Next Door.
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Other:
- Last name is pronounced "Ol-uh-fint".
- He was considered for the role of Tony Stark in Ironman (2008).
- He was a competitive swimmer in high school and at the University of Southern California in L.A., where he studied fine art and theater; he was a finalist at the U.S. National Swimming Championships in the 200 Individual Medley.
- His Zodiac Sigh is Taurus.
- His brother, Andy, is an A & R executive for Warner Bros. Records.
- He was raised in California and attended the University of Southern California
- Favorite movie is Dogma (1999)
- Coincidentally, he appears with Kevin Smith in Catch and Release (2006/II) and Live Free or Die Hard (2007).
- Lives in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- While at the University of Southern California, he studied fine art and theater.
- Reads Sports for Los Angeles radio station Indie 103.1 on its morning
- He is married to Alexis Knief and has 3 children.
News:
- In 2009, he starred with Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich in the paranoia-inspiring thriller A Perfect Getaway as a possible Iraq war veteran and possible serial killer of honeymooners on Hawaii islands.
- In spring of 2010 he will play the lead role of Raylan Givens in the FX series Justified. His character is a 21st century US Marshal who, for his questionable tactics, is banished to the part of Kentucky he was born and raised in. Givens wears a Stetson and somewhat acts in the manner of an old west sheriff. It is based on a character created by Elmore Leonard in the novels "Pronto", "Riding the Rap", and "Fire in the Hole". The pilot episode will be an adaptation of the latter.
Personal Quotes:
- Istanbul was unbelievable! What a city! I could go back there again and again. That was a fascinating place. It was a very foreign experience. But yeah, that is one of the perks of the job. You get to go places that you'd never imagine and see a part of the world you hadn't considered before. It was great. (On filming portions of Hitman in Istanbul).
- (on Deadwood) The fact is, this job is always fun, always a good time, but it's not that often that you can be as proud of it as I am of this experience. We just had a great time making it too.
- (Timothy on his role as Agent 47 in Hitman and the fact that in one scene he comes into the room and blows everybody away) Yeah, he's doing a lot of damage. He's a professional.
- The stuntmen tend to be fun to hang out with. They're the only actors on the set not complaining.
- I don't get recognized that much. That's the best part of it. I tend to get things like, "You sound a lot like that guy on 'Deadwood.'" And that's lovely. I've been very fortunate. No giggling, screaming girls. None of that.
- (on his character Thomas Gabriel in Die Hard 4) I wish my character was more fully formed. We worked in there all we could. It was like shooting Justin [Long] in the leg. I was like, "Pleeeease let me shoot him in the leg!" Let the character do something!
