Timothy Olyphant- Biography
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Timothy Olyphant is an actor and producer, perhaps best known to the world for his role as Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens in the TV series “Justified,” for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2011.
What is the Net Worth of Timothy Olyphant? Salary, Earnings
Timothy may brag of many TV shows and films in which he has appeared, like “Justified,” “Deadwood,” “The Girl Next Door,” and others, which have significantly contributed to his net worth. Timothy’s net worth is currently reported to be as high as $20 million, according to credible sources.
Timothy Olyphant- Birth, Age, Ethnicity, Siblings
Timothy was born on May 20, 1968, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Olyphant and his family moved to Modesto, California, when he was two years old, despite being born in Honolulu. He is the middle child of Katherine and J.V. Bevan Olyphant, who worked as a manager and then as the vice president of wine production at Gallo Winery, one of California’s top exporters. He has an elder brother named Andrew and a younger brother named Matthew, who is also an artist and was the leader of the defunct punk band Fetish. Timothy’s parents split shortly after he began high school, and both remarried afterward.
Timothy is of mixed origin, including English, Scottish, Irish, German, Dutch, and Russian-Jewish ancestors. Timothy is a descendant of the Vanderbilt family, an American family of Dutch ancestry that was once the wealthiest family in the United States during the time of Olyphant’s paternal fourth great-grandfather Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was the richest American until 1877 and made his fortune through shipping and railroad business. The surname Olyphant derives from his other paternal fourth great-grandfather, Dr. David Olyphant, who was born in Scotland and served as a General during the American Revolutionary War.
Early Childhood and Education
Timothy enjoyed painting and drawing as a child, but he was embarrassed by the prospect of performing, never exhibiting his abilities, and instead concentrated on athletics, at which he excelled, particularly swimming. At the 1986 Nationals, he finished third in the 200-meter Individual Medley.
Olyphant attended Fred C. Bayer High School in Modesto before being recruited by the sports team “USC Trojans” at the University of Southern California. Timothy intended to study architecture, but it was tough given his training schedule, so instead of completing a lot of accounting, physics, and geometry, he decided to pursue a degree in visual arts. Olyphant graduated in 1990, and while pursuing a master’s degree, he opted to relocate to and stay in New York City. In his final year of college, he opted to pursue a career as an actor, enrolling in acting classes at UC Irvine and completing a two-year acting school at the William Esper Studio in New York.
Timothy Olyphant- Relationship, Married Life
Timothy married his college girlfriend Alexis Knief in 1991 when he was 23 years old. They have three children: Grace Katherine, Henry, and Vivian, the eldest. They live in Los Angeles’ Westwood neighborhood.
He is a decent tennis player who has competed in a number of celebrity tennis competitions. He also supports the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team and the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, which allowed him to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a Dodgers game in 2013.
Timothy Olyphant- Professional Career
Olyphant’s first movie debut was for less than two minutes in the 1996 comedy picture “The First Wives Club,” following which he portrayed Scooby in the pilot episode of the CBS spy series “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” Timothy also starred as Brett Farraday, the officer, in three episodes of the ABC drama “High Incident” in 1997, as well as a brief role in the CBS television film “Ellen Foster.” Timothy’s most significant role of 1997 was in the horror film “Scream 2” as a film student, then in 1998 Olyphant starred in an episode of the famous sitcom “Sex and the City”, as a prospective lover of Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker’s character.
He also appeared in the ensemble drama “1999” and the HBO war picture “When Trumpets Fade” in minor parts. In 1999, Olyphant co-starred with Christina Ricci in the comedy “No Vacancy,” and later that year, he played a drug dealer in the comedy “Go.” He was almost cast in the fantasy picture “Practical Magic,” but film director Griffin Dunne replaced him with Aidan Quinn.
Career Ascension
At the start of the 2000s, film producer Mickey Liddell, who was impressed with Olyphant’s performance in “Go,” gave him a role in his next film, “The Broken Hearts Club,” a romantic comedy about a group of gay friends from West Hollywood, in which he portrayed Dennis. In addition, he co-starred with Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie in the American action picture “Gone in 60 Seconds” as detective Drycoff.
In 2001, Olyphant turned down the role of Dominic Torreto in the action picture “Redline” – for the record, the film was eventually retitled “The Fast and the Furious,” and the role of Dominic Torreto went to Vin Diesel, who would go on to become one of his most renowned performances.
“Deadwood” and “Rise to Fame”
In 2004, Olyphant landed the role of Kelly, a porn film producer, in Luke Greenfield’s romantic comedy “The Girl Next Door,” and the following year rose to prominence in the HBO western “Deadwood,” in which he starred as Sheriff Seth Bullock, and which aired on HBO from 2004 to 2006, spanning three seasons and 36 episodes. It was an excellent opportunity for Olyphant to demonstrate his complete range, which he did, demonstrating that he can easily play a gloomy, solemn, and righteous man of the law. David Milch, one of the series’ creators, had particular words of respect for him as well.
Career Advancement and Leading Film Roles
Following Deadwood’s public success, Timothy reprised his role as assassin Agent 47 in the action thriller “Hitman” in 2007. He was hired to replace Vin Diesel by film director Xavier Gens about six weeks before filming began, after agreeing to shave his head. In the same year, he co-starred in “Live Free or Die Hard” with Bruce Willis, playing Thomas Gabriel, a former Defense Department analyst who leads a cyber-attack on the whole US infrastructure.
Timothy played Boot Miller, a Lieutenant Colonel in the war film “Stop-Loss,” and Chip Johnson in the comedy film “Meet Bill” in 2008. In 2009, he played a heroin addict in the comedy “High Life,” and the following year, he appeared in 15 episodes of the drama “Damages,” opposite Rose Byrne, Glen Close, and others.
The next year, Timothy landed a prominent role in the horror film “The Crazies” as town sheriff David Dutton.
“Justified”
Timothy played Raylan Givens, the US Deputy Marshal, in the TV crime drama series “Justified,” which premiered on the FX channel on March 16, 2010. The series was set in Lexington, Kentucky, in the Appalachian Mountains near Harlan, and aired for 78 episodes over six seasons. Many television critics have called Timothy’s role as US Deputy Givens the “defining role” of his career. Timothy also served as a co-executive producer on “Justified,” as part of a writing team that included Graham Yost, a well-known Canadian TV and film writer.
Concurrently during “Justified’s” six-season run, Olyphant portrayed a paper salesman in the NBC comedy “The Office”, and also starred in FX sitcom “The League” in 2012, and secured roles in such films as the comedy “Dealin’ with Idiots” and “This Is Where I Leave You”. We should also remember his role as a voice actor in the FX animated series “Archer.” Furthermore, in 2011, he portrayed the Spirit of the West in the animated film “Rango,” a parody of Clint Eastwood’s role in the “Dollars Trilogy” of so-called Spaghetti Western films.
In Recent Years, a Career
In 2015, his work in the Fox sitcom “The Grinder” got rave reviews, earning him the “Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series.” Furthermore, Timothy appeared in Kenneth Lonergan’s comedy “Hold On to Me Darling” in 2016, playing Strings McCrane, a country singer, and actor who returned to Tennessee after his mother died. During the same year, he starred in the romantic comedy “Mother’s Day” as Henry, the ex-husband of Jennifer Aniston’s character Sandy, and in Oliver Stone’s historical thriller “Snowden” as CIA Agent Geneva.
Most recently, Olyphant joined the cast of Netflix’s horror-comedy “Santa Clarita Diet,” and his most recent appearance is as Steven Lang in the American drama film “Behold My Heart,” in which he co-stars with Marisa Tomei, Charlie Plummer, and others.
Nominations and Awards
Timothy has received a number of nominations and awards since his professional debut, including a Theatre World Award for “The Monogamist,” a Young Hollywood Award as the Best Bad Boy for the crime comedy “Go,” Critics’ Choice Television Awards as the Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for “The Grinder,” and, of course, a Satellite Award as the Best Actor in Series for “Justified,” as well as a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for “Justified.”
Social Media Details
Despite not being a huge admirer of the internet or social media in general, Timothy has amassed a sizable social media following, with nearly 250,000 followers on Facebook. He has thousands of Instagram and Twitter followers, which is impressive for someone who doesn’t want to share too much personal information with the public, don’t you think? So, if you aren’t a fan of this well-known actor, this is a terrific opportunity for you. Simply go to his official pages.
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