--- name: "Timothy Olyphant" canonical: "https://film.one/person/timothy-olyphant" fi1m_id: "timothy-olyphant" imdb_id: "nm0648249" tmdb_id: 18082 wikidata_id: "Q309835" roles: ["Actor"] born: "20 May 1968" reviewed_on_fi1m: 18 average_fi1m_score: 70 average_as: "actor" average_over: 18 updated: "2026-10-21T04:27:13.266208+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Timothy Olyphant ## Identity Timothy Olyphant - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/timothy-olyphant - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** timothy-olyphant - **IMDb ID:** nm0648249 - **TMDB ID:** 18082 - **Wikidata ID:** Q309835 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Olyphant, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648249/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18082 Actor. Born 20 May 1968 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 20 May 1968, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - **Active:** 1997–present - **Also known as:** Tim Olyphant, Timothy David Olyphant - **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 18 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (1), 2000s 73 (7), 2010s 79 (4), 2020s 58 (6) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 68 across 16 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 10 at 60–79, 5 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 3 of 10 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 8, Comedy 7, Crime 5, Action 3, Mystery 3, Thriller 3 - **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,464m across 6 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Olyphant, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648249/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18082 ## Coming up - *THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH* (2026-11-25), as Jim Stacy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-further-mis-adventures-of-cliff-booth.md) ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Justified*](https://film.one/tv/justified.md) (87), [*Amsterdam*](https://film.one/film/amsterdam.md) (47) - **Hulu:** [*Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood*](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood.md) (77), [*Scream 2*](https://film.one/film/scream-2.md) (74) - **HBO Max:** [*Deadwood*](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) (91) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Daisy Jones & the Six*](https://film.one/tv/daisy-jones-and-the-six.md) (65) - **Apple TV:** [*Lucky*](https://film.one/tv/lucky.md) (57) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Timothy Olyphant > Timothy Olyphant plays men who let everyone else do the talking. Under a hat, voice down, hands still, he is the best stillness in American television, and he needs a long series and a loud partner to show it. In films he is usually furniture. Raylan Givens opens *Justified* (2010) by giving a man in Miami twenty-four hours to leave town, and when the man is still at lunch the next day he shoots him across the table. What stays with us is not the shot but the wait for it: Olyphant under his hat, voice down, hands on the table, letting the other man do the talking and most of the moving. That is his trick and it has been for twenty years. He does not fill a scene. He sits in it and waits for it to come to him. It took him a while to find. He started off-Broadway and in supporting film parts in the mid-1990s after training at the William Esper Studio, and got noticed as Mickey in *Scream 2* (1997) and in *Go* (1999), parts that were mostly small or villainous. Then Seth Bullock in *Deadwood* (2004) put him next to Ian McShane, the loudest man in the camp, and the pattern set. We will admit Bullock bored us for a few episodes. McShane had the speeches and Olyphant had the silences, and only when we noticed how much of the series depended on Bullock's face not moving did we see which of them had the harder job. Six years later Graham Yost built Raylan out of Elmore Leonard and gave him Walton Goggins to circle for six seasons. It is the rare long series we would tell you to watch from the first episode to the last, and Olyphant is why it holds: quick on the draw, well mannered, and a little embarrassed by how much he enjoys being quick. Films have been less kind, or he has been less useful to them. The stillness that carries thirteen episodes looks like a man standing about when it has one scene to work in. Jim Stacy in *Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood* (2019) exists to be the competent professional DiCaprio's Rick Dalton is not, and he does it cleanly, and it is DiCaprio and Julia Butters we remember. The Spirit of the West in *Rango* (2011) is a voice and a Western in-joke. He has said that what drew him to Raylan was 'the moral code of it all', and the film parts rarely give him a code to keep. His comic timing, on show in guest work like *The Office* (2010) and in *Santa Clarita Diet* (2017–19), comes from the same place: he is funny because he does not move when everyone expects him to. *Lucky* (2026) is the warning. John Armstrong lives in the flashbacks, opposite Quinn Aune's young Lucky, and the flashbacks are the weakest writing in the series, each one delivering exactly the lesson you saw coming. Olyphant has nobody to be still against, so the stillness reads as nothing much. He went back to Raylan for a miniseries in 2023 and we suspect he will be asked back again. Give him a hat, a talker and time, and he is as good as anyone on television. Take any one of them away and you get the flashbacks. ## Biography Timothy Olyphant is an American actor. He made his professional stage debut in the off-Broadway production of *The Monogamist* in 1995 and won a Theatre World Award for the performance. He originated David Sedaris's *The Santaland Diaries* the following year. Olyphant came to wider attention as Sheriff Seth Bullock in the HBO series *Deadwood* (2004–2006), later reprising the role in *Deadwood: The Movie* (2019). He starred as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in *Justified* (2010–2015) and appeared as Jim Stacy in *Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood* (2019) and as John Armstrong in the series *Lucky* (2026). He is married to Alexis Knief. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (18) - *LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian* (2026), Fi1m 48, as Cobb Vanth (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/lego-star-wars-the-mandalorian.md) - *Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America* (2026), Fi1m 55, as Wyatt Earp — [page](https://film.one/tv/life-larry-and-the-pursuit-of-unhappiness-an-almost-history-of-america.md) - *Lucky* (2026), Fi1m 57, as John Armstrong — [page](https://film.one/tv/lucky.md) - *Alien: Earth* (2025), Fi1m 76, as Kirsh — [page](https://film.one/tv/alien-earth.md) - *Daisy Jones & the Six* (2023), Fi1m 65, as Rod Reyes — [page](https://film.one/tv/daisy-jones-and-the-six.md) - *Amsterdam* (2022), Fi1m 47, as Taron Milfax — [page](https://film.one/film/amsterdam.md) - *Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood* (2019), Fi1m 77, as Jim Stacy — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood.md) - *The Mandalorian* (2019), Fi1m 76, as Cobb Vanth — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mandalorian.md) - *Rango* (2011), Fi1m 77, as Spirit of the West (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/rango.md) - *Justified* (2010), Fi1m 87, as Raylan Givens — [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md) - *Damages* (2007), Fi1m 78, as Wes Krulik — [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md) - *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007), Fi1m 65, as Thomas Gabriel — [page](https://film.one/film/live-free-or-die-hard.md) - *My Name Is Earl* (2005), Fi1m 77, as Billy Reed — [page](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md) - *The Office* (2005), Fi1m 77, as Danny Cordray — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md) - *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, as Seth Bullock — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) - *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), Fi1m 84, as Mickey — [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md) - *Gone in Sixty Seconds* (2000), Fi1m 40, as Detective Drycoff — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-in-sixty-seconds.md) - *Scream 2* (1997), Fi1m 74, as Mickey — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-2.md) ## Complete filmography (85) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH* (2026), as Jim Stacy — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-further-mis-adventures-of-cliff-booth.md) - *LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian* (2026), as Cobb Vanth (voice) — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/lego-star-wars-the-mandalorian.md) - *Lucky* (2026), series, as John Armstrong — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/tv/lucky.md) - *The Five Star Weekend* (2026), series, as Jack Finnigan - *Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America* (2026), series, as Wyatt Earp — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/life-larry-and-the-pursuit-of-unhappiness-an-almost-history-of-america.md) - *Mating Season* (2026), series, as Dylan (voice) - *Over Your Dead Body* (2026), as Pete - *Alien: Earth* (2025), series, as Kirsh — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/alien-earth.md) - *Stick* (2025), series, as Clark Ross — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/stick.md) - *Havoc* (2025), as Vincent - *#1 Happy Family USA* (2025), series, as Dan Daniels (voice) - *Justified: City Primeval* (2023), series, as Raylan Givens · Executive Producer - *Full Circle* (2023), series, as Derek Browne - *Daisy Jones & the Six* (2023), series, as Rod Reyes — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/daisy-jones-and-the-six.md) - *Amsterdam* (2022), as Taron Milfax — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/amsterdam.md) - *The Book of Boba Fett* (2021), series, as Cobb Vanth - *National Champions* (2021), as Elliott Schmidt - *The Starling* (2021), as Travis Delp - *The Great North* (2021), series, as Wade (voice) - *The Mandalorian* (2019), series, as Cobb Vanth — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mandalorian.md) - *The Wood Brothers* (2019), as Glen Wood (voice) - *Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood* (2019), as Jim Stacy — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood.md) - *Deadwood: The Movie* (2019), as Seth Bullock · Executive Producer - *Missing Link* (2019), as Willard Stenk (voice) - *Dark Was the Night* (2018), as Steven Lang - *Santa Clarita Diet* (2017), series, as Joel Hammond · Executive Producer - *The Good Place* (2016), series, as Timothy Olyphant — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md) - *Snowden* (2016), as CIA Agent Geneva - *Mother's Day* (2016), as Henry - *The Grinder* (2015), series, as Timothy Olyphant / Rake Grinder - *This Is Where I Leave You* (2014), as Horry Callen - *Fargo* (2014), series, as Dick "Deafy" Wickware — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md) - *Rick and Morty* (2013), series, as Coop (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md) - *Dealin' with Idiots* (2013), as Max's Dad - *The Wild West* (2013), series, as Narrator (voice) - *The Mindy Project* (2012), series, as Graham — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md) - *Elektra Luxx* (2011), as Dellwood Butterworth - *Rango* (2011), as Spirit of the West (voice) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/rango.md) - *I Am Number Four* (2011), as Henri Smith - *Bubble Guppies* (2011), series, as Spotty Cackles (voice) - *Justified* (2010), series, as Raylan Givens · Executive Producer, Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md) - *The Crazies* (2010), as David - *The League* (2009), series, as Wesley - *Archer* (2009), series, as Lucas Troy (voice) - *A Perfect Getaway* (2009), as Nick - *High Life* (2009), as Dick - *Stop-Loss* (2008), as Lieutenant Colonel Boot Miller - *Hitman* (2007), as Agent 47 - *Samantha Who?* (2007), series, as Winston Funk - *Meet Bill* (2007), as Chip Johnson - *Damages* (2007), series, as Wes Krulik — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md) - *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007), as Thomas Gabriel — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/live-free-or-die-hard.md) - *Catch and Release* (2006), as Fritz Messing - *My Name Is Earl* (2005), series, as Billy Reed — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md) - *The Office* (2005), series, as Danny Cordray — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md) - *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Nowell (voice) - *Spooks & Creeps* (2004), as Brian ("Doppelganger") - *The Girl Next Door* (2004), as Kelly - *Deadwood* (2004), series, as Seth Bullock — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) - *A Man Apart* (2003), as Hollywood Jack - *Dreamcatcher* (2003), as Pete - *The Safety of Objects* (2002), as Randy - *Shadow Realm* (2002), as Eli West - *Coastlines* (2002), as Sonny Mann - *Rock Star* (2001), as Rob Malcolm - *Doppelganger* (2001), as Brian - *Head Over Heels* (2001), as Michael - *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Mickey — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md) - *Gone in Sixty Seconds* (2000), as Detective Drycoff — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-in-sixty-seconds.md) - *Auggie Rose* (2000), as Roy Mason - *The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy* (2000), as Dennis - *No Vacancy* (1999), as Luke - *Go* (1999), as Todd Gaines - *Advice From a Caterpillar* (1999), as Brat - *When Trumpets Fade* (1998), as Lt. Lukas - *Sex and the City* (1998), series, as Sam - *Ellen Foster* (1997), as Roy Hobbs - *Scream 2* (1997), as Mickey — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-2.md) - *A Life Less Ordinary* (1997), as Hiker - *1999* (1997), as Hooks - *The First Wives Club* (1996), as Brett Artounian - *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (1996), series, as Scooby - *High Incident* (1996), series, as Brett Farraday - *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Sheriff Flanders (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Roy Hobbs ## Gallery - ![Timothy Olyphant](https://film.one/media/person/8982/gallery-650943148b0f.jpg) Timothy Olyphant — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Timothy_Olyphant_in_2025_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Timothy_Olyphant_in_2025_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost and Timothy Olyphant 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23 (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/8982/gallery-f96864c93b6d.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost and Timothy Olyphant 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23 (2011) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Elmore_Leonard%2C_Graham_Yost_and_Timothy_Olyphant%2C_May_2011_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Elmore_Leonard%2C_Graham_Yost_and_Timothy_Olyphant%2C_May_2011_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost and Timothy Olyphant 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23 (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/8982/gallery-42a4175ff37f.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost and Timothy Olyphant 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23 (2011) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Elmore_Leonard%2C_Graham_Yost_and_Timothy_Olyphant%2C_May_2011_%2810%29.jpg/1280px-Elmore_Leonard%2C_Graham_Yost_and_Timothy_Olyphant%2C_May_2011_%2810%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost and Timothy Olyphant 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23 (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/8982/gallery-b299cd238c2b.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost and Timothy Olyphant 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23 (2011) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Elmore_Leonard%2C_Graham_Yost_and_Timothy_Olyphant%2C_May_2011_%2811%29.jpg/1280px-Elmore_Leonard%2C_Graham_Yost_and_Timothy_Olyphant%2C_May_2011_%2811%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - 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![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost and Timothy Olyphant 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23 (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/8982/gallery-8361c4262965.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost and Timothy Olyphant 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 23 (2011) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Elmore_Leonard%2C_Graham_Yost_and_Timothy_Olyphant%2C_May_2011_%2813%29.jpg/1280px-Elmore_Leonard%2C_Graham_Yost_and_Timothy_Olyphant%2C_May_2011_%2813%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Timothy Olyphant](https://film.one/media/person/8982/gallery-e663cec78320.jpg) Timothy Olyphant — Image via TMDB - ![Timothy Olyphant](https://film.one/media/person/8982/gallery-a96fe24dfccc.jpg) Timothy Olyphant — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Theatre World Award 1996: Theatre World Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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