TIMOTHY OLYPHANT

'Timothy David Olyphant' (born May 20 1968) is an American actor. Olyphant is known for his film roles, as well as for playing sheriff Seth Bullock on the series ''Deadwood''.

Contents

Biography

Personal life

Career

Filmography

References

External links

Biography

Personal life

Olyphant was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of Katherine Wright, and raised in California.^[1][2] He was a U.S. National Finalist in the 200 Individual Medley and swam competitively at the University of Southern California in L.A., where he studied fine art and theater. After graduating, Olyphant moved to New York City, where he was acquainted with actress Jennifer Garner, and attended William Esper's acting program.² Olyphant has been married to Alexis Knief since 1991 and has three children.⁴

Career

Olyphant began acting in plays, and received the Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance for playing Tim Hapgood in "The Monogamist".² Olyphant subsequently appeared in "SantaLand Diaries" and "Plunge" on stage, and made his film debut with the 1996 film ''The First Wives Club''. He followed the role up with parts in the films ''Scream 2'' (1997), ''Go'' (1999), ''The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy'' (2000) and ''Gone In Sixty Seconds'' (2000). During this time, Olyphant also guest starred in an episode of ''Sex and the City''.
Since March 2004, Olyphant has played the lead role of Sheriff Seth Bullock on HBO's ''Deadwood''. Olyphant considered it to be one of his first leading roles as a "complicated" and "complex" character.^[3] More recently, he has had more prominent roles in ''Rock Star'' (2001) and the 2003 adaptation of Stephen King's novel, ''Dreamcatcher''. He played pornography movie producer Kelly, alongside Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert, in ''The Girl Next Door'' (2004). He also played Bobby Scales in the Summer blockbuster Wedding Crashers. His role was unacreditted.
Olyphant's latest film role is in the comedy ''Catch and Release'', playing the love interest of Jennifer Garner's character; Olyphant was cast in the role over several other known actors, including Matthew Fox.^[4] The film opened in January of 2007. He also appeared in ''Live Free or Die Hard'', as the villain, a cyber-terrorist, and will star in ''Stop-Loss'', about the Iraq War, playing a Lieutenant Colonel;² ''Bill'', a comedy co-starring Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba;³ and as Agent 47 in ''Hitman'', based on the popular video game franchise.⁴ Filming on ''Hitman'' is scheduled to begin in March of 2007, in Europe.³ The movie was filmed in Bulgaria - taking 3 months. During this time he maintained the daily sports report he phones into radio station KDLD Indie 103.1 FM.
Olyphant serves as the sports reporter for Joe Escalante's morning show on LA radio station Indie 103.1, every Monday through Friday.²

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	''The First Wives Club''	Brett Artounian
1997	''A Life Less Ordinary''	Hiker
	''Scream 2''	Mickey Altieri
1998	''1999''	Hooks
1999	''No Vacancy''	Luke
	''Go''	Todd Gaines
	''Advice from a Caterpillar''	Brat
2000	''Gone in Sixty Seconds''	Det. Drycoff
	''	Dennis
2001	''Head Over Heels''	Michael
	''Auggie Rose''	Roy Mason
	''Rock Star''	Rob Malcolm - Guitarist, Blood Pollution
	''Doppelganger''	Brian
2002	''Coastlines''	Sonny Mann
2003	''The Safety of Objects''	Randy
	''Dreamcatcher''	Pete Moore
	''A Man Apart''	Hollywood Jack
2004	''The Girl Next Door''	Kelly
2007	''Catch and Release''	Fritz
	''Live Free or Die Hard''	Thomas Gabriel
	''Bill''	Chip	post-production
	''Stop-Loss''	Lt. Col. Boot Miller	post-production
	''Hitman''	Agent 47	finished

References

1. http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/timothy-olyphant/bio/176927
2. Timothy Olyphant Interview, Catch And Release Sheila Stanch
3. Saddle up and ride! Shuib Taib
4. Olyphant goes from Wild West to wild at heart Stephen Schaefer

External links

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★ Timothy Olyphant on MTV Overdrive

★ Timothy Olyphant's #1 Fan Site