Timothy David Olyphant - born May 20, 1968 (1968-05-20) (age 43) - is an American actor who stars as Raylan Givens in the FX series Justified.

BiographyEdit

Born in Hawaii, Timothy was raised in Modesto California. He is of Scottish descent. His mother, Katherine, and his father Bevan. He has an older brother, Andy Olyphant, who is in A&R for Warner Brother Records, and a younger brother, Matthew Olyphant, who was the lead singer for the punk rock group, Fetish, and is also an artist. Timothy quickly became Modesto, California's favorite son, competing as a pro swimmer and excelling at drawing. It was by chance that he enrolled in an acting course as an elective and decided to pursue an acting career. He took his family and headed to New York City, where he studied the craft and began auditioning for roles.From the beginning he tried to choose diversified roles and take chances with every genre and always approached everything he did with commitment, humor and grace.

Other than his role as Raylan Givens in Justified, Olyphant is also known for his roles as Mickey Altieri in Scream 2, Agent 47 in Hitman, Seth Bullock in the TV series Deadwood, Thomas Gabriel in Live Free or Die Hard, and Todd Gaines in Go.

Olyphant is also a producer for Justified.