Timothy Olyphant

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Timothy Olyphant
Born	May 20 1968 (age 40) Honolulu, Hawaii

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 1 Biography 1.1 Personal life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 3 Footnotes 4 External links

Biography

Personal life

Olyphant was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in California.^[1] 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.^[1] Olyphant has been married to Alexis Knief since 1991 and has three children.^[2]

Career

Olyphant began acting in plays, and received the Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance for playing Tim Hapgood in "The Monogamist".^[1] 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 also played pornography movie producer Kelly, alongside Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert, in The Girl Next Door (2004).

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.^[2] The film opened in January of 2007. He will also appear in Live Free or Die Hard, as the villain, a cyber-terrorist; Stop-Loss, about the Iraq War, playing a Lieutenant Colonel;^[1] Bill, a comedy co-starring Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba;^[3] and as the title character in Hitman, based on the popular video game franchise.^[2] Filming on Hitman is scheduled to begin in March of 2007, in Europe.^[3]

Olyphant serves as the sports reporter for Joe Escalante's morning show on LA radio station Indie 103.1, every Monday through Friday.^[1]

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
	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	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	Greg Pope	post-production
	Bill	Chip	post-production
	Stop-Loss	Lt. Col. Boot Miller	post-production
	Hitman	Agent 47	filming

Footnotes

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