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Timothy Olyphant Profile |
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Birth Date: May 20, 1968
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Birth Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Birth Name: Timothy David Olyphant
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Height: 6'0"
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Biography |
Timothy Olyphant is an American actor. Although mostly a
film actor, Olyphant currently stars on the HBO series
Deadwood as sheriff Seth Bullock.
Olyphant is known for his flexibility in roles, from playing
everyday characters to incredibly strange ones.
His first role was in the 1996 film The First Wives Club. He
followed this up with roles in Scream 2 (1997), Go (1999),
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000) and Gone In
Sixty Seconds (2000), which became one of his most well
known roles.
More recently, Olyphant has had more prominent roles in Rock
Star (2001) and the 2003 adaptation of Stephen King's novel,
Dreamcatcher (2003). He also played pornography movie
producer Kelly, alongside Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert
in The Girl Next Door (2004), and will star in the upcoming
film Catch and Release with Jennifer Garner.
Since March 2004, Olyphant has played the lead role of
sheriff Seth Bullock on HBO's Deadwood.
Olyphant has also guest starred in a 1999 episode of Sex and
the City. He has been married to Alexis Knief since 1991 and
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Other Information |
He was raised in California and attended the University of
Southern California.
1986 graduate of Fred C. Beyer High School, Modesto,
California.
His brother, Andy, is an A & R executive for Warner Bros.
Records
Swam competitively while attending the University of
Southern California (US National Finalist in the 200m
individual medley)
Favorite movie is Dogma (1999).
Lives in Los Angeles, California, USA.
While at the University of Southern California, he studied
fine art and theater. |
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