Timothy Olyphant
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| Timothy Olyphant | |
 Olyphant as Seth Bullock on Deadwood. |
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| Birth name | Timothy David Olyphant |
| Born | May 20, 1968 (age 38) Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
| Height | 6' (1.83m) |
| Notable roles | Seth Bullock in Deadwood |
| Spouse(s) | Alexis Knief (1991 - present) 3 children |
Timothy Olyphant (born May 20, 1968 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American actor. Although mostly a film actor, Olyphant currently stars on the HBO series Deadwood as sheriff Seth Bullock.
[edit] Personal and Career Info
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 and an episode of My Name Is Earl.
He has been married to Alexis Knief since 1991 and has two children.
According to AintItCoolNews[1] he has been cast in the title role in Hitman, based on the popular video game franchise replacing Vin Diesel as the lead.
[edit] Trivia
- Swam competitively at the University of Southern California in L.A.
- His favorite movie is Dogma
- Currently serves as the sports reporter for Joe Escalante's morning show on LA radio station Indie 103.1
