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Timothy David Olyphant (/ˈɒlɪfənt/ OL-ih-fənt; born May 20, 1968) is an American actor. He made his acting debut at an off-Broadway theatre in 1995 in The Monogamist, won the Theatre World Award for his performance, and then originated David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries in 1996. He then branched out to film; in the early years of his career, he was often cast in supporting villainous roles, most notably in Scream 2 (1997), Go (1999), Gone in 60 Seconds and The Broken Hearts Club (2000), A Man Apart (2003), and The Girl Next Door (2004). He came to a broader audience through his portrayal of Sheriff Seth Bullock in HBO's western Deadwood (2004–2006), later reprising the role in Deadwood: The Movie (2019). He had starring roles in films such as Catch and Release (2006), Hitman (2007), A Perfect Getaway (2009), and The Crazies (2010), and he played the main antagonist, Thomas Gabriel, in Live Free or Die Hard (2007). Olyphant was a recurring guest star in season two of the FX legal thriller Damages (2009). From 2010 to 2015, Olyphant starred as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in FX's modern-day Kentucky southern gothic Justified, a performance for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2011. Since the end of Justified, Olyphant has starred in films such as Mother's Day (2016), Snowden (2016), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), and Amsterdam (2022). He has also had notable guest appearances in numerous television sitcoms, including The Office (2010), The Mindy Project (2013), and The Grinder (2015–2016), for which he won a Critics' Choice Award. He also starred in the Netflix comedy series Santa Clarita Diet (2017–2019). In 2020, he played himself in a brief cameo, parodying his Justified character, in the NBC award-winning show The Good Place. In the same year, he guest-starred in season 10 of Curb Your Enthusiasm, as well as in the fourth season of Fargo and the second season of The Mandalorian in the episode "Chapter 9: The Marshal" as Cobb Vanth, a role he later reprised in The Book of Boba Fett. In 2025, he starred in a main role in the FX series Alien: Earth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Timothy Olyphant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Timothy Olyphant

"The Competition"
for "The Competition" in Iron Man: Redemption Protocol
Suggested by riotxvl

Anton Vanko, a KGB agent, developed a mechanized super suit, the KGB gave him the code name "Crimson Dynamo" and sent him on a mission targeting a S.H.I.E.L.D. base to get data from them, but when he gets there he's stopped by Iron Man who shows Dynamo he's got a much better suit than him. Crymson gets imprisoned and Tony Stark returns to his normal day, he is still setting up stuff for the Avengers Mansion while trying to make amends with his past as a weapon's manufacturer. Anton escapes captivity and disobeys orders to upgrade his suit. The KGB sends an agent from the special unit "Red Room" to kill Vanko after going rogue, her code name is Black Widow. Dynamo gets to Stark Ent to steal tech, Tony sees the attack and suits up. Iron Man and Crimson Dynamo fight, but Black Widow gets there and Dynamo flees the scene. Later Tony does some research and finds out about Black Widow, he finds Dynamo hiding in an old warehouse, he suits up with a brand new stealth suit and sneaks in to confront Dynamo and talk about her, but they fight. Black Widow enters the scene after the fight reveals their location, but during the fight, she gets hit in the head, thanks to this she realizes the Red Room implanted her fake memories to make her a puppet, after this she runs away. Iron Man battles Dynamo one more time and this time he manages to destroy Dynamo's suit and get him back to prison once again. After this Tony takes his helmet off and reveals to the world that he is Iron Man.
