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- Lincoln (2012)
- The World_s Fastest Indian (2005)
- Django Unchained (2012)
- The Hateful Eight (2015)
- American Ultra (2015)
- The Bourne Identity (2002)
- Shanghai Noon (2000)
- That Evening Sun (2009)
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Welcome to Walton Goggin’s Life!
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Walton Sanders Goggins, Jr. was born on November 10, 1971. He is an American actor. On television, he played Shane Vendrell on The Shield and Boyd Crowder on Justified. He has also appeared in such films as The Hateful Eight, Django Unchained, Machete Kills, Lincoln, The Apostle, Chrystal, That Evening Sun, Miracle at St. Anna and Predators. He co-produced and starred in the 2001 short film The Accountant, which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Main life Facts
| 1971 | November 10: Walton Sanders Goggins, Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor. |
| 2001 | With Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount and Ginny Mule Pictures, he was recognized by the Spirit of Slamdance Award at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2001 for The Accountant, which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2002. |
| 2009 | Goggins was nominated for a Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama in 2009for his role as Detective Shane Vendrell in The Shield. |
| 2010 | May: Goggins' character was promoted to the main cast for the second season of Justified. |
| 2011 | Goggins' role of Boyd Crowder in Justified received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011, the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2011, the TV Guide Award for Favorite Villain in 2013, the Online Film & Television Association's Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011 and 2014, and for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015. May: He appeared in "Code of the West", a commercial for Ram Truck's "Guts & Glory" campaign. July: Goggins was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role on Justified. He portrayed Billy Crash, a sadistic overseer and slave fighting trainer, in the 2012 film Django Unchained. August: In 2001, Goggins married dog-walking business owner Leanne (who committed suicide in 2004). He married filmmaker Nadia Conners in August 2011, and they had a son, Augustus (born February 2011). |
| 2012 | The principal cast of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, including Goggins, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Bruce Dern and others, were nominated for the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards for Best Ensemble Performance. |
| 2013 | Goggins' role of Venus Van Dam in Sons of Anarchy received nominations for the Online Film & Television Association's Television Award for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2013 and 2014, and for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2014 and 2015. |
| 2015 | He played Chris Mannix in The Hateful Eight and joins the cast for HBO's upcoming series Vice Principals. |
The Accountant Wins Live Action Short: 2002 Oscars
Ray McKinnon and Lisa Blount, accompanied by Walton Goggins, win the Oscar for Short Film (Live Action) for The Accountant at the 74th Academy Awards. Naomi Watts and others.
Early life
Goggins was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of Janet Long and Walton Sanders Goggins, Sr. He was raised in Lithia Springs, Georgia and moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of nineteen.
Career
Goggins is well known for his portrayal of Detective Shane Vendrell in the FX series The Shield, a role he played from 2002 to 2008.
Goggins is also an award-winning filmmaker. He owns a production company called Ginny Mule Pictures with actor Ray McKinnon. They have made four films: The Accountant (a short film which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2001), Chrystal(Sundance Dramatic Competition), Randy and the Mob, and That Evening Sun (which won the South by Southwest Special Jury Prize 2009). He also worked with McKinnon to develop the television show Rectify. Goggins was set to play the lead and AMC had bought the pilot script, written by McKinnon, a role which went to Aden Young when the series later went to Sundance TV.
Goggins played Boyd Crowder in the pilot episode of the FX series Justified, and was a recurring cast member in the first season of the show, while also shooting a major supporting role as a deadly death row inmate being hunted by the titular antagonists in the film Predators. In May 2010, Goggins' character was promoted to the main cast for the second season of Justified. In May 2011, he appeared in "Code of the West", a commercial for Ram Truck's "Guts & Glory" campaign. He appeared in Cowboys & Aliens as Hunt, a bandit formerly in the employ of the protagonist. In July 2011, Goggins was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role on Justified. He portrayed Billy Crash, a sadistic overseer and slave fighting trainer, in the 2012 film Django Unchained.
Between 2012 and 2013, Goggins guest-starred as transgender prostitute Venus Van Damme in the FX series Sons of Anarchy. He previously worked with the show's creator, Kurt Sutter, when the latter was a writer and executive producer on The Shield from 2002 to 2008. The name "Venus Van Damme" is a play on the undercover name "Cletus Van Damme" used by Goggins' character on The Shield.
In 2015, he played Chris Mannix in The Hateful Eight and joins the cast for HBO's upcoming series Vice Principals.
Professional recognition
Goggins has received a steady stream of recognition for his professional work. With Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount and Ginny Mule Pictures, he was recognized by the Spirit of Slamdance Award at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2001 for The Accountant, which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2002. Their film Chrystal appeared in the 2004 U.S. Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival, and the same trio were awarded the Spirit of Slamdance Award again for Randy and the Mob.
Goggins was nominated for a Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama in 2009 for his role as Detective Shane Vendrell in The Shield. In the same year, McKinnon, Goggins, Hal Holbrook and the rest of the principle cast of That Evening Sun, won the Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast at the South by Southwest Film Festival competition.
In 2012, the principal cast of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, including Goggins, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Bruce Dern and others, were nominated for the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards for Best Ensemble Performance.
Goggins' role of Boyd Crowder in Justified received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011, the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2011, the TV Guide Award for Favorite Villain in 2013, the Online Film & Television Association's Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011 and 2014, and for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Goggins' role of Venus Van Dam in Sons of Anarchy received nominations for the Online Film & Television Association's Television Award for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2013 and 2014, and for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2014 and 2015.
In 2001, Goggins married dog-walking business owner Leanne (who committed suicide in 2004). He married filmmaker Nadia Conners in August 2011, and they had a son, Augustus (born February 2011). Goggins is an avid photographer and showcases some of his work on a blog that he created, when he took time off work and traveled across India. He is an avid traveler, spending much of his free time in Cambodia, Central America, Morocco, Thailand and Vietnam.
He is active in various non-profit organizations that range from environmental to humanitarian work. He regularly attends Global Green USA events. He connected to environmental issues through his wife, who directed the documentary The 11th Hour, about the environmental crisis.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Mr. Saturday Night | Shaky Kid | Uncredited |
| 1992 | Forever Youn | Gate MP | |
| 1994 | The Next Karate Kid | Charlie | |
| 1997 | The Apostle | Sam | |
| 1997 | Painted Hero | Roddy | |
| 1997 | Switchback | Bud | |
| 1998 | Major League: Back to the Minors | Billy "Downtown" Anderson | |
| 1999 | Wayward Son | ||
| 2000 | The Crow: Salvation | Detective Stan Roberts | |
| 2000 | Red Dirt | Lee Todd | |
| 2000 | Shanghai Noon | Wallace | |
| 2000 | Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder | Almanzo Wilder | |
| 2001 | Daddy and Them | Tommy Christian | |
| 2001 | Joy Ride | Cop (DVD additional footage) | Uncredited |
| 2001 | The Accountant | Tommy O'Dell | Short |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity | Research Tech | |
| 2002 | Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder | Almanzo Wilder | |
| 2003 | House of 1000 Corpses | Deputy Steve Nash | |
| 2003 | Apple Jack | Moe Danyou | Short |
| 2004 | Chrystal | Larry | |
| 2005 | The World's Fastest Indian | Marty Dickerson | |
| 2006 | The Architect | Joe | |
| 2007 | Randy and The Mob | Tino Armani | |
| 2008 | Winged Creatures | Zack | |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Nokes | |
| 2009 | That Evening Sun | Paul Meecham | |
| 2009 | Damage | Reno | |
| 2010 | Predators | Stans | |
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Hunt | |
| 2011 | Straw Dogs | Daniel | |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Wells A. Hutchins | |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Billy Crash | |
| 2013 | Officer Down | Angel / Detective Logue | |
| 2013 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Warden Nigel James | |
| 2013 | Machete Kills | El Cameleon | |
| 2015 | Mojave | Jim | |
| 2015 | American Ultra | Laugher | |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | Chris Mannix |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | In the Heat of the Night | Darrell / Robbie Jeffries / Garth Watkins | 3 episodes |
| 1990 | Murder in Mississippi | Lyle | Movie |
| 1992 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Mike Muchin | Episode: "The Pit and the Pendulum" |
| 1992 | Stay the Night | Wayne Seagrove | Movie |
| 1993 | For Love and Glory | Buck | Movie |
| 1995 | JAG | Marine 2nd Lieutenant | Episode: "Desert Son" |
| 1996 | Humanoids from the Deep | Rod | Movie |
| 1996 | The Cherokee Kid | Jim Bob | Movie |
| 1996 | Pacific Blue | Harv | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | NYPD Blue | Terry | Episode: "Honeymoon at Viagra Falls" |
| 2001 | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Billy Weber | Movie |
| 2002-08 | The Shield | Detective Shane Vendrell | 88 episodes |
| 2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Marlon Frost | Episode: "Empty Eyes" |
| 2009 | Criminal Minds | John Cooley | Episode: "Demonology" |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami | Sean Echols | Episode: "Dissolved" |
| 2010-15 | Justified | Boyd Crowder | 74 episodes |
| 2012-14 | Sons of Anarchy | Venus Van Dam | 5 episodes |
| 2013 | To Appomattox | Richard Ewell | 5 episodes |
| 2014 | Community | Mr. Stone | Episode: "Cooperative Polygraphy" |
| 2016 | Vice Principals | Lee Russell | Filming |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominated Work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Spirit of Slamdance Award for Best | The Accountant | Won |
| Supporting Actor (shared with Ray McKinnon and Lisa Blount) | Randy and the Mob | Won | |
| 2009 | Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble | That Evening Sun | Nominated |
| Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama | The Shield | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2011) | Justified | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series | Justified | Nominated |
| Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Justified | Nominated | |
| 2012 | San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble | Django Unchained | Nominated |
| 2013 | Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Justified | Nominated |
| Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Supporting Actor | Sons of Anarchy | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series | Sons of Anarchy | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Justified | Nominated |
| Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Supporting Actor | Sons of Anarchy | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Sons of Anarchy and Justified | Nominated |