Walton Goggins has starred in television series including The Shield, Justified, Vice Principals, The Righteous Gemstones and Invincible.
25 Facts About Walton Goggins
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Walton Goggins was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on Justified.
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Walton Goggins has starred in films, such as Predators, Lincoln, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Tomb Raider, and Ant-Man and the Wasp.
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Walton Goggins was raised in Lithia Springs, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, and graduated from Lithia Springs High School and attended Georgia Southern University for a year.
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Walton Goggins worked for a valet car parking service and various restaurants in Los Angeles.
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Walton Goggins played Shane Vendrell in the FX series The Shield.
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Walton Goggins formed the production company Ginny Mule Pictures, which produced four films: The Accountant, Chrystal, Randy and the Mob and That Evening Sun.
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Walton 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 SundanceTV.
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Walton Goggins played Boyd Crowder in the pilot episode for the FX series Justified, while filming a major supporting role as a deadly death row inmate being hunted by the titular antagonists in the film Predators.
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Walton Goggins joined the main cast for the second season in May 2010.
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Walton Goggins was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role on Justified.
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Walton Goggins played Billy Crash, a sadistic overseer and slave fighting trainer, in the western film Django Unchained.
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Walton Goggins played a transgender prostitute in the FX series Sons of Anarchy.
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Walton Goggins previously worked with the show's creator, Kurt Sutter, when the latter was a writer and executive producer on The Shield.
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Walton Goggins played Chris Mannix in The Hateful Eight and Lee Russell in the HBO series Vice Principals.
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In 2018, Walton Goggins played Lawrence in Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Mathias Vogel in Tomb Raider, and Sonny Burch in Ant-Man and the Wasp.
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Walton Goggins played the lead character in the CBS sitcom, The Unicorn.
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Walton Goggins starred in the comedy series The Righteous Gemstones.
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In 2020, Walton Goggins voiced part of the real crime podcast Deep Cover: The Drug Wars.
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Walton Goggins has received a steady stream of recognition for his professional work.
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Walton 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.
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In 2013, Walton Goggins was nominated for the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble in Quentin Tarantino's western film Django Unchained.
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Walton Goggins was married to Canadian resident Leanne Kaun, who owned a dog-walking business in Laurel Canyon, California, until her death by suicide on November 12,2004.
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Walton Goggins is active in various nonprofit organizations that range from environmental to humanitarian work.
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Walton Goggins is a partner in a spirits company, Mulholland Distilling.