1. Walton Goggins has starred in various television series, including The Shield, Justified, Vice Principals, The Righteous Gemstones, Invincible, Fallout, and The White Lotus.
24 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 Justified, and for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Fallout.
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Walton Goggins has featured in feature 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 moved to Los Angeles at nineteen, working at LA Fitness and a valet parking business while taking acting classes and auditioning.
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Walton Goggins played Shane Vendrell in the FX drama 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 had 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 played Boyd Crowder in the pilot episode for the FX drama series Justified.
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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 a sadistic overseer and slave fighting trainer in the western film Django Unchained.
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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 dark comedy 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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In 2020, Walton Goggins voiced part of the true crime podcast Deep Cover: The Drug Wars.
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Walton Goggins joined the ensemble cast of The White Lotus in 2025, portraying Rick Hatchett in the show's third season, which took place in Thailand.
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Walton Goggins lost his front teeth in a childhood baseball accident when a ball was mistakenly thrown at him.
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In 2001, Walton Goggins married Canadian citizen Leanne Knight, who owned a dog-walking business in Laurel Canyon, California where they both lived together.
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Walton Goggins married filmmaker Nadia Conners in August 2011 and they have a son together.
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Walton Goggins showcased some of his photography on a blog when he took a sabbatical and traveled across India.
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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.