Talk:Timothy Olyphant

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Um, some inaccuracy
What gives? He is sited in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modesto%2C_California as being a Modesto Native, then in his own article,in the personal section, it says he was born in hawaii and raised in southern california, but then, under his picture, it says he was born Birmingham, England. Well, which is it? Finally, in the same personal section it seems like it is referring to him with thename Murad. What the hell? --69.181.56.90 05:57, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * From what I can tell, he was born in Hawaii, so the UK info needs to be changed. It looks like vandal 62.30.54.107 originally introduced the false information here, and then 69.156.110.11 changed the infobox to reflect the vandal's edit  here. This shouldn't happen on Wikipedia; we should have a system of tighter controls that carefully monitors anonymous edits, but for some reason we don't. &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 06:31, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Ancestry
Where the heck is the surname "Olyphant" from? What is it's origin? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.94.186.41 (talk) 14:48, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

The Olyphant in the room. ---Dagme (talk) 02:15, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

It's an altered version of the dutch word 'Olifant', which means 'Elephant' when translated to english.84.80.5.193 (talk) 18:45, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * On The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Feb. 1, 2011 Olyphant said his name is Scottish. He seemed to be serious and not pulling Jay's leg.Sector001 (talk) 06:58, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The Olyphant name does originate in Scotland. His ancestry is traced for a bit here - Ancestry of Timothy Olyphant (b. 1968), actor. On his father's side, he's descended from Cornelius Vanderbilt (his grandmother's brother was John H. Hammond). One of his great-grandfathers on his mother's side was a Russian Jewish immigrant. All Hallow&#39;s Wraith (talk) 07:59, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Vanderbilt family
He and Anderson Cooper are both descendants of railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt.

Interesting {Gk.} etymology for Olyphant ~ The word "elephant" is based on the Latin elephas (genitive elephantis) ("elephant"), which is the Latinised form of the Greek ἐλέφας (elephas) (genitive ἐλέφαντος (elephantos)), probably from a non-Indo-European language, likely Phoenician. It is attested in Mycenaean Greek as e-re-pa and e-re-pa-to in Linear B syllabic script. As in Mycenaean Greek, Homer used the Greek word to mean ivory, but after the time of Herodotus, it also referred to the animal. The word "elephant" appears in Middle English as olyfaunt (c.1300) and was borrowed from Old French oliphant (12th century).121.223.56.112 (talk) 10:11, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * The usual etymology given for Oliphant (in all its variants) in England and Scotland derives it from a French word for olive-grower ('olifard' or variant spellings). The earliest documented form of the name in Britain appears to be 'olifart', which is found in Domesday Book. But the word was unfamiliar to British people (who knew nothing of olives) and it became assimilated to the slightly more familiar word oliphant (elephant). At least, that is the usual story, and it does seem consistent with the earliest spellings.  See the Wiki entry on 'Clan Oliphant'.109.150.72.73 (talk) 13:06, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

Filmography
Why is Sex and the City listed there but not Deadwood? --Mika1h (talk) 21:17, 17 October 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.215.26.89 (talk) 09:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Filmography
Don't forget he played the bad guy, opposite Bruce Willis, in Die Hard 4.0. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.30.192.98 (talk) 18:33, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Olyphant was NOT John Brooder in Bone Tomahawk. That part was played by Matthew Fox, who is credited correctly in the Bone Tomahawk page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.183.208.8 (talk) 04:59, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

sheriff behavior
"Givens wears a Stetson hat and behaves like an old West sheriff." How, exactly, does an old West sheriff behave? Is there some standard for or pattern of old West sheriff behavior? And note that Stetson is a hat manufacturer, not a specific hat. Which model are you talking about?

Raylan Givens is at least partly modeled after Matt Dillon's strength, independence, sense of justice, and no-crap attitude. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 21:37, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

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Timothy Olyphant
His acting in this Series(Justfied) is impeccable and it’s a shame and surprise that he was not awarded for his talent. The series was wonderful entertainment and I am sure financially beneficial for FX. Olyphant should benefit from that successs. Without his talent and contribution it would not have been possible. Nettie55 (talk) 16:19, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Article update?
This B-class article may need updating. Recent events at Articles for deletion/Cobb Vanth resulted in a keep. The subject is reported to be joining the cast of The Mandalorian yet this is not reflected here. Otr500 (talk) 04:06, 12 November 2020 (UTC)