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Timothy Olyphant

Timothy Olyphant

8 films · 657 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19972019

Born 20 May 1968 · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Timothy David Olyphant 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).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 657 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19972019

  • Theatre World Award1996

How their films are shot

Measured across 657 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Timothy takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 8 films we hold, 48% of their frames are day, 47% low key — the look of the work Timothy takes.

Time of day

Day48%
Night44%

Lighting

Low key47%
Natural40%
High key7%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium56%
Closeup20%
Wide16%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level84%
Low angle8%
High angle7%

Mood

Neutral55%
Tense24%
Lonely9%
Ominous6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 657 frames from Timothy Olyphant's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.