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Walton Goggins

Walton Goggins
Goggins at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International promoting The Hateful Eight
Born Walton Sanders Goggins Jr.
(1971-11-10) November 10, 1971 (age 45)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation Actor, filmmaker
Years active 1989–present
Spouse(s) Leanne Goggins (m.?; d. 2004)
Nadia Conners (m. 2011)
Children 1

Walton Sanders Goggins Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor. On television, he played Shane Vendrell in The Shield and Boyd Crowder in Justified. He has also appeared in films, such as That Evening Sun, The Apostle, Chrystal, Miracle at St. Anna, Predators, Lincoln, Django Unchained, Machete Kills, American Ultra and The Hateful Eight. He co-produced and starred in the 2001 short film The Accountant, which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

Goggins was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of Janet Long and Walton Sanders Goggins Sr. He was raised in Lithia Springs, Georgia, he attended Lithia Springs High School, and moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of nineteen. He attended Georgia Southern University for one year.

When he was 19, Goggins moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. He worked on a valet car parking service for various restaurants in the valley and sold cowboy boots. In 1990, after working in a few acting roles in Georgia, he got his first big break in Murder in Mississippi. While filming, Goggins met and became friends with Ray McKinnon, who played his father in the film, and with whom he began a creative partnership that continues to this day. Goggins played Detective Shane Vendrell in the FX series The Shield (2002–2008).


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