Walton Sanders Goggins, Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor best known for his role on the
FX NetworksFX is the name of a number of related subscription TV channels owned by News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group. The network's most popular original shows are The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me and Damages, as well as the comedy It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia...
series
The ShieldThe Shield is an American television drama series which aired on FX Networks in the United States and other networks internationally. Known for its controversial portrayal of corrupt police officers, it was originally advertised as "Rampart" in reference to the true life Rampart Division police...
, portraying "Detective
Shane VendrellDetective Shane Vendrell is a fictional character on the FX Networks police drama television series The Shield. He is portrayed by actor Walton Goggins....
". Goggins was producer of the 2001 short film
The Accountant"The Accountant" is a 2001 short comedy film directed by Ray McKinnon. It won an Academy Award in 2002 for Best Short Subject.The film tells the story of an accountant whose mathematical skills just might save the O'Dell family farm...
, which won an
Academy AwardThe Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is...
for
Best Live Action Short FilmThis name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate...
. Goggins accepted the award alongside
Ray McKinnonRay McKinnon is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. He has been married to actress and producer Lisa Blount since 1998....
and
Lisa BlountLisa S. Blount is an American film and television actress and Oscar-winning producer.Born in Fayetteville, Arkansas and raised in Jacksonville, Arkansas, Blount started working in show business with her debut in Sam's Song...
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Goggins was born in Birmingham, Alabama on November 10, 1971 and raised in Lithia Springs, Georgia.
Walton Sanders Goggins, Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor best known for his role on the
FX NetworksFX is the name of a number of related subscription TV channels owned by News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group. The network's most popular original shows are The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me and Damages, as well as the comedy It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia...
series
The ShieldThe Shield is an American television drama series which aired on FX Networks in the United States and other networks internationally. Known for its controversial portrayal of corrupt police officers, it was originally advertised as "Rampart" in reference to the true life Rampart Division police...
, portraying "Detective
Shane VendrellDetective Shane Vendrell is a fictional character on the FX Networks police drama television series The Shield. He is portrayed by actor Walton Goggins....
". Goggins was producer of the 2001 short film
The Accountant"The Accountant" is a 2001 short comedy film directed by Ray McKinnon. It won an Academy Award in 2002 for Best Short Subject.The film tells the story of an accountant whose mathematical skills just might save the O'Dell family farm...
, which won an
Academy AwardThe Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is...
for
Best Live Action Short FilmThis name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate...
. Goggins accepted the award alongside
Ray McKinnonRay McKinnon is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. He has been married to actress and producer Lisa Blount since 1998....
and
Lisa BlountLisa S. Blount is an American film and television actress and Oscar-winning producer.Born in Fayetteville, Arkansas and raised in Jacksonville, Arkansas, Blount started working in show business with her debut in Sam's Song...
.
Personal life
Goggins was born in Birmingham, Alabama on November 10, 1971 and raised in Lithia Springs, Georgia. He has lived in Los Angeles since he was 20 years old.
Walton is a critically acclaimed actor (Television Critics Award Nominee for Best Individual Achievement in Drama 2009). He is often referred to by other actor’s as ‘method man’ because of his intense preparations and his ability to completely lose himself in a role. His much lauded work as Shane Vendrell on The Shield became a showcase for his particular style of realistic acting. He often takes difficult characters and finds their humanity. He was quoted once as saying about playing ‘bad guys’ that he ‘sympathizes and empathizes with the character’s gains and losses’.
Goggins is also an award winning filmmaker. He has a production company – Ginny Mule Pictures – with his partner Ray McKinnon. Together they have made four films: a short, The Accountant (won the Academy Award in 2003) Chrystal (Sundance Dramatic Competition), Randy and the Mob and That Evening Sun (South By Southwest Special Jury Prize 2009). He is currently working with Ray McKinnon on a new television show – RECTIFY. Goggins is set to play the lead and AMC TELEVISION has bought the pilot script written by his partner Ray McKinnon.
Walton is an avid photographer. He has showcased some of his work on a BLOG http://www.hindutoyoutoo.blogspot.com/ that he created when he took time off work and traveled throughout India. He is also an avid traveler – spending much of his free time on the road around the world – India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Central America, Morocco.
He is also active in various non-profit organizations that range from environmental to humanitarian work. He is a regular at GLOBAL GREEN USA events and activities. He connected to environmental issues through his significant other, Nadia Conners, who directed the documentary The 11th Hour about the environmental crisis. He is also known to be a fan of the work of former President Jimmy Carter (from his home state of Georgia).
He campaigned for President Obama, going door-to-door in neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles.
He lost his wife Leanne Goggins in a tragic accident in 2004.
Filmography
- Straw Dogs (2011) - Daniel
- Predators
Predators is a 2010 science fiction, action and horror film directed by Antal Nimród, starring Adrien Brody, Danny Trejo, Alice Braga and Derek Mears...
(2010) - Stans
- Damage
Damage is a 2009 action film starring Stone Cold Steve Austin. It is written by Frank Hannah and directed by Jeff King. The film is a hard-edged, bare-knuckles fight film that focuses on the tough choices people make in times of recession...
(2010) - Reno
- CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
(2009) TV Series - Sean Echols
- That Evening Sun
That Evening Sun is a 2009 film based on a 2002 short story I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down by William Gay. The movie, produced by Dogwood Entertainment, stars Hal Holbrook as Abner Meecham and is directed by Scott Teems who also wrote the screenplay...
(2009) - Paul Meecham
- Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds is an American crime drama series that premiered September 22, 2005 on CBS. The series follows the adventures of a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit at Quantico, Virginia. Criminal Minds differs from many criminal system procedural dramas by focusing on the...
(2009) TV Series - John Cooley
- Winged Creatures
Fragments is a 2008 film adaptation of Roy Freirich's novel Winged Creatures. It stars Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Josh Hutcherson, Guy Pearce, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Embeth Davidtz...
(2008) - Zack
- Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Anna is a war film, directed by Spike Lee and written by James McBride, based on McBride's novel of the same name. The film was released on September 26, 2008, and is set during World War II, in fall of 1944 in Tuscany and in the winter of 1983 in New York City and Rome...
(2008) - Nokes
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
(2007) - Marlon Frost
- Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004 during UPN's last two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network...
(2007) ( Season 4 Pilot -never aired- ) - FBI Agent
- Randy and The Mob
Randy and The Mob is a 2006 comedy film written, directed and starring Ray McKinnon. It also stars Lisa Blount, Walton Goggins and Bill Nunn, with a cameo by Burt Reynolds....
(2006) - Tino Armani
- The World's Fastest Indian
The World's Fastest Indian , is a film based on the Invercargill, New Zealand speed bike racer Burt Munro and his highly modified Indian Scout motorcycle. Munro set numerous land speed records for motorcycles with engines less than 1000 cc at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in the late 1950s and...
(2005) - Marty Dickerson
- Chrystal
Chrystal may refer to:* Bob Chrystal , a Canadian ice hockey player* George Chrystal , a Scottish mathematician* Chrystal Herne , daughter of James A. Herne...
(2004) - Larry
- Apple Jack
Apple Jack or The Legend of Apple Jack is a 2003 American short film directed by Mark Whiting, and produced by Tranquility Pictures. The filming was performed on Sable Ranch, Canyon Country, California...
(2003) - Moe Danyou
- House of 1000 Corpses
House of 1000 Corpses is a 2003 exploitation horror film written and directed by Rob Zombie, and is his directorial debut. It was released in the United States on April 11, 2003 by Lions Gate Entertainment.- Plot :...
(2003) - Deputy Steve Nash
- 4 Selections from Plimpton County's Tuff Truck Jamboree (2003) (V) - Narl
- The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity is a 2002 spy film very loosely based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name, and the first of three films in the Bourne Series...
(2002) - Research Tech
- Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2002) (TV) - Almanzo Wilder
- The Shield
The Shield is an American television drama series which aired on FX Networks in the United States and other networks internationally. Known for its controversial portrayal of corrupt police officers, it was originally advertised as "Rampart" in reference to the true life Rampart Division police...
(2002–2008) TV Series - Detective Shane Vendrell
- Joy Ride
Joy Ride, also known as Roadkill, is a 2001 horror-thriller/road movie. The film was written by J. J. Abrams and Clay Tarver, was directed by John Dahl, and stars Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn, and Ted Levine.-Plot:...
(2001) (uncredited) - Police Officer (DVD added footage)
- Daddy and Them (2001) - Tommy Christian
- Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001) (TV)
- The Accountant
"The Accountant" is a 2001 short comedy film directed by Ray McKinnon. It won an Academy Award in 2002 for Best Short Subject.The film tells the story of an accountant whose mathematical skills just might save the O'Dell family farm...
(2001) - Tommy O'Dell
- Shanghai Noon
Shanghai Noon is a action-martial arts-adventure-comedy-western film starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. Directed by Tom Dey, it was written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. The movie, set in Nevada and other parts of the west in the 19th century, is a juxtaposition of a western with a Jackie...
(2000) - Wallace
- Red Dirt
Red dirt refers to:* Red, iron-rich soil found in various regions of the world, such as the red clay soil that dominates the American South, especially around the piedmont* Red Dirt , a genre of music...
(2000) - Lee Todd
- The Crow: Salvation
The Crow: Salvation was the third movie based on The Crow comic by James O'Barr. It was directed by Bharat Nalluri and released direct to video in 2000 after its distributor cancelled the intended theatrical release.-Plot summary:...
(2000) - Stan Robbers
- Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder and its sequel, Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, are television films which were presented in two parts, the first in 2000, and the second in 2002, which presented episodes from the later books in the...
(2000) (TV) - Almanzo Wilder
- Wayward Son
Wayward Son is an American film drama about justice and redemption in rural Georgia during the Great Depression, starring Harry Connick, Jr. and Pete Postlethwaite.-Plot:...
(1999)
- Major League: Back to the Minors
Major League: Back to the Minors is a 1998 movie, distributed by Warner Bros., directed and written by John Warren, with David S. Ward taking the co-writer duties...
(1998) - Billy 'Downtown' Anderson
- Switchback
Switchback is a 1997 thriller starring Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Ted Levine, with William Fichtner and R. Lee Ermey, set in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, and Amarillo Texas USA.-Plot:...
(1997) - Bud
- Painted Hero (1997) - Roddy
- The Apostle
The Apostle is a 1997 film, written and directed by Robert Duvall, who stars in the title role. John Beasley, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Bob Thornton, June Carter Cash, and Miranda Richardson also appear...
(1997) - Sam
- The Cherokee Kid
The Cherokee Kid is the name of a 1996 made-for-TV movie starring Sinbad, James Coburn, Burt Reynolds, Gregory Hines, A Martinez, Ernie Hudson, Dawnn Lewis, and Vanessa Bell Calloway....
(1996) (TV) - Jim Bob, Carver Gang
- Humanoids from the Deep
Humanoids from the Deep is a 1980 science fiction monster movie, starring Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, and Vic Morrow. Roger Corman served as the film's Executive Producer, and the film was distributed by his New World Pictures. It was directed by Barbara Peeters...
(1996) (TV) - Rod
- Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is the third direct sequel in Chris Roberts' Wing Commander science fiction space combat simulator franchise of computer games, produced by Origin Systems....
(1995) (VG) - Border World pilot #3
- JAG
JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...
(1995) Com Officer
- The Next Karate Kid
The Next Karate Kid is a 1994 film starring Hilary Swank and Pat Morita. It is the fourth movie in The Karate Kid series. It was directed by Christopher Cain, written by Mark Lee with music by Bill Conti...
(1994) - Charlie
- For Love and Glory (1993) (TV) - Buck
- Alex Haley's Queen
Alex Haley's Queen is a miniseries adaptation of the 1993 Alex Haley/David Stevens novel Queen: The Story of an American Family, directed by John Erman and starring Halle Berry in the title role. Premiering on CBS on February 14, 1993, the film tells the life story of a young slave girl named...
(1993) (TV) - (uncredited) - Young Confederate soldier
- Forever Young
Forever Young is a 1992 film, directed by Steve Miner, starring Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood and Jamie Lee Curtis. The screenplay was written by J.J. Abrams. The original music score is composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The film is marketed with the tagline "Time waits for no man, but true love waits...
(1992) - Gate MP
- Mr. Saturday Night
Mr. Saturday Night is a 1992 film that marks the feature film directorial debut of actor Billy Crystal. The film focuses on the rise and fall of Buddy Young Jr. , a stand-up comedian. Crystal produced and co-wrote the screenplay with the writing duo Babaloo Mandel and Lowell Ganz...
(1992) (uncredited) - Shaky kid
- Stay the Night (1992) (TV) - Wayne Seagrove
- Murder in Mississippi
Murder in Mississippi was a 1990 television movie which dramatized the last weeks of civil rights activists Michael "Mickey" Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney, and the events leading up to their disappearance and subsequent murder in the summer of 1964...
(1990) (TV) - Lyle
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