American actor known for The Shield, Justified, the Tarantino films Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight, and the Amazon series Fallout.
Background
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, and raised near Atlanta, Goggins worked in production assistant roles on film sets before pursuing acting and producing through his company Ginny Mule Pictures.
Career
He played Detective Shane Vendrell on FX’s “The Shield” and Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens’s antagonist Boyd Crowder on “Justified.” Quentin Tarantino cast him in “Django Unchained” and “The Hateful Eight,” and he starred in the Amazon Prime Video series “Fallout” as the Ghoul.
Style
Goggins is known for richly textured Southern character work and the ability to play villains, antiheroes, and comic leads with equal commitment.