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Also in 2006, he made a guest appearance in an episode of the [[NBC]] comedy ''[[My Name Is Earl]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/63070/my-name-is-earl-season-one.html|title=Film @ The Digital Fix – My Name is Earl: Season One|work=Film @ The Digital Fix|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> In 2007, Olyphant starred in the romantic comedy ''[[Catch and Release (2006 film)|Catch and Release]]''. He knew co-star [[Jennifer Garner]] from their days as struggling actors in New York, and was excited for the opportunity to play a romantic lead.<ref name="theguardian"/><ref name="collider.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/13/timothy-olyphant-justifying-a-character.html|title=Timothy Olyphant: Justifying a character|author=The Jakarta Post|work=The Jakarta Post|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> Lael Loewenstein of ''Variety'' felt "Olyphant clearly has a bright future"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/catch-and-release-1200510896/|title=Catch and Release – Variety|first=Lael|last=Loewenstein|work=Variety|date=January 25, 2007|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> while Desson Thomson of the ''Washington Post'' described him as "the strongest performer here" but that he was "entirely misplaced, an estimable actor caught in a thankless, frilly role."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/25/AR2007012501775.html|title='Catch and Release': No Bait on the Hook|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> Scott Tobias of ''The A.V. Club'' remarked: "Olyphant's trademark volatility makes him a livelier romantic lead than the usual stuffed shirt."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/review/catch-and-release-3615|title=Catch And Release|website=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=January 25, 2007 |access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> Similarly, Stephanie Zacharek of ''Salon'' found him "effective here precisely because he seems a little sharp and dangerous. He's not your typical cuddly romantic lead."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2007/01/26/catch_2/|title=Catch and Release|first=Stephanie|last=Zacharek|work=Salon|date=January 26, 2007|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref>
Olyphant's first post-''Deadwood'' roles were the action movies ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]'' and ''[[Hitman (2007 film)|Hitman]]'' (both 2007). (''Coastlines'' was first screened during the Sundance Film Festival in 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2006/digital/features/ifc-reels-in-coastlines-1117940499/|title=IFC reels in 'Coastlines'|first=Ian|last=Mohr|work=Variety|date=March 29, 2006|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> while ''Catch and Release'' was filmed in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20147631,00.html|title=Ben & Jen: Oh, Baby!|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref>) He had bought a house in the weeks before ''Deadwood''{{'}}s cancellation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvinsider.com/article/99/justified-gets-ready-to-take-its-last-shot-in-season-six/|title=Under the Gun: Justified Gets Ready to Take Its Last Shot|work=TV Insider|date=January 27, 2015 |access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/11/arts/television/11mcki.html|title='Deadwood' Gets a New Lease on Life|date=June 11, 2006|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> and he later admitted his job choices during this period were for "purely financial reasons."<ref name="theguardian.com"/> In ''Live Free or Die Hard'', he played a villainous cybersecurity expert.<ref name="collider.com"/><ref name="latimes.com1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/die-hard-40-timothy-olyphant-interview|title=IndieLondon: Die Hard 4.0 – Timothy Olyphant interview – Your London Reviews|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> Both he and [[Bruce Willis]] have said his role was underwritten in the script, and he enjoyed working with Willis to develop the character.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/die-hard-40-bruce-willis-interview|title=IndieLondon: Die Hard 4.0 – Bruce Willis interview – Your London Reviews|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref name="nydailynews.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/good-bad-company-article-1.220502|title=Good to be in bad company|website=[[New York Daily News]] |date=June 24, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-06-28-die-hard-olyphant_N.htm|title='Die Hard' easy for Olyphant - USATODAY.com|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> Peter Travers of ''Rolling Stone'' declared him "a master at smiling menace",<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/live-free-or-die-hard-20070626|title=Live Free or Die Hard|first=Peter|last=Travers|date=June 26, 2007|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> while Mick LaSalle of ''The San Francisco Chronicle'' found him "perfectly ice cold."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Old-school-bare-knuckle-action-McClane-2572211.php|title=Old-school, bare-knuckle action – McClane delivers and then some|author=Mick LaSalle, Chronicle Movie Critic|date=June 26, 2007|work=SFGate|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> However, [[Manohla Dargis]] of ''The New York Times'' remarked: "Mr. Olyphant has many charms, but annihilating menace is not one of them."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/movies/27hard.html|title=Pick Your Poison: Fists or Fireballs|date=June 27, 2007|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> He next starred in ''Hitman'', a video game adaptation, as the assassin [[Agent 47]].<ref name="theguardian"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chud.com/12433/interview-timothy-olyphant-hitman/|title=INTERVIEW: TIMOTHY OLYPHANT (HITMAN)|work=CHUD.com|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/1896897.display/|title=Timothy Olyphant – the Hitman with no hair|work=Basingstoke Gazette|date=December 11, 2007 |access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> He was hired to replace Vin Diesel six weeks before filming began<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/news/tvcom-q-and-a-deadwoods-timothy-olyphant-10172/|title=TV.com Q&A: Deadwood's Timothy Olyphant|publisher=CBS Interactive|work=TV.com
Olyphant had a new outlook when choosing his 2009 projects, influenced by his experience with ''Hitman'': "It motivated me to take a little more responsibility with what I was doing ... I was very fond of the director and a lot of the people that worked on the film but there was definitely a part of me that was like, "What am I doing here?'"<ref name="nytimes.com1"/><ref name="avclub.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/timothy-olyphant-39236|title=Timothy Olyphant|website=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=March 17, 2010 |access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref name="jenchaney">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/timothy-olyphants-oeuvre-sure-footed-fearless-and-righteous/2011/02/04/ABzArxQ_story.html|title=Timothy Olyphant's oeuvre: Sure-footed, fearless and righteous|first=Jen|last=Chaney|date=February 4, 2011|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> He starred as a morphine addict in the little-seen independent heist comedy ''[[High Life (2009 film)|High Life]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribute.ca/tiff/index.php/2009/09/16/timothy-olyphant-at-tiff-for-high-life/#.Vqzx0PEwgQ4|title=Timothy Olyphant at TIFF for High Life|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2010/01/15/timothy_olyphant_weathers_cold_for_his_art.html|title=Timothy Olyphant weathers cold for his art|date=January 15, 2010|work=thestar.com|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAtlfkaWAlQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/DAtlfkaWAlQ| archive-date=2021-10-30|title=Timothy Olyphant on "High Life"|date=December 11, 2009|access-date=May 9, 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> with Derek Elley of ''Variety'' praising his "terrific" performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/high-life-2-1200473753/|title=High Life – Variety|first=Derek|last=Elley|work=Variety|date=February 9, 2009|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/high-life/article4302013/|title=High Life|work=The Globe and Mail|date=January 14, 2010|access-date=May 9, 2016|last1=Cole|first1=Stephen}}</ref> He had a starring role in the thriller ''[[A Perfect Getaway]]'' as a possible serial killer of fellow holidaymakers in Hawaii. Manohla Dargis of ''The New York Times'' enjoyed "the regrettably underemployed" actor's performance,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/movies/07perfect.html|title=Homicidal Maniacs Also Like Hawaii|date=August 7, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> Ty Burr of the ''Boston Globe'' found him "delightfully confident"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/08/07/getaway_offers_summer_escape/|title=A Perfect Getaway|newspaper=Boston.com|date=August 7, 2009|publisher=The Boston Globe|access-date=May 9, 2016|last1=Burr|first1=Ty}}</ref> while Lisa Schwarzbaum of ''Entertainment Weekly'' noted he "has a heckuva good time telegraphing macho mania."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2009/08/07/perfect-getaway|title=A Perfect Getaway - EW.com|first=David|last=Twohy|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> He was nominated for the [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor]].<ref name=toronto>{{cite web|url=http://www.citynews.ca/2009/12/16/toronto-film-critics-pick-the-best-of-2009-and-its-a-tie/|title=Toronto Film Critics Pick The Best of 2009 (and it's a tie!)|work=CityNews|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> He returned to the stage for one night to appear in ''Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays'', benefiting the [[Human Rights Campaign]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/mccormack-olyphant-futterman-and-gant-join-cast-of-standing-on-ceremony-the-163628|title=McCormack, Olyphant, Futterman and Gant Join Cast of Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays|work=Playbill|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afterellen.com/people/59468-la-scene-september-09-mia-kirshners-benefit-glaad-top-chef-invasion-and-the-gay-marriage-plays/3|title=L.A. Scene September '09: Mia Kirshner's Benefit, GLAAD "Top Chef" Invasion, and The Gay Marriage Plays|work=AfterEllen|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> Also in 2009, he appeared in 11 episodes of the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] legal thriller ''[[Damages (TV series)|Damages]]'', as a morally ambiguous love interest for [[Rose Byrne]]'s character.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2009/08/18/timothy-olyphant-talks-about-deadwood-and-damages/|title=TIMOTHY OLYPHANT TALKS ABOUT DEADWOOD AND DAMAGES – Hollywood Celebrity and Entertainment Daily News|date=August 18, 2009 |access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/ginia-bellafante-on-the-damages-season-finale-lets-let-bygones-be-bygones/|title=Ginia Bellafante on the 'Damages' Season Finale: Let's Let Bygones Be Bygones|first=Ginia|last=Bellafante|date=April 2, 2009 }}</ref> Byrne later said he was her favorite ''Damages'' guest star,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.directv.com/2012/07/18/rose-byrne-talks-damages-season-5-exclusive-interview/|title=Rose Byrne Talks Damages Season 5, Glenn Close & More : DIRECTV News|work=DIRECTV News|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/rose-byrne-damages-final-season_n_1631834.html|title='Damages' Season 5: Rose Byrne Reflects On Missing Glenn Close And Growing Up With Ellen Parsons|work=The Huffington Post|date=July 9, 2012 |access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> while FX president [[John Landgraf]] sent him the pilot script for another FX project, ''Lawman'' (later renamed ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'').<ref name="nymag.com"/><ref name="theglobeandmail.com"/> In 2010, he starred as the town sheriff in the horror film ''[[The Crazies (2010 film)|The Crazies]]''.<ref name="avclub.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/44054|title=Capone talks THE CRAZIES and FX's 'Justified' with Timothy Olyphant!!!|author=Capone|date=February 22, 2010|work=Aint It Cool News|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> Peter Bradshaw of ''The Guardian'' was impressed by the "saturnine screen presence of Timothy Olyphant – that formidable actor who deserves a lead role to match his potential."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/feb/25/the-crazies-film-review|title=Film review: The Crazies|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw|work=The Guardian|date=February 25, 2010 |access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> ''The Hollywood Reporter''{{'}}s Michael Rechtshaffen found him "convincing"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/crazies-film-review-29354|title=The Crazies – Film Review|author=Michael Rechtshaffen, AP|date=October 14, 2010|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> while Claudia Puig of ''USA Today'' enjoyed the "smart, stoic and sympathetic" performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2010-02-26-crazies26_ST_N.htm|title=Familiarly fun 'The Crazies' will get into your head - USATODAY.com|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> He also appeared in the independent comedy ''[[Elektra Luxx]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/us/film/elektra-luxx|title=Elektra Luxx|date=August 3, 2011|work=Time Out New York|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/film/elektra-luxx-the-hoariest-of-hollywood-whores-6430247|title=Elektra Luxx: The Hoariest of Hollywood Whores|date=March 9, 2011|work=Village Voice|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref>
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From 2006 to late 2008, Olyphant was the sports reporter for [[Joe Escalante]]'s morning radio show on Los Angeles' [[Indie 103.1]]; film director [[David Lynch]] served as the show's weatherman.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.menshealth.com/guy-wisdom/the-secrets-of-my-success|title=The Success Plan for Every Man|work=Men's Health|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.maxim.com/entertainment/we-want-answers-timothy-olyphant|title=We Want Answers: Timothy Olyphant|work=Maxim}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2007/06/29/choose-your-sid|title=Choose your side: Timothy Olyphant or Josh Duhamel|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> Olyphant phoned the station every weekday, delivering his reports in an unconventional style.<ref name="latimes.com"/><ref name="collider.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/emmy-nominations-thewrap-picks-dream-contenders-for-outstanding-lead-actor-drama/|title=Emmy Nominations: TheWrap Picks Dream Contenders for Outstanding Lead Actor Drama|author=Wrap Staff|date=July 9, 2014|website=TheWrap|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> Following the station's demise, he joked: "If you know of anyone looking for sports reports from an actor who is often just going off of what he recalls happened yesterday, or reading it directly from the newspaper, then I'm your guy."<ref name="scottneumyer">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2014/02/04/timothy-olyphant-justified-fx-interview-clippers-football|title="The Day the Clippers Win the Title…": A Q&A with "Justified" star Timothy Olyphant|author= Neumyer, Scott|date=February 4, 2014|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref>
He is also a keen tennis player,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2014/10/14/timothy-olyphant-pretty-badass-tennis-showdown-vs-gavin-rossdale-video/|title=Timothy Olyphant – Pretty Badass Tennis Showdown ... Vs. Gavin Rossdale [Video]|date=October 14, 2014|website=TMZ|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/delray-beach/fl-drf-tennis-1203-20141203-story.html|title=Chris Evert Charities brings in big names to support programs |work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=December 3, 2014|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> and has participated in many pro-celebrity tournaments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.turnerpr.com/spin-kitchen/8th-annual-k-swiss-desert-smash-celebrity-charity-tennis-event|title=8th ANNUAL K-SWISS DESERT SMASH CELEBRITY CHARITY TENNIS EVENT|website=TURNER PR|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/10/jimmy-goldstein-tennis-court-los-angeles|title=Jimmy Goldstein Opens UpL.A.'s Most Beautiful Tennis Court to Gavin Rossdale, Timothy Olyphant, and the MAK Center – Vanity Fair|author= Miller, Julie|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itatennis.com/AboutITA/News/Finals_Set_For_Inaugural_Oracle_ITA_Masters.htm|title=Finals Set For Inaugural Oracle/ITA Masters|website=itatennis|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> He is a fan of the [[Los Angeles Clippers]]
==Filmography==
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