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Olyphant starred in FX's modern-day western series, ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'', as Deputy U.S. Marshal [[Raylan Givens]], who is reassigned to his native Eastern Kentucky following a "justified"Justified," but questionable, quick-draw shooting of a criminal in Miami. There, he encounters many outlaw figures from his childhood, including his father and Boyd Crowder, with whom he dug coal as a teenager.<ref name="rollingstone.com">{{cite magazine|url=httpshttaaps://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/timothy-olyphant-end-of-justified-20150119|title='Justified'{{'}}s Timothy Olyphant on Ending the Show – Rolling Stone|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> Olyphant was initially drawn to "the ease and the charm and the sort of old-fashionedness" of the character<ref name="jenchaney"/> but has said he does not consider him a "good guy."<ref name="nytimes.com1"/><ref name="rollingstone.com"/><ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/justified-finale-timothy-olyphant_n_3002055.html|title='Justified' Finale: Timothy Olyphant On Raylan And Boyd's Dynamic, His Relationship With Winona And More|work=The Huffington Post|date=April 2, 2013 |access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/apr/27/timothy-olyphant-raylan-givens-justified-interview|title=Justified: Timothy Olyphant on Elmore Leonard and the golden age of TV|first=Jonathan|last=Bernstein|work=The Guardian|date=April 27, 2013 |access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> The character of Raylan Givens was created by novelist [[Elmore Leonard]], appearing in his short story "Fire in the Hole" (2001) and the novels ''[[Pronto (novel)|Pronto]]'' (1993) and ''[[Riding the Rap]]'' (1995). Leonard was an executive producer of ''Justified'' and befriended Olyphant;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/Brittany_Frederick/2011/02/10/interview_timothy_olyphant_is_a_justif|title=Interview: Timothy Olyphant Is A 'Justified' Presence|work=Starpulse|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref name="danreilly">{{cite web|url=http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a27364/timothy-olyphant-justified-end-interview/|title=Timothy Olyphant on the End of Justified|first=Dan|last=Reilly|date=February 11, 2014|work=Esquire|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/04/the-strange-glorious-pedigree-of-justified/255674/|title=The Strange, Glorious Pedigree of 'Justified'|first=Allen|last=Barra|work=The Atlantic|date=April 10, 2012 |access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> his final novel, ''[[Raylan]]'' (2012), was inspired by the television show.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/books/review/elmore-leonard-returns-with-raylan.html|title=Back on the Case|date=February 5, 2012|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref>