Walton Goggins

Walton Goggins Quick Details:

• Full Name: Walton Sanders Goggins Jr. 
• Date of Birth: November 10, 1971
• Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama
• Profession: Actor
• Parents: Walton Sanders Goggins Sr. (father), Janet Long (mother)
• Notable Roles:
  • The Ghoul/Cooper Howard in the television adaptation of the video game Fallout
  • Stans in Predators
  • Steve Naish in Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses
• Awards:
  • Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Justified. 
  • Nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Fallout in 2024. 
• Trivia:
  • Cast as a cop in a nonspeaking role in the horror movie Joy Ride.
  • Played a transgender character, Venus Van Dam, on the television show The Sons of Anarchy. The character became the love interest of one of the macho main characters on the show.

Walton Goggins's Early Life and Background:

• Born on November 10, 1971, in Birmingham, Alabama, to Janet Long and Walton Sanders Goggins Sr.
• Graduated from Lithia Springs High School and attended Georgia Southern University for a year

Walton Goggins's Entry into the Acting World:

• First acting role in the television movie Murder in Mississippi
• Breakthrough role of Shane Vendrell in Shane Ryan’s celebrated television show The Shield 

Walton Goggins's Hollywood Career Highlights — including what new movies Walton Goggins is working on and what upcoming roles Walton Goggins will be playing:

• Boyd Crowder in the acclaimed television series Justified 
• Rod in the television movie remake of Humanoids From the Deep
• Chris Mannix, “The Sheriff” in Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight 
• Peter Tomarken, The Luckiest Man in America
• Jack Pfefer, Queen of the Ring

Beyond Acting: Other Professional Endeavors of Goggins's

• Co-produced the Spirit of Slamdance Award-winning short The Accountant