Walton Goggins

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Walton Sanders Goggins Jr. (born 1971) is an American actor born in Alabama and raised in Lithia Springs, Georgia. He is a regular on the FX Networks series, The Shield, portraying "Detective Shane Vendrell".

Goggins was also producer of the 2001 short film The Accountant, which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. While Goggins was not officially listed as a winner, he did go up during the ceremony and accept the award alongside Ray McKinnon and Lisa Blount.

[edit] Personal life

At the age of 10, Goggins and his mother were the state wide champion cloggers, otherwise known as Mountain Dancing. When B.B. King was on tour, Goggins and his mother opened for him at the Atlanta Fulton County Prison.

He wed wife, Leanne, on the set of Shanghai Noon in Canada in 2001. Leanne Goggins suffered from severe clinical depression and tragically committed suicide by jumping from a building in Los Angeles on 12 November 2004. All his cast mates from The Shield attended Leanne's memorial service.

[edit] Filmography

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2007) - Marlon Frost
• Randy and the Mob (2006) (pre-production)
• The World's Fastest Indian (2005) (post-production) - Marty Dickerson
• Chrystal (2004) - Larry
• Apple Jack (2003) - Moe Danyou
• House of 1000 Corpses (2003) - Deputy Steve Naish
• 4 Selections from Plimpton County's Tuff Truck Jamboree (2003) (V) - Narl
• The Bourne Identity (2002) - Research Tech
• Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2002) (TV) - Almanzo Wilder
• The Shield (2002-2007) TV Series - Detective Shane Vendrell
• Joy Ride (2001) (uncredited) - Police Officer (DVD added footage)
• Daddy and Them (2001) - Tommy Christian
• Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001) (TV)
• The Accountant (2001) - Tommy O'Dell
• Shanghai Noon (2000) - Wallace
• Red Dirt (2000) - Lee Todd
• The Crow: Salvation (2000) - Stan Robbers
• Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2000) (TV) - Almanzo Wilder
• Wayward Son (1999)
• Major League: Back to the Minors (1998) - Billy 'Downtown' Anderson
• Switchback (1997) - Bud
• Painted Hero (1997) - Roddy
• The Apostle (1997) - Sam
• The Cherokee Kid (1996) (TV) - Jim Bob, Carver Gang
• Humanoids from the Deep (1996) (TV) - Rod
• Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1995) (VG) - Border World pilot #3
• JAG (1995) Com Officer
• The Next Karate Kid (1994) - Charlie
• For Love and Glory (1993) (TV) - Buck
• Forever Young (1992) - Gate MP
• Mr. Saturday Night (1992) (uncredited) - Shaky kid
• Stay the Night (1992) (TV) - Wayne Seagrove
• Murder in Mississippi (1990) (TV) - Lyle

[edit] External links

• Walton Goggins at the Internet Movie Database