Walton Sanders Goggins Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor. He has starred in a number of television series, including The Shield (2002–2008), Justified (2010–2015), Vice Principals (2016–2017), The Righteous Gemstones (2018–present) and The Unicorn (2020–2021). He has also starred in films, such as Predators (2010), Django Unchained (2012), The Hateful Eight (2015), as well as Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Tomb Raider, and Ant-Man and the Wasp (all 2018). He also voices Cecil Stedman in Amazon Prime's Invincible (2021–present). He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on Justified. Goggins starred in the short film The Accountant, which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Early life
Goggins was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of Janet Long and Walton Sanders Goggins Sr. He was raised in Lithia Springs, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, and graduated from Lithia Springs High School and attended Georgia Southern University for a year.