Alien: Earth

Kirsh is a synthetic and responsible for training the first hybrids.

Fastidious and exacting, Kirsh is a Prodigy Corporation Synthetic and one of the scientists responsible for training the first hybrids.Career HighlightsWith an expansive list of diverse film and television credits, Emmy® Award-nominated Timothy Olyphant is known for his poignant roles in both comedies and dramas. &nbsp;In April 2025, Olyphant was seen in Netflix’s action thriller Havoc, directed by Gareth Evans and co-starring Tom Hardy and Luis Guzman. In June 2025, he was in Apple TV+’s new comedy series Stick created by Jason Kelle, starring opposite Owen Wilson, Marc Maron, Mariana Trevino, Lilli Kay and Judy Greer.Olyphant executive produced and starred as U.S. Marshal “Raylan Givens” on FX’s Justified from 2010 to 2015. He earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2011 for the role and was nominated for the Critics Choice Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series from 2011 to 2015. In 2023, he reprised his iconic Justified role in Justified: City Primeval, for which he earned another Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series.In 2023, he also starred in Max’s miniseries Full Circle, directed by Steven Soderbergh, and Prime Video’s Daisy Jones &amp; the Six, based on the book of the same name.In 2020, Olyphant was prominently seen in year four of Noah Hawley’s hit FX series Fargo and in the Disney+ space Western series The Mandalorian, created by Jon Favreau and starring Pedro Pascal.In 2019, Olyphant returned as “Seth Bullock” for Deadwood: The Movie. The film follows the 10-year reunions of the camp to celebrate South Dakota’s statehood from the original HBO series, Deadwood, which aired from 2004 to 2006. The show, created by David Milch, was nominated for various Primetime Emmys, Writers Guild of America, TCA, a Peabody, Directors Guild of America and Golden Globe® Awards.Additional film credits include Amsterdam, National Champions, The Starling, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Snowden, Mother’s Day, I Am Number Four, The Crazies, High Life, A Perfect Getaway, Live Free or Die Hard, The Girl Next Door, Meet Bill, Catch and Release, Dreamcatcher, This Is Where I Leave You, Rockstar, Gone in 60 Seconds, A Man Apart, Scream 2 and A Life Less Ordinary.In 2016, Olyphant returned to the theater in New York where he began his career 25 years earlier with Kenneth Lonergan’s Hold on to Me Darling at the Atlantic Theater Company.In 2015, Olyphant had a recurring guest-star role as a fictionalized version of himself on FOX’s The Grinder starring Rob Lowe. In 2016, he won the Critics Choice Award for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for the portrayal.In 2014, Olyphant executive produced and starred in Netflix’s dark comedy Santa Clarita Diet, created by Victor Fresco alongside Drew Barrymore.Additional television credits include The Office, FX’s Damages and The League, The Mindy Project, My Name Is Earl, Sex and the City, The Book of Boba Fett, The Great North and Curb Your Enthusiasm.&nbsp;

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