Walton Sanders Goggins Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor. He produced and starred in the 2001 short film The Accountant, which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in the FX series Justified.\n', '

Goggins was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of Janet Long and Walton Sanders Goggins Sr. He was raised in Lithia Springs, Georgia, attended Lithia Springs High School, and, for one year, Georgia Southern University. He moved to Los Angeles at the age of 19.\n', '

When he was 19, Goggins moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. He worked on a valet car parking service for various restaurants in the valley and sold cowboy boots. In 1990, after working in a few acting roles in Georgia, he got his first big break in Murder in Mississippi. While filming, Goggins met and became friends with Ray McKinnon, who played his father in the film, and with whom he began a creative partnership that continues to this day. Goggins played Detective Shane Vendrell in the FX series The Shield.\n', '

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