Timothy Olyphant
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Umbrella
4.6 • 68.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 131 minutes
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Summary
Timothy Olyphant (Alien: Earth, Deadwood, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) is an Emmy Award-nominated actor. Timothy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss whether he gives middle child vibes, the benefits of being a skills generalist, and why his smile always designated him as the “talk-to-the-cops guy.” Timothy and Dax talk about how knocking things off balance a little bit can create a lovely vulnerable moment, invoking Lou Reed and Bob Dylan as interview inspiration, and being the favorite co-star of so many talented actors. Timothy explains that there’s a judo to rejecting someone while giving them something, asking the small questions like what is humanity and is it worth saving in Alien: Earth, and finding a space where you help others by doing the thing you do.
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| 0:13.8 | Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert. |
| 0:15.9 | I'm Dax Shepard and I'm joined by Monica Padman. |
| 0:18.2 | Hi. |
| 0:19.0 | We had a major babe on today. |
| 0:21.5 | M.B. |
| 0:22.4 | Oh, Major Babe. |
| 0:23.6 | Timothy Oliphant. |
| 0:24.7 | Emmy nominated actor. |
| 0:26.1 | Justified. |
| 0:27.2 | Hitman. |
| 0:28.3 | Santa Clarita Diet. |
| 0:29.8 | Deadwood. |
| 0:30.9 | And his new series out now on FX, Alien Earth. |
| 0:35.9 | Which, of course, is written by Noah Hawley. |
| 0:38.4 | Yep. Friend of the pod. |
| 0:40.1 | Friend of the pod, about the best writer out there doing it. |
| 0:42.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:43.4 | I'm putting this in the Alexander Scarsguard bucket of dudes that just came in here |
| 0:49.9 | where it's playful as a goddamn kitten with a ball of yarn. |
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