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Q: What's Timothy Olyphant doing now that "Justified" is over?

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Adam Thomlison / TV Media

Not wasting any time, that's for sure.

You may have seen him playing himself recently in a three-episode arc of the Fox comedy "The Grinder," but it seems that was just a bit of fun between his numerous other commitments.

Since "Justified" ended its critically acclaimed six-season run on FX, Olyphant (who played the show's main character, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens) has shot three movies and is now starring in an Off-Broadway play in New York.

The films cover the full range from obscure indie pic to high-profile indie pic to prestige studio movie.

In the latter (the one people are most likely to see), he's part of an ensemble of famous names getting together to tell the story of notorious American traitor/whistleblower Edward Snowden. The film, aptly named "Snowden," is due out in May. Olyphant plays a CIA agent who befriends Snowden (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) before he flees to Russia.

The other films are also due out later this year. Olyphant stars in the tearjerking indie drama "Behold My Heart" opposite Marisa Tomei, and has a brief role (as will everyone else) in the vignette-based "Mother's Day."

"Mother's Day" is a followup to previous holiday-based hits "Valentine's Day" (2010) and "New Year's Eve" (2011), and will stick to the same formula: A number of well-known stars appear in interconnected stories related to the holiday.

 

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