STEVEN SEAGAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SERIES’ TITLE. Though Justified, and its pilot episode in particular, is based on Elmore Leonard’s 2001 short story "Fire in the Hole," Raylan Givens made his literary debut in 1993, as a character in Leonard’s novel Pronto, and again in 1995’s Riding the Rap. Here are 21 things you might not know about Graham Yost’s Emmy-winning series. If the previous five seasons are any indication, it’s fair to assume that there will be a body count when Raylan tips his Stetson for the final time. Tonight, the show-based on a short story by the late, great Elmore Leonard, who also served as an executive producer-will begin its sixth and final season.
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Marshal Raylan Givens on the FX series Justified. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant).For five seasons, Timothy Olyphant has redefined the 21st-century lawman as cool-as-can-be U.S. He was the head of an eccentric family and its high-interest loan business in the short-lived "Easy Money" (The CW, 2008-09), then made recurring appearances on the comedy "Svetlana" (HDNet, 2010) before joining the cast of "Justified" as Chief Deputy Art Mullen, the no-nonsense boss to taciturn U.S. From 2004 to 2006, he was comedian Rodney Carrington's henpecked sidekick on the ABC sitcom "Rodney."Though he continued to appear in features like "The Ugly Truth" (2009) and "The Last Song" (2010), and even earned a rare lead as a deranged backwoods resident in the horror film "Cold Storage" (2009), television became Searcy's primary showcase. He also played the short-tempered head of security on a top-secret time travel experiment on "Seven Days" (UPN, 1998-2001).
By the late 1990s and new millennium, Searcy was a staple of major features and television series, including Robert Zemeckis' "Cast Away" (2000) as Tom Hanks' friend and fellow traveler, "One Hour Photo" (2002) and "Runaway Jury" (2003) as a spy working for Gene Hackman's amoral lawyer. Searcy, who also appeared in the film, took home a Hollywood Discovery Award for Best Feature Film (Under $1 Million), but his responsibilities as an actor appeared to prevent him from tackling a sophomore effort. Searcy made his debut as writer, producer and director on "Paradise Falls" (1997), a Depression Era drama lensed in his home state about a pair of farm boys who take up bank robbing to save their family home. In 1998, he played Deke Slayton, one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, in the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" (1998). From 1994 to 1995, he was a recurring player on the short-lived and much-reworked comedy "Thunder Alley (ABC, 1994-95) before joining the cult thriller "American Gothic" (CBS, 1995-96) as the terrified deputy of supernatural sheriff Gary Cole. Tall, solidly built, and with an air of gravitas to his bearing, Searcy was frequently cast as law officials, like his sarcastic sheriff in "The Fugitive" (1993), or businessmen and blue collar workers.
Searcy soon settled into a string of supporting character roles in films and on television series and features, most notably "A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story" (ABC, 1992) as a husband locked in a custody battle with his wife (Bonnie Bedelia), who has accused him of abusing their child. More bit parts preceded his first substantial role as Mary-Louise Parker's abusive husband who meets a grisly if well-deserved fate in "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991). There, he made his feature debut as a highway patrolman in the Tom Cruise NASCAR flick, "Days of Thunder" (1990).
In 1990, he returned to North Carolina to explore opportunities in the state's growing film and television industry. Searcy then relocated to New York City, where he appeared in numerous off-Broadway productions. After high school, he briefly attended the North Carolina School of the Arts before earning a degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Born in the small rural town of Cullowhee, NC, Nick Searcy discovered his love for acting while still in elementary school, and became something of a regular in local theater productions, most notably at nearby Western Carolina University.
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