Walton Goggins
Walton Goggins Role: Detective Shane Vendrell
Birthday : November-10-1971
Birthplace : Birmingham, Alabama
Birth Name : Walton Sanders Goggins, Jr.
AKA : Walter Goggins, Walt Goggins
Recent Role : John Cooley on Criminal Minds
Gender : Male
Walton Goggins, an American actor, is best known for portraying the character of detective Shane Vendrell on the popular drama ‘The Shield’. In 2001, he produced a short film ‘The Accountant’ and the movie won an Academy Award as Best Live Action Short Film.
He took birth in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up in Lithia Springs, Georgia. At 10, he and his mother become the statewide champion cloggers (Mountain Dancing). Walton married his wife Leanne in Canada in 2001 but she suffered from clinical depression and committed suicide in 2004.
His other credits include ‘Miracle at St. Anna’, ‘Veronica Mars’, ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’, ‘Randy and the Mob’, ‘The World’s Fastest Indian’, ‘Chrystal’, ‘Apple Jack’, ‘House of 1000 Corpses’, ‘4 Selections from Plimpton County’s Tuff Truck Jamboree’, ‘The Bourne Identity’, ‘Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder’, ‘Joy Ride’, ‘Daddy and Them’, ‘Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man’, ‘The Accountant’, ‘Shanghai Noon’, ‘Red Dirt’, ‘The Crow: Salvation’, ‘Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder ‘, ‘Wayward Son , Major League: Back to the Minors , Switchback , Painted Hero , The Apostle , The Cherokee Kid , Humanoids from the Deep , Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom , JAG , The Next Karate Kid , For Love and Glory , Forever Young , Mr. Saturday Night, Stay the Night , and Murder in Mississippi etc .
Role on ‘The Shield’
On ‘The Shield’, we see Walton Goggins portraying the character of detective Shane Vendrell. He was Vic’s best friend and before the strike team was formed, he was one of his partners. During the series, he married Mara and has a son, Jackson, with her. Shane killed Lem by dropping a grenade into his car. He played an important role in all seasons of series and received praise from critics and viewers as well.
