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Taylor Sheridan

Writing

Born May 21, 1970 · Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Also known as Tayler Sheridan · Sheridan Taylor Gibler Jr. · Taylor Gibler

Biography

Sheridan Taylor Gibler Jr. (born May 21, 1970), known professionally as Taylor Sheridan, is an American writer, producer, director, and actor. He is best known as the co-creator of the television series Yellowstone and creator of its prequels 1883 (2021) and 1923 (2022). Sheridan has written several films, including the screenplay for Sicario (2015), for which he was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Hell or High Water (2016), which was nominated for three other Oscars, including Best Picture. Sheridan also wrote and directed the 2017 neo-Western crime film Wind River and wrote the 2018 sequel to Sicario. Sheridan got his start portraying Danny Boyd in Veronica Mars (2005–2007) as well as portraying David Hale in the FX television series Sons of Anarchy. He has since created several series for Paramount+, including the crime thriller Mayor of Kingstown, and the crime drama Tulsa King, (which he co-writes with Terence Winter), the espionage thriller Lioness and the drama Landman. In 2021, Sheridan was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. In 2024, Sheridan was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame. He is an honorary graduate at Texas Christian University. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taylor Sheridan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Writing, Original Screenplay · 2017 · nominated

Filmography40 titles

The Road

2025Creator

Dutton Ranch

2026Characters, Executive Producer

Pure Grit

2022Executive Producer

Willie Nelson & Family

Executive Producer

Sons of Anarchy

2008as David Hale

Tulsa King

2022Executive Producer, Story, Teleplay

1883

2021as Charles Goodnight

Yellowstone

2018as Travis Wheatley

1923

2022Executive Producer, Writer

The Madison

2026Executive Producer, Writer

Landman

2024Director, Executive Producer, Writer

Lioness

2023as Cody Spears

Marshals

2026Characters, Executive Producer

Mayor of Kingstown

2021Director, Executive Producer, Story, Teleplay, Writer

Veronica Mars

2004as Danny Boyd

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Evan Peters

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

1993as Corporal Winters

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009as Navy Captain Jennings

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001as Jareb

Wind River

2017Director, Writer

Sicario

2015Writer

Strong Medicine

2000as Tucker

Hell or High Water

2016as Cowboy

CSI: NY

2004as Joel Banks

You Gotta Believe

2024Thanks

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

2023Executive Producer

The Guardian

2001as Tim Dohanic

Party of Five

1994as Counterguy

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993as Vernon

Finestkind

2023Producer

Without Remorse

2021Screenplay, Screenstory

The Mustang

2019Thanks

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

2018Writer

Those Who Wish Me Dead

2021Director, Producer, Screenplay

12 Strong

2018as Brian

Time of Your Life

White Rush

2003as Tug / Douglas

V.I.P.

1998as Dave

Vile

2011Director

5-Star

2025Executive Producer