Raylan Givens

Raylan Givens is a fictional character created by American novel and screenwriter Elmore Leonard.

Givens is a Deputy U.S. Marshal and initially appeared in the novels Pronto and Riding the Rap. Leonard later penned the short story "Fire in the Hole" which became the basis for the television series Justified.

In the novel Pronto, Givens is described as about forty years old, thin and rangy, and perpetually wearing a Cowboy hat. He is a native of Harlan County, Kentucky. In the novels, his hat is described as a flat-brimmed hat akin to the kind worn by the police officers in the photo of Lee Harvey Oswald's murder.

Raylan Givens was first portrayed by actor James LeGros in a 1997 television adaptation of Pronto. In early 2010, the FX Network premiered the television show Justified starring Timothy Olyphant in the role of Givens.