Walton Goggins’ 2012 Western has just become a smash hit on streaming. With a career that dates back to the early ’90s, Goggins only continues to grow in popularity, moving from a supporting player to a lead in major projects.

Goggins will be best known to some for The Shield, but it was Justified that cemented him as a unique performer adept at playing devious but charming characters. He carried this energy into his movie career as well, appearing in Cowboy & Aliens (2011), Lincoln (2012), The Hateful Eight (2015), Tomb Raider (2018), and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018).

In recent years, Goggins has remained a fixture of the big and small screen. He recently made a splash with roles in hit shows like White Lotus season 3 and Prime Video’s Fallout. He was also a series regular on The Righteous Gemstones. A smaller role from 13 years ago, though, remains an underrated Goggins’ standout.

Django Unchained Becomes A Streaming Success

Django Unchained has ascended the Peacock charts well over a decade after its release. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, the Western stars Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave who works with a German bounty hunter to recover his wife from a sadistic plantation owner.

Christoph Waltz costars as Dr. King Schultz in the film, with Leonardo DiCaprio playing the evil Calvin Candie. Goggins plays more of a supporting role as Billy Crash, a particularly violent Candie henchman. Django Unchained was a critical and commercial success, winning Waltz a Best Supporting Actor Oscar and Tarantino a Best Original Screenplay Oscar.

Now, Django Unchained is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, with the Tarantino film currently ranking in seventh place on Peacock. The Western beats тιтles like Bad Boys (1995) and Coming to America (1988), but falls behind Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) and Terrifier 3 (2024), with The Mummy (1999) in the number one spot.

Our Take On Django Unchained’s Streaming Success

Compared to Foxx, Waltz, and DiCaprio, Goggins’ role in Django Unchained is more of a minor one, but he provides a great deal of flavor. Billy Crash might be Goggins’ most sinister and disturbing character, and the racism and violence he displays is truly unsettling.

Crash highlights just how versatile Goggins is as a performer. He’s just as at home in a scene-stealing supporting role as he is as a lead. Tarantino evidently enjoyed Goggins’ performance, as he brought him back for Hateful Eight three years later, giving him even more to do.

Whether Django Unchained is the best Tarantino film is a matter of personal preference, but it marks an exciting venture for the director in which he tried his hand at a new genre. Tarantino certainly put his stamp on Westerns, and Goggins was only further solidified as one of the most reliably entertaining actors working in Hollywood today.