Gunnar Swift

Gunnar Swift is a supporting character in the Justified episode "Kill the Messenger". He is a white supremacist and the sister of prison inmate Gretchen Swift. He was portrayed by Branton Box.

Biography
After Ava Crowder is imprisoned for evidence tampering after concealing the body of Delroy Baker, her fiancée, a white supremacist by the name of Boyd Crowder, visits Gunnar, asking him to have Gretchen provide protection for Ava in prison. However, Gunnar instead has Gretchen attack Ava as payment for Boyd being what he considers a race traitor. As a result, Boyd goes to visit Gunnar, who calls him a race traitor and says he has balls coming outnumbered six to one. However, Boyd whistles and his associates Daryl Crowe Jr., Danny Crowe, Dewey Crowe and Carl Lennon jump out and violently beat Gunnar, seriously injuring him and avenging the attack on Ava. Gunnar is then taken to intensive care, driving Gretchen to have fellow inmate Genny murder Ava's friend.