Tim Russ

• Name — Tim Russ • Birth Name — Timothy Darrell Russ • Born — 22 June 1956 • Birthplace — Washington, D.C., U.S. • Education — St. Edward's University (BA) Illinois State University (attended) • Occupation — * Actor • musician • screenwriter • producer • director • Years Active — 1985–present • Children — 1

Russ was born in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 1956, to a government employee mother and a U.S. Air Force officer father. He spent part of his childhood in Turkey. He attended his senior year of high school at Rome Free Academy, from which he graduated in 1974. He graduated from St. Edward's University with a degree in theater arts. He additionally attended graduate school at Illinois State University where he was inducted into its Hall of Fame. With a girlfriend, Jedda Roskilly, he has a daughter.

In 1985, Russ appeared in The Twilight Zone episodes "Kentucky Rye" as Officer No. 2 and "Voices in the Earth" as Archer. He made a brief appearance in the comedy film Spaceballs as a trooper who "combs" the desert with a giant comb. Russ had a prominent role in the Charles Bronson film Death Wish 4. Russ has been involved in the Star Trek franchise as a voice and film actor, writer, director, and producer. He played several minor roles before landing the role as the main character Tuvok in Star Trek: Voyager. Russ screentested, in 1987, for the role of Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation before being cast as Tuvok. Russ went into Voyager as a dedicated Trekkie with an extensive knowledge of Vulcan lore, and has played the following roles in the Star Trek universe: • Devor, a mercenary aboard the Enterprise-D disguised as a service engineer in The Next Generation episode "Starship Mine" (1993) • T'Kar, a Klingon in the Deep Space Nine episode "Invasive Procedures" (1993) • A human tactical Lieutenant on the USS Enterprise-B in the film Star Trek Generations (1994). • Tuvok's Mirror Universe counterpart in the Deep Space Nine episode "Through the Looking Glass" (1995). • A changeling impersonating Tuvok in Star Trek: Picard season 3. In 1995, Russ co-wrote the story for the Malibu Comics Star Trek: Deep Space Nine No. 29 and 30, with Mark Paniccia. Russ performed voice acting roles as Tuvok for the video games Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force and Star Trek: Elite Force II. Russ is the director and one of the stars of the fan series Star Trek: Of Gods and Men, the first third of which was released in December 2007, with the remaining two-thirds released in 2008. Russ's character's name D. C. Montana in The Highwayman was a reference to Trek writer D. C. Fontana. In 1990, he appeared in an episode of Freddy's Nightmares. Russ directed and co-starred in Star Trek: Renegades, and in both 2013 and 2014 reprised his role as the voice of Tuvok in the massively multiplayer online game Star Trek Online.

• Illustration — Russ at the Paradise City Comic Con, December 2016 Russ appeared as Frank, a sarcastic doorman in the sitcom Samantha Who? from 2007 to 2009, and appeared for six seasons as Principal Ted Franklin in Nickelodeon's show iCarly. He also portrayed a doctor on an episode of Hannah Montana, "I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak". Russ won an Emmy Award in 2014 for public service ads he did for the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office on intellectual property theft and cyberbullying. He played Captain Kells in the 2015 Bethesda Game Studios video game Fallout 4. In June 2025, following Mel Brooks' announcement of Spaceballs 2, slated for release in 2027, Russ teased on social media that he may appear in the film, along with his more famous co-stars.

Russ has been a lifelong musician and a singer. In addition, Russ has been an avid amateur astronomer most of his adult life, and is a member of the Los Angeles Astronomical Society. In 2021 he was among a small group of citizen astronomers who assisted in detection of the asteroid 617 Patroclus in preparation for NASA's Lucy probe. In February 2022, he stated that he owned a 10-inch Dobsonian telescope, an 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, and a Unistellar eVscope.

Tim Russ television credits • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1985 — Hunter — Sam — Episode: "Killer in a Halloween Mask" • 1985, 1987 — Hill Street Blues — Paramedic / Burton / Ben Childers — 4 episodes • 1985 — The Twilight Zone — Officer No. 2 — Episode: "Kentucky Rye" • 1986 — Samaritan: The Mike Snyder Story — TV film • The Magical World of Disney — Dixon — Episode: "Casebusters" • Amazing Stories — Security Guard No. 1 — Episode: "You Gotta Believe Me" • Heart of the City — Collins — Episode: "When Push Comes to Shove" • 1987 — Jake and the Fatman — Pete — Episode: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" • Starman — Tyrone Washington — Episode: "The System" • Timestalkers — Sergeant Filton — TV film • The Twilight Zone — Archer — Episode: "Voices in the Earth" • Vietnam War Story — Sgt. Lemon — Episode: "The Mine" • Thirtysomething — Salesman — Episode: "Pilot" • Throb — Man No. 2 — Episode: "Whose Coup Is It Anyway?" • 1987–1988 — The Highwayman — D.C. Montana — 10 episodes • 1988 — Who Gets the Friends? — Roger Hamel — TV film • 21 Jump Street — Ray Davies — Episode: "Slippin' Into Darkness" • Roots: The Gift — Marcellus the slave doorman — TV film • Police Story: Cop Killer — TV film • Miracle at Beekman's Place — TV film • 1989 — Alien Nation — Ronald Ketnes — TV film • Beauty and the Beast — Lieutenant Eric Parker — Episode: "Sticks and Stones" • The People Next Door — Answering Machine Guy — 3 episodes • 1990 — Cop Rock — Juror — 2 episodes • Family Matters — Jeff — Episode: "Sitting Pretty" • Freddy's Nightmares — Dr. Henry Picard — Episode: "Dust to Dust" • Mancuso, FBI — Malcolm Rashad — Episode: "Conspiracy" • The Bakery — Billy Franklin — TV film • Generations — Brian Price — 9 episodes • 1990, 1992 — The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Eugene / Agent Collins — 3 episodes • 1991 — Lifestories — K.C. — Episode: "Darryl Tevis" • Dead Silence — Deputy Ryan — TV film • The Heroes of Desert Storm — TV film • 1992 — Tequila and Bonetti — Link — Episode: "The Rose Cadillac" • The Young and the Restless — Wendell Baird — Episode: "Episode #1.4834" • The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special — Self • 1993 — Hangin' with Mr. Cooper — Victor — Episode: "Seoul Shake" • Living Single — Officer Taylor — Episode: "Burglar in the House" • Murphy Brown — Agent No. 1 — Episode: "The Egg & I" • Star Trek: The Next Generation — Devor — Episode: "Starship Mine" • Journey to the Center of the Earth — Joe Briggs — TV film • Dark Justice — Episode: "Night Games" • SeaQuest 2032 — Martin Clemens — Episode: "Photon Bullet" • 1993-1994 — Hangin' with Mr. Cooper — Victor — 2 episodes • 1993, 1995 — Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — T'Kar /Mirror Universe Tuvok — 2 episodes • 1994 — Melrose Place — Roger Chambers — Episode: "It's a Bad World After All" • SeaQuest DSV — Martin 'Mycroft' Clemens — Episode: "Photon Bullet" • Bitter Vengeance — Lieutenant James — TV film • Monty — Man No. 1 — Episode: "Pilot" • 1995 — Inside the New Adventure: Star Trek - Voyager — Self — TV film • Launch of Star Trek: Voyager — Self — Documentary • 1995–2001 — Star Trek: Voyager — Lieutenant Tuvok/Tulak — 172 episodes • 1996 — It's Hot in Here: UPN Fall Preview — Self — TV special • 1997 — Spider-Man: The Animated Series — Hobie Brown / Prowler (voice) — Episode: "The Prowler" • Trekkies — Self — Documentary • 1998 — The 24th Annual Saturn Awards — Self • 1999 — Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments — Tuvok — Archive footage • 2002 — Any Day Now — Juror — Episode: "The Real Thing" • OB-1 — Self — TV film • 2005 — ER — Dr. Medford — Episode: "Alone in a Crowd" • How William Shatner Changed the World — Self/Tuvok — Archive footage • 2005-2006 — Unfabulous — Officer Jones — 2 episodes • 2006 — NCIS — Jerry Kemper — Episode: "Jeopardy" • Twenty Good Years — Marty — 3 episodes • Space Top 10 Countdown — Self — Episode: "Movie Aliens" • 2006-2007 — General Hospital — Dr. Trent — 4 episodes • 2007 — Hannah Montana — Dr. Meyer — Episode: "I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak" • Without a Trace — Phil Hansen — Episode: "Tail Spin" • 2007–2012 — iCarly — Principal Ted Franklin — 9 episodes • 2007–2009 — Samantha Who? — Frank the Doorman — 35 episodes • 2008 — Divas of Novella — Ship computer (voice) — TV film, also writer and co-producer • Filmnut — Self — Episode: "An Interview with Tim Russ" • 2009 — Lincoln Heights — Principal — Episode: "Lucky" • Trust Me — Gordon Benedict — 2 episodes • 2010 — Starship Farragut: The Animated Episodes — Tumar (voice) — Fan miniseries, episode: "The Needs of the Many" • CSI: Miami — Leonard Sterling — Episode: "Meltdown" • The Secret Life of the American Teenager — Vicar — Episode: "Ben There, Done That" • The Whole Truth — Episode: "Young Love" • Biography — Self — Episode: "The Captains of the Final Frontier" • 2010–2011 — Sym-Bionic Titan — Solomon/Various voices — 9 episodes • 2011 — Good Luck Charlie — Dr. Meyer — Episode: "L.A.R.P. in the Park" • Suits — Robert Geller — Episode: "Identity Crisis" • The Young and the Restless — Judge Morrison — 2 episodes • Star Trek Phase II — Erlichmann Plumbers — Unaired, episode: "The Vignettes: 1701 Pennsylvania Av." • The Making of Spotlight — The Narrator — Short • 2011-2025 — Bloomers — Mr. Adler — 3 episodes, also director • 2011-2012 — Aspiring Hollywood — Self - guest — 2 episodes • 2012 — The Soul Man — Devon — Episode: "How to Be a Church Lady" • Shmagreggie Saves the World — Tom from the Future — TV film • Actors Entertainment — Self — Episode: "ActorsE Chat with Tim Russ and Christie Philips" • 2013 — Castle — Dr. Malcolm Wickfield — Episode: "Time Will Tell" • Gibby — Principal Ted Franklin — Unaired Pilot • Guys with Kids — Specialist — Episode: "Rare Breed" • Lab Rats — Special Agent Gordon — Episode: "Parallel Universe" • Arrested Development — Baby Having Babies Crew — Episode: "Señoritis", uncredited • Social Nightmare — Principal Ajeti — TV film • Welcome to Comic Con! — Self (archive footage) — TV special, segment: "Salute to Star Trek" • Castle — Dr. Malcom Wickfield — Episode: "Time Will Tell" • 2014 — Regular Show — Sergeant, Helicopter Pilot (voice) — Episode: "Portable Toilet" • Asteroid vs Earth — Captain Rogers — TV film • FanGirl Academy: 101 — Self — Episode: "Movie Magic 101" • We Love Soaps TV — Self - guest — Episode: "S5.E31" • The 40th Annual Emmy Awards — Attendee, award recipient • The Emergent Lens — Host/guest — 12 episodes • 2014-2016 — From The Mouths of Babes — Self — 5 episodes • 2015 — The Night Shift — Mr. Clark — Episode: "Recovery" • Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! — General Gottlieb — TV film • UCB Comedy Originals — Self — Episode: "Star Trek's Tim Russ Explains Star Wars Day" • Sacramento Film Works — Self — Episode: "The Making of Rellik" • Trekyards — Self — Episode: "Tim Russ Voyager Interview" • Talking Voices — Self — Episode: "Talking Voices" • 2016 — Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street — Winston Hobbes — Episode: "Gortimer vs. the World's Best Mom" • 50 Years of Star Trek — Self — TV documentary • 2017 — The Good Doctor — Patient Chuck — Episode: "Oliver" • The Fosters — Judge James Eskin — 2 episodes • Renegades — Commander Kovok — 2 episodes • Mystic Cosmic Patrol — Gorgon — Episode: "Potty Mouth: Part 1" • Sun, Sand & Romance — Gus Van Houtten — TV film • Criminal Minds — Agent Lawrence — Episode: "To A Better Place" • The Good Doctor — Chuck — Episode: "Oliver" • Blade of Honor — Yuni — 5 episodes • 2018 — 9-1-1 — Marriage Counsellor — Episode: "Let Go" • NCIS: New Orleans — Felix Hill — Episode: "Ties That Bind" • Personal Space — Jeff Lipschitz — 2 episodes • Superior Donuts — Professor Mills — 2 episodes • Supergirl — Councilman Jul-Us — Episode: "Dark Side of The Moon" • Karma — Frank Hudson — TV film • Monastery Katz of the 5 Corners — TV film • 2019 — Black Monday — Walter Darcy — Episode: "339" • PEN15 — Mr. Wyzell — 2 episodes • The Orville — Dr. Sherman — Episode: "Lasting Impressions" • NASA's Unexplained Files — Himself, Astronomer — Episode: "Did Aliens Nuke Mars?" • Swamp Thing — Dr. Chowodury/Marais Doctor — 2 episodes • American Horror Story: 1984 — David Chambers — Episode: "Red Dawn" • How to Get Away with Murder — Judge Kofi Bonaparte — Episode: "I Want to Be Free" • 2020 — The Resident — Tyrone Griffiths — Episode: "Last Shot" • Stars in the House — Self — Episode: "Star Trek Voyager Reunion" • The 41st Annual Young Artist Awards — Award presenter • 2020-2021 — The Last Saturday Night — Allen • 2021 — Them — The Custodian — 2 episodes • Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion — Uncle Leon — TV film • Hangin with Web Show — Self — Internet series, episode: "HWWS WebTV's New Year's Eve Party (Live Feed from Times Square NYC)" • 2021-2022 — The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek — Self - Tuvok, Voyager — 2 episodes • 2021–2023 — iCarly — Principal Ted Franklin — 2 episodes • 2022 — 4400 — Elijah Landry — Episode: "You Only Meant Well" • Classified — Director Branch — TV film • The Rookie: Feds — Mel — Episode: "Felicia" • The 43rd Annual Young Artists Awards — Award presenter • The What's Update with Xander Kwicien — Self - guest — Episode: "White Supremacy/Tim Russ" • 2023 — Poker Face — Max — Episode: "The Orpheus Syndrome" • Star Trek: Picard — Captain Tuvok — 2 episodes • The Ready Room — Self - guest — Episode: "Dominion (aftershow)" • The 7th Rule 2 — Self — Episode: "Episode #1.112" • 2024 — NCIS — Dr. Erik Harper — Episode: "Heartless" • Geeks and Nerds for Harris Live Organizing Call — Self — TV special • Ted — ER Doctor — 2 episodes • Pristine and the High Ponies — Sports Announcer — Miniseries • 2025 — Unconventional — Collin Charles — 2 episodes Video games • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2000 — Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force — Lieutenant Commander Tuvok • 2003 — Star Trek: Elite Force II • 2005 — Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Various • 2006 — Lost Planet: Extreme Condition — Bandero • 2008 — Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition — Shane Bandero • 2009 — Stormrise — Donovan/Ranger Soldier • Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 — War Machine — Credited as Timothy Russ • Dragon Age: Origins — Zathrian the Keeper • 2012 — The Secret World — Harrison Blake, Atticus Sawyer • 2013 — Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII — Additional voices — English dub • 2014 — Star Trek Online — Tuvok • The Elder Scrolls Online — Additional voices • 2015 — Fallout 4 — Lancer Captain Kells • 2016 — Mirror's Edge: Catalyst — Birdman • Fallout 4: Far Harbor — Zealot Ware, Lancer Captain Kells • Mafia III — Additional voices • 2017 — Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus — Joseph 'Gunslinger Joe' Stallion • Wolfenstein II: The Freedom Chronicles — Joseph Stallion • 2020 — The Last of Us Part II — Additional Voices • World of Warcraft: Shadowlands — Thenios • 2021 — Vegas Tales — Mr. Davenport • 2022 — Horizon Forbidden West — Jetakka • 2023 — Starfield — Dad, Guillaume Degarmo, Maurice Lyon • 2024 — Lego Horizon Adventures — Sylens • The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road — Voice • 2026 — Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown — Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander Tuvok Podcast Series • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2019 — Greater Boston — Self — Episode: "S3.E13" • 2020 — Verbal Shenanigans — Self - guest — Episode: "#326-Tim Russ" • 2021 — Bronzeville — Self — 2 episodes • The Trek Files: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast — Self - guest — Episode: "7-23 - National Space Society speech - January 1989" • 2021-2025 — Inglorious Treksperts — Self — 3 episodes • 2022 — Too Opinionated — Self — Episode: "Too Opinionated Interview - Tim Russ" • 2022-2025 — Treksperts Briefing Room — Self — 2 episodes • 2023 — Shuttlepod Show — Self — Episode: "Russ Hour with Tim Russ" • The Delta Fliers — Self - guest — Episode: "Tim Russ" • 2024 — Syfy Sistas — Self — Episode: "Tim Russ Live" • Star Trek Politics — Panel guest — Episode: "Star Trek Las Vegas Politics Panel" • Bloodhound — Martin Frauenfelder — 7 episodes • 2025 — Star Trek: Khan — Ensign Tuvok — 9 episodes • 2026 — Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast — Self — Episode: "SUPPLEMENTAL: The One with Tim Russ" Production • Year — Title — Notes • 1997 — East of Hope Street — Credited with Nate Thomas • 2003 — Roddenberry on Patrol • 2008 — Divas of Novella — Co-producer • 2010 — War of Heaven — Short Film • 2018 — Junkie — Co-producer • Dick Dickster — Executive producer Writing • Year — Title — Notes • 1997 — East of Hope Street — Credited with Nate Thomas • 2005 — Dejà Vu — Short film • 2006 — Eye of the Beholder — Short film • 2007 — Story by Amy Niles — Short film • 2007 — Star Trek: Of Gods and Men — Fan production • 2007 — Plugged — Short film • 2008 — Tales from Dark Fall — Episode: "Scene Five" • 2008 — Mistaken Identity — Short film • 2010 — War of Heaven — Short film • 2011 — Play by Play • 2018 — Junkie — Collaborating writer • 2019 — The Circuit: Star Crew • 2021 — Into the Further — Script consultant Directing • Year — Title — Notes • 1998 — Star Trek: Voyager — Episode: "Living Witness" • 2001 — The Heartbreak Cafe — Episode: "Decisions, Decisions" • 2002- — Psychic Investigators — No end date listed on IMDB • 2003 — Roddenberry on Patrol — Short film • 2003-2004 — The F.B.I. Files — 2 episodes • 2005 — Psychic Witness — Episode: "The Disappeared" • Dejà Vu — Short film • 2006 — Eye of the Beholder — Short film • 2007 — Story by Amy Niles — Short film • Star Trek: Of Gods and Men — Fan production • Plugged — Short film satirizing advertising (in final edits) • 2008 — Divas of Novella — TV film • Tales from Dark Fall — 2 episodes • Mistaken Identity — Short film • 2010 — War of Heaven — Short film • Anneo's Song — Short film • Andrea: Side Two • The Age of Alexandra • The Later Show • 2011 — Perspectives • 2011-2025 — Bloomers — 23 episodes • 2012 — A Night at the Silent Movie Theater • 2014 — Cavity — Short film • 2015 — Running to Live, Living to Run — Short film • Rellik — TV movie • 2015-2017 — Star Trek: Renegades — Fan production, 2 episodes • 2017 — Ernesto's Miracle — Short film • Borderclash 4: Cognitive Dissonance — Short film • Renegades — 2 episodes • 2018 — Well, Maybe There Are Some Small Parts — Short film • Junkie • 2019 — The Circuit: Star Crew • Tenet Noctis — Short film • 2021 — Life on the Rocks • Vampire Slayer • Renegades: Ominara • 2024 — 12 Sided Die — 8 episodes • 2024-2025 — 12 Sided Die: Side Quests — 6 episodes