Life and career

Russ was born in Washington, D.C. to a state government employee mother and a U.S. Air Force officer father. He spent part of his childhood in Turkey.

Star Trek and other roles

Russ made a brief appearance in the comedy movie Spaceballs as the trooper who shouts "We ain't found shit!" while "combing" the desert.

Russ has been extensively 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. Russ screen-tested for the role of Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation before gaining the role of Tuvok. Russ went into Voyager as a dedicated Trekkie with an extensive knowledge of Vulcan lore and has played the following roles in Star Trek:

• Devor, a mercenary in the "Starship Mine" episode of The Next Generation (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).
• The Mirror Universe counterpart of his Voyager character, Tuvok, who was a member of the Terran Resistance in the Deep Space Nine (1995) episode "Through the Looking Glass".

In 1995, Russ co-wrote the story for the Malibu Comics Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #29 and 30, with Mark Paniccia. Russ performed voice acting roles as Tuvok for the computer games Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force and Star Trek: Elite Force II. Russ is also 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. The episode had multiple quotes and hints suggesting to Star Trek fandom, such as: "Beam me up Scotty," "Captain! The dilithium crystals are running out," and Tim Russ' character being named Picard. This can be considered an early precursor to his extensive Star Trek career.

Russ is directing and co-starring in Star Trek: Renegades, and in both 2013 and 2014 reprised his role as the voice of Tuvok in the MMO Star Trek Online.

Later work

Russ appeared as Frank, a sarcastic doorman in Christina Applegate's ABC comedy, Samantha Who? from 2007 to 2009, and appeared for 7 seasons as Principal Ted Franklin in Nickelodeon's show iCarly. He also portrayed a surgeon on an episode of Hannah Montana, "I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak."

Russ won an Emmy Award in 2014 for a public service ads he did for the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office on intellectual property theft and cyber bullying.

Music

Russ has been a musician for over 40 years, and a singer for at least 35.

• Only a Dream in Rio (1998)
• Tim Russ (2000)
• Kushangaza (2001)
• Brave New World (2003)
• 2nd Thoughts (2007)

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Crossroads	Robert Johnson
1986	Fire with Fire	Jerry Washington
1987	Spaceballs	The Guy Who Said "We ain't found shit"
1987	Death Wish 4: The Crackdown	Jesse
1987	Timestalkers	Sergeant Filton	TV Film
1988	Bird	Harris
1988	Pulse	Policeman
1988	Roots: The Gift	Marcellus (slave doorman)	TV Film
1991	Eve of Destruction	Carter
1991	Dead Silence	Dep. Ryan
1992	Night Eyes 2	Jesse Younger
1992	Mr. Saturday Night	Assistant director
1993	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Joe Briggs	TV film
1994	Dead Connection	Det. Chuck Roland
1994	Star Trek Generations	Enterprise-B Bridge Officer
1998	East of Hope Street	Casey
2005	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari	Town Clerk
2006	The Oh in Ohio	Douglas
2006	Unbeatable Harold	Diner Manager
2007	Live Free or Die Hard	Agent Summers
2008	InAlienable	News Anchor
2011	Rampart	Command Staff Member #1
2014	Asteroid vs. Earth	Captain Rogers
2014	Greyscale	Gavin Calhoun
2015	Star Trek: Renegades	Directed and played as Tuvok

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Hill Street Blues	Paramedic	Season 5, Episode 17, Passage to Libya
1985	Hill Street Blues	Burton	Season 6, Episode 10, The Virgin and the Turkey
1985	The Twilight Zone	Officer #2	Season 1, Episode 8, Kentucky Rye
1986	Amazing Stories	Security Guard #1	Season 2, Episode 5, You Gotta Believe Me
1986	Heart of the City	Collins	Season 1, Episode 3, When Push Comes to Shove
1987	Hill Street Blues	Ben Childers	Season 7, Episode 19, Days of Swine and Roses
1987	Jake and the Fatman	Pete	Season 1, Episode 7, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1987	Starman	Tyrone Washington	Season 1, Episode 12, The System
1987-1988	The Highwayman	D.C. Montana
1987	The Twilight Zone	Archer	Season 2, Episode 19, Voices in the Earth
1987	thirtysomething	Salesman	Season 1, Episode 1, Pilot
1987	Throb	Man #2	Season 2, Episode 6, Whose Coup Is It Anyway?
1988	21 Jump Street	Ray Davies	Season 3, Episode 2, Slippin' Into Darkness
1989	Alien Nation	Ronald Ketnes	Season 1, Episode 1, Pilot
1989	Beauty and the Beast	Lt. Eric Parker	Season 2, Episode 6, Sticks and Stones
1989	The People Next Door	Answering Machine Guy	Season 1, episodes 1 & 5
1990	Cop Rock	Juror	Season 1, episodes 9 & 10
1990	Family Matters	Jeff	Season 1, Episode 18, Sitting Pretty
1990	Freddy's Nightmares	Dr. Henry Picard	Season 2, Episode 20: Dust to Dust
1990	Mancuso, FBI	Rashad	Season 1, Episode 10, Conspiracy
1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Eugene	Season 1, Episodes 8 & 9, Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect (Part 1 & 2)
1991	Lifestories	K.C.	Season 1, Episode 10, Darryl Tevis
1992	Tequila and Bonetti	Link	Season 1, Episode 3, The Rose Cadillac
1992	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Agent Collins	Season 2, Episode 20, Those Were the Days
1993	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Victor	Season 2, Episode 8, Seoul Shake
1993	Living Single	Officer Taylor	Season 1, Episode 14, Burglar in the House
1993	Murphy Brown	Secret Service Officer	Season 5, Episode 23, The Egg & I
1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	T'Kar	Season 2, Episode 4, Invasive Procedures
1993	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Devor	Season 6, Episode 18, Starship Mine
1994	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Victor	Season 2, Episode 16, Wedding Bell Blues
1994	Melrose Place	Roger Chambers	Season 3, Episode 2, It's a Bad World After All
1994	SeaQuest DSV	Martin Clemens, A.K.A. "Mycroft"	Season 1, Episode 13, Photon Bullet
1995	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Mirror Tuvok	Season 3, Episode 19, Through the Looking Glass
1995-2001	Star Trek: Voyager	Lt. Commander Tuvok	170 episodes
2002	Any Day Now	Juror	Season 4, Episode 15, The Real Thing
2005	ER	Dr. Medford	Season 11, Episode 15, Alone in a Crowd
2005	Unfabulous	Officer Jones	Season 2, Episode 3, The Job
2006-2007	General Hospital	Dr. Trent (Oncologist)	Four episodes
2006	NCIS	Jerry Kemper	Season 3, Episode 22, Jeopardy
2006	Twenty Good Years	Marty	Three episodes
2007	Hannah Montana	Dr. Meyer (Throat specialist)	Season 2, Episode 5, I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak
2007-2012	iCarly	Principal Ted Franklin	11 episodes
2007-2009	Samantha Who?	Frank the doorman	35 episodes
2007	Without a Trace	Phil Hansen, NTSB consultant	Season 5, Episode 12, Tail Spin
2009	Lincoln Heights	Principal	Season 4, Episode 10, Lucky
2009	Trust Me	Gordon Benedict	Two episodes
2010	CSI: Miami	Leonard Sterling	Season 8, Episode 21, Meltdown
2010	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Vicar	Season 2, Episode 24, Ben There, Done That
2011	Good Luck Charlie	Dr. Meijer	Season 2, Episode 6, L.A.R.P. in the Park
2011	Suits	Robert Geller, lawyer	Season 1, Episode 8, Identity Crisis
2011	The Young and the Restless	Judge Morrison	Episodes 9,741 and 9,742
2012	The Soul Man	Devon	Season 1, Episode 9, How to Be a Church Lady
2013	Castle	Dr. Malcolm Wickfield	Season 6, Episode 5, Time Will Tell
2013	Guys with Kids	Specialist	Season 1, Episode 16, Rare Breed
2013	Lab Rats	Special Agent Gordon	Season 2, Episode 8, Parallel Universe
2015	The Night Shift	Bossman	Season 2, Episode 1, Recovery

Voice acting roles

• Spider-Man (1997) - Prowler
• Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force - Lt Cdr Tuvok
• Star Trek: Elite Force II - Lt Cdr Tuvok
• Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (2006) - Bandero
• Stormrise (2007) - Donovan
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009) - Black Panther, Colossus
• Dragon Age: Origins (2009) - Zathrian
• Sym-Bionic Titan (2010) - Solomon
• The Secret World (2012) - Harrison Blake
• Star Trek Online (2013) and (2014) - Tuvok
• The Elder Scrolls Online (2014) - Blademaster Qariar
• Fallout 4 (2015) - Lancer Captain Kells
• Mirror's Edge: Catalyst (2016) - Birdman

Producer

• East of Hope Street (1998) credited with Nate Thomas

Writer

• East of Hope Street (1998) credited with Nate Thomas

Director

• Star Trek: Renegades (2014 fan production)
• Plugged short film satirizing advertising (2007 in final edits)
• Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007 fan production)
• Star Trek: Voyager episode: Living Witness

[ Source: Wikipedia ]