Tim Russ
Biography
Timothy Darrell "Tim" Russ (born June 22, 1956) is an American actor, film director, screenwriter and musician. He is known for his roles as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager, as Frank on Samantha Who?, and as Principal Franklin, a recurring character on the Nickelodeon live-action teen sitcom iCarly.
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. During his early life, Tim Russ had many dogs.
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Acting History
2025
Unconventional as Collin Charles
2024To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager as Self
2024The Star City Murders as Captain Royce Aikman
2024ted as ER Doctor
2023Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event as Captain Tuvok
2023Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham as Lucius Fox (voice)
2023Poker Face as Max
2022The Rookie: Feds as Mel
2022Classified as Director Branch
2022The Shuttlepod Show as Self
2022Nightshade as Captain Burns
2021Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion as Uncle Leon
2021The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek as Self
2021The Slayer Chronicles - Volume 1 as News Reporter (voice)
20214400 as Elijah Landry
2021iCarly as Principal Franklin
2021Them as The Custodian
2020The Midnight Sky as Mason Mosley
2020Star Trek Day as Self
2020Unbelievable!!!!! as Unreal Robert Schmitt
2020Star Trek: Picard as Captain Tuvok
2019Ghost in the Gun as Ghost in the Gun
2019Swamp Thing as Marais Doctor
2019Swamp Thing as Dr. Chowodury
2019Vitals as The Surgeon
2019The Circuit
2019Junkie as Martin Green
2019The Ready Room as Self
2019Black Monday as Walter
2018They Want Dick Dickster as Sammy Davas Jr
2018Karma as Frank Hudson
2018A Fairy's Game as Warlock (voice)
20185th Passenger as Franklin
2018Her Side of the Bed as Charles Harwell
2018The Resident as Tyrone Griffiths
20189-1-1 as Marriage Counselor
2017The Good Doctor as Chuck
2017The Orville as Dr. Sherman
2017Sun, Sand & Romance as Gus Van Houtten
2017Blade Of Honor as Yuni
201650 Years of Star Trek as Self
2016Six Gun Savior as Ezekiel Roake
2015Supergirl as Jul-Us
2015Star Trek: Renegades as Cmdr. Kovok
2015Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! as General Gottleib
2014How to Get Away with Murder as Kofi Bonaparte
2014NCIS: New Orleans as Felix Hill
2014Asteroid vs Earth as Captain Rogers
2014Alongside Night as General Jack Guerdon
2013Social Nightmare as Ajeti
2012Guys with Kids as Specialist
2012Gibby as Principal Ted Franklin
2012The Soul Man as Devon
2012Lab Rats as Agent Gordon / Parallel Agent Gordon
2011American Horror Story as David
2011Suits as Robert Geller
2010The Captains of The Final Frontier as Self
2010Regular Show as Sergeant / Helicopter Pilot (voice)
2010Good Luck Charlie as Dr. Meyer
2009Castle as Malcolm Wickfield
2009Trust Me as Gordon Benedict
2008The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Fast Eddie / Judge Cooper
2007Star Trek: Of Gods and Men as Tuvok
2007Samantha Who? as Frank
2007iCarly as Ted Franklin
2007iCarly as Ted Franklin (archive footage)
2007iCarly as Ted Franklin (voice)
2007Live Free or Die Hard as Agent Chuck Summer
2006Twenty Good Years
2006The Oh in Ohio as Douglas
2006Hannah Montana as Dr. Meyer
2006Unbeatable Harold as Diner Manager
2005The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as Town Clerk
2005Criminal Minds as Agent Lawrence
2004Star Trek's Favorite Moments as Himself
2003Roddenberry on Patrol as Red-Shirt Bandit
2003NCIS as Jerry Kemper
2003NCIS as Dr. Erik Harper
2002Without a Trace as Phil Hansen
2002CSI: Miami as Leonard Sterling
1999Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier as Tuvok
1998East of Hope Street as Casey
1996Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond as Self
1995E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager as Himself
1995Star Trek: Voyager as Tuvok
1995Launch of Star Trek: Voyager as Himself
1995Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure as Self
1994Spider-Man as Hobie Brown / Prowler (voice)
1994Star Trek: Generations as Lieutenant
1994ER as Dr. Medford
1994Bitter Vengeance as Lt. James
1994Dead Connection as Det. Chuck Roland
1994Dead Connection
1993seaQuest DSV as Martin Clemens
1993Living Single as Officer Taylor
1993Journey to the Center of the Earth as Joe Briggs
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as T'Kar
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Tuvok
1992Mr. Saturday Night as A.D.
1992Hangin' with Mr. Cooper as Victor
1992Melrose Place as Roger Chambers
1991The Heroes of Desert Storm as Julian Crumes
1991Night Eyes II as Jesse Younger
1991Dead Silence as Dep. Ryan
1991Eve of Destruction as Carter
1990Cop Rock as Juror
1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Eugene
1989Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989Family Matters as Jeff
1989Alien Nation
1989Alien Nation as Ronald Ketnes
1988Roots: The Gift as Marcellus
1988Police Story: Cop Killer
1988Freddy's Nightmares as Dr. Henry Picard
1988Who Gets the Friends?
1988Pulse as Policeman
1987thirtysomething
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation as Devor
1987Jake and the Fatman
1987Beauty and the Beast
1987The Highwayman as D.C. Montana
1987Spaceballs as Trooper
1987Death Wish 4: The Crackdown as Jesse
198721 Jump Street as Ray Davies
1987Timestalkers as Sgt. Filton
1986Heart of the City as Collins
1986Throb
1986Casebusters as Dixon
1986Fire with Fire as Jerry
1986Crossroads as Robert Johnson
1985Amazing Stories as Security guard
1985The Twilight Zone as Archer (segment "Kentucky Rye")
1985The Twilight Zone as Archer (segment "Voices in the Earth")
1984Hunter as Sam
—Vampire Slayer as News Reporter (voice)