Tim Russ

Timothy Darrell Russ was born on June 22, 1956, in Washington, D.C., to Air Force officer Walt and his wife Josephine. He and his younger siblings Michael and Angela grew up on several military bases, including Niagara Falls, Elmendorf (Alaska) AFB, Omaha, Taiwan, Philippines and Turkey. During these moves around the world, he graduated from Izmir High School in Turkey, and received his diploma from Rome Free Academy in Rome, New York. Afterwards he attended Saint Edwards University and earned a B.S. in Theater Arts but continued his studies with a full scholarship to continue theater studies at Illinois State University. His first professional job came while he was at St. Edward's University in Austin, when he appeared in a PBS Masterpiece Theater production, but he started to pursue acting full time in 1985. During that time he's been on many TV shows and movies - including _The Twilight Zone (1985)_ (qv), _Amazing Stories (1985)_ (qv), _Thirtysomething (1987)_ (qv), _Jake and the Fatman (1987)_ (qv), _21 Jump Street (1987)_ (qv), _Beauty and the Beast (1987)_ (qv), _The People Next Door (1989)_ (qv), _Mancuso, FBI (1989)_ (qv), _Family Matters (1989)_ (qv), _The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)_ (qv), _Tequila and Bonetti (1992)_ (qv), _SeaQuest 2032 (1993)_ (qv), _Dark Justice (1991)_ (qv), _Murphy Brown (1988)_ (qv), _Monty (1994)_ (qv), _Star Trek: Voyager (1995)_ (qv), _Melrose Place (1992)_ (qv), _Any Day Now (1998)_ (qv), _The Highwayman (1987)_ (qv), _Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)_ (qv) and _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)_ (qv), among others.Along with his television experience he has also played in a variety of films, including _Crossroads (1986)_ (qv), _Fire with Fire (1986)_ (qv), _Timestalkers (1987)_ (qv), _Spaceballs (1987)_ (qv), _Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)_ (qv), _Pulse (1988)_ (qv), _Bird (1988)_ (qv), _Roots: The Gift (1988)_ (qv), _Eve of Destruction (1991)_ (qv), _Dead Silence (1997)_ (qv), _Night Eyes II (1991)_ (qv), _Mr. Saturday Night (1992)_ (qv), _Star Trek: Generations (1994)_ (qv), _Dead Connection (1994)_ (qv), _East of Hope Street (1997)_ (qv). During his comprehensive acting career he appeared in numerous theatrical productions including "Romeo & Juliet", "Barrabas", "Dream Girls", "As You Like It", "Twelfth Night", "Cave Dwellers" among others. When not acting, Russ finds time for music and film producing. Songs sung by 'Tim Russ' (qv) are available on the CDs "Only a Dream in Rio", "'Tim Russ' (qv)", "Kushangaza" and "Brave New World". He lives in the area of Los Angeles where his whole family resides.::A. Nonymous