Tim Russ

Tim Russ

Known for
Acting
Born
June 22, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Washington, D.C., USA

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.

Known For

Filmography

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Vampire Slayer poster

Vampire Slayer

Movie · as News Reporter (voice)

2025
One Big Happy Family poster

One Big Happy Family

Movie · as Lawrence

2025
Unconventional poster

Unconventional

TV · as Collin Charles · 1 ep

2024
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager poster

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

Movie · as Self

2024
The Star City Murders poster

The Star City Murders

Movie · as Captain Royce Aikman

2024
Surge of Power: Where There's Smoke poster

Surge of Power: Where There's Smoke

Movie · as Mortrigard

2024
ted poster

ted

TV · as ER Doctor · 2 eps

2023
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event poster

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event

Movie · as Captain Tuvok

2023
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham poster

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

Movie · as Lucius Fox (voice)

2023
Poker Face poster

Poker Face

TV · as Max · 1 ep

2022
Nightshade poster

Nightshade

Movie · as Captain Burns

2022
Classified poster

Classified

Movie · as Director Branch

2022
The Shuttlepod Show poster

The Shuttlepod Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
The Rookie: Feds poster

The Rookie: Feds

TV · as Mel · 1 ep

2021
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion poster

Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion

Movie · as Uncle Leon

2021
The Slayer Chronicles - Volume 1 poster

The Slayer Chronicles - Volume 1

Movie · as News Reporter (voice)

2021
iCarly poster

iCarly

TV · as Principal Franklin · 2 eps

2021
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek poster

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
4400 poster

4400

TV · as Elijah Landry · 1 ep

2021
Them poster

Them

TV · as The Custodian · 2 eps

2020
Unbelievable!!!!! poster

Unbelievable!!!!!

Movie · as Unreal Robert Schmitt

2020
The Midnight Sky poster

The Midnight Sky

Movie · as Mason Mosley

2020
Star Trek: Picard poster

Star Trek: Picard

TV · as Captain Tuvok · 2 eps

2020
Star Trek Day poster

Star Trek Day

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Ghost in the Gun poster

Ghost in the Gun

Movie · as Ghost in the Gun

2019
The Circuit poster

The Circuit

Movie

2019
Vitals poster

Vitals

Movie · as The Surgeon

2019
Junkie poster

Junkie

Movie · as Martin Green

2019
The Ready Room poster

The Ready Room

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Swamp Thing poster

Swamp Thing

TV · as Marais Doctor, Dr. Chowodury · 1 ep

2019
Black Monday poster

Black Monday

TV · as Walter · 1 ep

2018
They Want Dick Dickster poster

They Want Dick Dickster

Movie · as Sammy Davas Jr

2018
5th Passenger poster

5th Passenger

Movie · as Franklin

2018
Karma poster

Karma

Movie · as Frank Hudson

2018
Her Side of the Bed poster

Her Side of the Bed

Movie · as Charles Harwell

2018
A Fairy's Game poster

A Fairy's Game

Movie · as Warlock (voice)

2018
9-1-1 poster

9-1-1

TV · as Marriage Counselor · 1 ep

2018
The Resident poster

The Resident

TV · as Tyrone Griffiths · 1 ep

2017
Blade Of Honor poster

Blade Of Honor

Movie · as Yuni

2017
Sun, Sand & Romance poster

Sun, Sand & Romance

Movie · as Gus Van Houtten

2017
The Good Doctor poster

The Good Doctor

TV · as Chuck · 1 ep

2017
The Orville poster

The Orville

TV · as Dr. Sherman · 1 ep

2016
Six Gun Savior poster

Six Gun Savior

Movie · as Ezekiel Roake

2016
50 Years of Star Trek poster

50 Years of Star Trek

Movie · as Self

2015
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! poster

Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!

Movie · as General Gottleib

2015
Supergirl poster

Supergirl

TV · as Jul-Us · 1 ep

2015
Star Trek: Renegades poster

Star Trek: Renegades

TV · as Tuvok · 2 eps

2014
Asteroid vs Earth poster

Asteroid vs Earth

Movie · as Captain Rogers

2014
Alongside Night poster

Alongside Night

Movie · as General Jack Guerdon

2014
How to Get Away with Murder poster

How to Get Away with Murder

TV · as Kofi Bonaparte · 1 ep

2014
NCIS: New Orleans poster

NCIS: New Orleans

TV · as Felix Hill · 1 ep

2013
Social Nightmare poster

Social Nightmare

Movie · as Ajeti

2012
Gibby poster

Gibby

Movie · as Principal Ted Franklin

2012
Lab Rats poster

Lab Rats

TV · as Agent Gordon / Parallel Agent Gordon · 1 ep

2012
Guys with Kids poster

Guys with Kids

TV · as Specialist · 1 ep

2012
The Soul Man poster

The Soul Man

TV · as Devon · 1 ep

2011
Suits poster

Suits

TV · as Robert Geller · 1 ep

2011
American Horror Story poster

American Horror Story

TV · as David · 1 ep

2010
The Captains of The Final Frontier poster

The Captains of The Final Frontier

Movie · as Self

2010
Regular Show poster

Regular Show

TV · as Sergeant / Helicopter Pilot (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Good Luck Charlie poster

Good Luck Charlie

TV · as Dr. Meyer · 1 ep

2009
Trust Me poster

Trust Me

TV · as Gordon Benedict · 1 ep

2009
Castle poster

Castle

TV · as Malcolm Wickfield · 1 ep

2008
InAlienable poster

InAlienable

Movie · as News Anchor

2008
The Secret Life of the American Teenager poster

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

TV · as Fast Eddie / Judge Cooper · 1 ep

2007
Live Free or Die Hard poster

Live Free or Die Hard

Movie · as Agent Chuck Summer

2007
Samantha Who? poster

Samantha Who?

TV · as Frank · 35 eps

2007
iCarly poster

iCarly

TV · as Ted Franklin · 8 eps

2006
Unbeatable Harold poster

Unbeatable Harold

Movie · as Diner Manager

2006
The Oh in Ohio poster

The Oh in Ohio

Movie · as Douglas

2006
Hannah Montana poster

Hannah Montana

TV · as Dr. Meyer · 1 ep

2006
Twenty Good Years poster

Twenty Good Years

TV · as Marty · 2 eps

2005
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari poster

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Movie · as Town Clerk

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Agent Lawrence · 1 ep

2004
Star Trek's Favorite Moments poster

Star Trek's Favorite Moments

Movie · as Self

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Jerry Kemper, Dr. Erik Harper · 1 ep

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Leonard Sterling · 1 ep

2002
Without a Trace poster

Without a Trace

TV · as Phil Hansen · 1 ep

2000
Star Trek: Voyager - Future's End poster

Star Trek: Voyager - Future's End

Movie · as Tuvok

2000
Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion poster

Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion

Movie · as Tuvok

1999
Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier poster

Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier

Movie · as Tuvok

1998
East of Hope Street poster

East of Hope Street

Movie · as Casey

1996
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond poster

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

Movie · as Self

1996
Star Trek: Voyager - Basics poster

Star Trek: Voyager - Basics

Movie · as Tuvok

1995
Launch of Star Trek: Voyager poster

Launch of Star Trek: Voyager

Movie · as Himself

1995
E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager poster

E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager

Movie · as Himself

1995
Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure poster

Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure

Movie · as Self

1995
Star Trek: Voyager poster

Star Trek: Voyager

TV · as Tuvok · 169 eps

1994
Dead Connection poster

Dead Connection

Movie · as Det. Chuck Roland

1994
Star Trek: Generations poster

Star Trek: Generations

Movie · as Lieutenant

1994
Bitter Vengeance poster

Bitter Vengeance

Movie · as Lt. James

1994
Spider-Man poster

Spider-Man

TV · as Hobie Brown / Prowler (voice) · 1 ep

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Dr. Medford · 1 ep

1993
Journey to the Center of the Earth poster

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Movie · as Joe Briggs

1993
seaQuest DSV poster

seaQuest DSV

TV · as Martin Clemens · 1 ep

1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine poster

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

TV · as T'Kar, Tuvok · 1 ep

1993
Living Single poster

Living Single

TV · as Officer Taylor · 1 ep

1992
Mr. Saturday Night poster

Mr. Saturday Night

Movie · as A.D.

1992
The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live! poster

The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!

Movie · as self

1992
Melrose Place poster

Melrose Place

TV · as Roger Chambers · 1 ep

1992
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper poster

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

TV · as Victor · 2 eps

1991
Dead Silence poster

Dead Silence

Movie · as Dep. Ryan

1991
Night Eyes II poster

Night Eyes II

Movie · as Jesse Younger

1991
Eve of Destruction poster

Eve of Destruction

Movie · as Carter

1991
The Heroes of Desert Storm poster

The Heroes of Desert Storm

Movie · as Julian Crumes

1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air poster

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

TV · as Eugene · 3 eps

1990
Cop Rock poster

Cop Rock

TV · as Juror · 2 eps

1989
Family Matters poster

Family Matters

TV · as Jeff · 1 ep

1989
Mancuso, F.B.I. poster

Mancuso, F.B.I.

TV · 1 ep

1989
Alien Nation poster

Alien Nation

TV · 1 ep

1989
The People Next Door poster

The People Next Door

TV · as Answering Machine Guy · 1 ep

1988
Roots: The Gift poster

Roots: The Gift

Movie · as Marcellus

1988
Pulse poster

Pulse

Movie · as Policeman

1988
Who Gets the Friends? poster

Who Gets the Friends?

Movie

1988
Police Story: Cop Killer poster

Police Story: Cop Killer

Movie

1988
Freddy's Nightmares poster

Freddy's Nightmares

TV · as Dr. Henry Picard · 1 ep

1988
Police Story

Police Story

TV · 1 ep

1987
Spaceballs poster

Spaceballs

Movie · as Trooper

1987
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown poster

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

Movie · as Jesse

1987
Timestalkers poster

Timestalkers

Movie · as Sgt. Filton

1987
thirtysomething poster

thirtysomething

TV · 1 ep

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV · as Devor · 1 ep

1987
Jake and the Fatman poster

Jake and the Fatman

TV · 1 ep

1987
21 Jump Street poster

21 Jump Street

TV · as Ray Davies · 1 ep

1987
The Highwayman poster

The Highwayman

TV · as D.C. Montana · 10 eps

1987
Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast

TV · as Lieutenant Eric Parker · 1 ep

1986
Crossroads poster

Crossroads

Movie · as Robert Johnson

1986
Casebusters poster

Casebusters

Movie · as Dixon

1986
Fire with Fire poster

Fire with Fire

Movie · as Jerry

1986
Throb

Throb

TV · 1 ep

1986
Heart of the City poster

Heart of the City

TV · as Collins · 1 ep

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Archer (segment "Kentucky Rye"), Archer (segment "Voices in the Earth") · 1 ep

1985
Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories

TV · as Security guard · 1 ep

1984
Hunter poster

Hunter

TV · as Sam · 1 ep

1981
Hill Street Blues poster

Hill Street Blues

TV · as Burton · 1 ep