Tim Thomerson (born April 8, 1946) is an American actor. April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Life

Thomerson was born in Coronado, California and was raised in Hawaii and San Diego. After a stint in the National Guard, Thomerson drifted into acting while working backstage at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, a well-known venue for Shakespearean productions. He worked at the Globe as a prop man and set builder and it was there that he met respected character actor, Anthony Zerbe who suggested that he study with Stella Adler in New York. Flag of Coronado Coronado is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. ... Official language(s) English, Hawaiian Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 10,931 sq mi (29,311 km²)  - Width n/a miles (n/a km)  - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km)  - % water 41. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin... aundrea loves chauncey ... William Shakespeare—born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in English. ... Anthony Zerbe (born May 20, 1936 in Long Beach, California) is an American stage, film and television actor. ... Stella Adler (February 10, 1901 – December 21, 1992) was an American actress, and for decades was regarded as Americas foremost acting teacher. ... NY redirects here. ...

After spending some time in college, Tim took Zerbe’s advice and moved to New York to study with the highly esteemed acting teacher. Tim had always had an interest in stand up comedy and it was while in New York that he also began to hone his skills as a stand up comedian. He started working such clubs as The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, Bud Friedman’s Improvisation, Catch a Rising Star as well as the Catskills. The Bitter End is arguably the most famous nightclub in New York Citys Greenwich Village. ... The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (IPA pronunciation: ), also called simply the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City named after Greenwich, London. ... Catch a Rising Star is a chain of comedy clubs, founded in New York City in 1972. ... Catskill State Park as seen from Overlook Mountian The Catskill Mountains are an extension of the Appalachian Mountains into New York State. ...

Career

At the completion of his studies with Ms. Adler, Tim came back to California to pursue his stand up career. The comedy boom was happening and Thomerson was in the middle of it along with comics like David Letterman, Jay Leno and Freddie Prinze. Back in L.A., he became a regular at the Comedy Store and the Improv as well as making numerous appearances on television variety shows, and in Las Vegas. David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) is an award-winning American comedian, late night talk show host, television producer, philanthropist, and IRL IndyCar Series car owner. ... James Douglas Muir Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian who is best known as the current host of NBC televisions long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. ... Frederick Karl Pruetzel (22 June 1954 – 29 January 1977), better known as “Freddie Prinze” was an American stand-up comedian and actor. ... This article is about the club in the United States; there is also a Comedy Store in London. ... The Improv is a comedy club at 8162 Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, California. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ...

One of his early acting breaks came from director Robert Altman who after seeing his stand up act cast him in the film A Wedding. At this early stage of Tim’s movie career he found himself surrounded by the likes of Vittorio Gassman, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Chaplin and a very young Dennis Franz. Tim was struck by the generosity of these truly talented actors. Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. ... A Wedding is a 1978 black comedy directed by Robert Altman, starring Carol Burnett, Lillian Gish, Geraldine Chaplin, Vittorio Gassman, Mia Farrow, Lauren Hutton, Pam Dawber, Desi Arnaz, Jr. ... Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman (Il Mattatore) (September 1, 1922 – June 29, 2000) was an Italian theatre and film actor and director. ... Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is a successful comedienne mostly on American television, thanks largely to her eponymous variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, that ran on CBS from 1967 through 1978. ... Geraldine Chaplin (born July 31, 1944 in Santa Monica, California) is an Anglo-American actress. ... Dennis Franz (born Dennis Franz Schlacta, October 28, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is a German-American actor best known for his roles as Andy Sipowicz, a gritty police detective in the television series NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues and Beverly Hills Buntz. ...

During Thomerson’s almost 30-year career, he has played a wide variety of film and television roles. Over the years he has developed a loyal fan base because of Sci-fi cult heroes like Jack Deth in the Trancers films, Brick Bardo in the Dollman series and Farnsworth from the Nemesis Trilogy. His long list of film credits also includes: Uncommon Valor, Air America, Volunteers, Who’s Harry Crumb?, Iron Eagle, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, just to name a few, as well as numerous television roles. In the 90’s he was a series regular on the television police drama Sirens followed by a regular, co-starring role on the series Land’s End starring 'Fred Dryer. During his career Tim has been fortunate enough to work with some of his favorite actors including Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood, Wilford Brimley, Richard Farnsworth and his personal comic hero, Richard Pryor. Sci-fi is an abbreviation for science fiction. ... Trancers is a 1985 science fiction film. ... Doll Man is a fictional superhero from the Golden Age of Comics, originally published by Quality Comics and currently part of the DC Comics universe of characters. ... Farnsworth may refer to: Philo Farnsworth, inventor of the electronic television The Farnsworth-Hirsch Fusor, a nuclear fusion device invented by Philo Farnsworth Elon J. Farnsworth, a Union cavalry commander in the American Civil War Kyle Farnsworth, a baseball player for the New York Yankees Richard Farnsworth, an American actor... Look up nemesis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Uncommon Valor (1983) is a war film written by Joe Gayton and directed by Ted Kotcheff. ... Air America Pilots Cap Air America was an American passenger and cargo airline covertly owned and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). ... Volunteers is a 1969 album by American psychedelic rock band, Jefferson Airplane. ... Iron Eagle is a 1986 action film about a teenage boy named Doug Masters (Jason Gedrick) who steals an American F-16 fighter jet to rescue his father (Tim Thomerson), a prisoner of war being held in an unidentified rogue Middle Eastern country. ... The hard cover version of the book. ... In Greek mythology, the Sirens or Seirenes (Greek Σειρῆνας) were sea nymphs who lived on an island called Sirenum scopuli which was surrounded by cliffs and rocks. ... Lands End shown within Cornwall Lands End, the most westerly point in England The wreck of the RMS Mülheim at Lands End, 2003 This article relates to the location at the western tip of Cornwall; for other uses, see Lands End (disambiguation) Lands End... John Frederick Fred Dryer (born July 6, 1946, in Hawthorne, California) son of Charles F. Dryer and Genevieve Nell Clark. ... Gene Hackman (born Eugene Allen Hackman[1] on January 30, 1930) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... Allen Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934) is an American character actor. ... Richard Farnsworth Richard Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor. ... Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American comedian, actor, and writer. ...

He first came to prominence in the short-lived comedy science-fiction TV series Quark in 1977-78, as Gene/Jean, a character of dual gender who randomly switched from a macho to a feminine personality. Quark was an unusual NBC television sitcom, based on a science fiction theme, starring Richard Benjamin. ...

In 1990 he starred with Mel Gibson in the adventure film Air America in which he played the character of Babo. Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson AO (born January 3, 1956) is an American born Australian actor, director, and producer. ... Air America Pilots Cap Air America was an American passenger and cargo airline covertly owned and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). ...

He played villain Hanson Dekker in season 2 of the syndicated TV series Viper, in 1995-96. Viper was an action-adventure TV series about a special task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in fictional Metro City, California. ...

Thomerson has made guest appearances on tv shows such as Walker, Texas Ranger, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, The District, and Silk Stalkings. Walker, Texas Ranger is an American television western/police dramatic series, created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. ... Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman was a live-action television series based on the Superman comic books. ... The television crime drama The District aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. ... Silk Stalkings logo using Mistral typeface. ...

He was good friends with the late actor Brion James, having served with him in the National Guard Reserves in California. Brion James (born February 20, 1945 in Redlands, California, died August 7, 1999 in Malibu, California) was an American character actor. ...

Thomerson is a regular stock player in actor/director Michael Worth's films (DUAL, Devil On The Mountain, God's Ears) Michael Troy Worth (born January 13, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. ... Gods Ears is the 2007 film production from Grizzly Peak Films. ...

See also

Thomerson as a surname Thomerson is a fairly rare surname predominantly found in the UK and the USA. Outside these 2 regions, the main occurrences are in Canada, Australia and South Africa. ...

External links

• Tim Thomerson at the Internet Movie Database