Tim "Speed" Levitch (born 1970) is an American actor, tour guide, and speaker. His nickname is derived from his trademark fast talking style. Levitch has appeared in multiple films, has had his poetic and philosophical works published in books and periodicals and is what you might call an urban vagabond. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

Biography

Tim Levitch was born in 1970 in New York City. He mostly grew up in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, yet spent his summers in Kansas City. When he was twelve, his parents got a house in Westchester County and he was briefly a suburbanite. He longed to return to New York and eventually he did.

In 1992 he received his tour guide license from the Central Park Conservancy. He later took a position with Apple Tours as a tour bus guide. He soon attracted a cult following, due not only to his fast talking style, but also for his obvious love of his native city. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... A Central Park landscape Central Park (, ) is a large public, urban park (843 acres or 3. ...

Levitch's fame was spread beyond NYC when he became the subject of the 1998 documentary The Cruise. The film won the best documentary award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks amongst the top five events of its type in the world. ...

Filmography

• "Stroker and Hoop" (2004) TV Series (voice) (as Speed Levitch) .... Hoop
• Video Capture Device (2004) .... Himself
• Live from Shiva's Dance Floor (2003) .... Himself
• The School of Rock (2003) .... Waiter
• Waking Life (2001) (voice) (as Speed Levitch) .... Himself
• Scotland, Pa. (2001) .... Hector (Hippie #2)
• "Anatomy of a Scene" - Waking Life (2001) (as Speed Levitch) .... Himself
• The Cruise (1998/I) .... Himself

Stroker and Hoop (also Stroker & Hoop) is an American Flash animated television series on Cartoon Networks Adult Swim block. ... Video Capture Device is the Weezer DVD. It contains footage of a lot of live gigs from early stages of their musical career, right up until 2002. ... The School of Rock (2003) is a comedy film starring Jack Black. ... Waking Life is a digitally rotoscoped and animated film, directed by Richard Linklater and made in 2001. ... Scotland, Pa. ... Anatomy of a Scene is an original television series which has aired regularly on Sundance Channel since 2001. ... The Cruise is the title of a documentary released in 1998, directed by Bennett Miller. ...

Books by Levitch

• Levitch, Timothy "Speed" (2002). Speedology: Speed on New York on Speed. Context Books. ISBN 1893956296.

External Links

• The Best of Timothy "Speed" Levitch
• Tim Levitch - Modern Day Urban Vagabond - by David Lawson.
• War Correspondence from the Present Tense - an interview with Levitch
• Speed Levitch Expains It All
• Interview with Bennett Miller and Timothy "Speed" Levitch
• Video of Walking Tour