Biography
Timothy Darrell "Tim" Russ (born June 22, 1956, height 6' (1,83 m)) is an American actor, film director, screenwriter and musician. He is known for his roles as Lieutenant CommanderTuvok 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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024
as Self
The documentary explores the legacy of Star Trek: Voyager (1995).

The Star City Murders
2024
as Captain Royce Aikman
A Team of detectives are tracking down a serial killer whose methods are unlike anything law enforcement has ever seen.

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023
as Captain Tuvok
Get ready to send off Jean-Luc Picard and his crew in style! On Wednesday, April 19, experience the last two episodes of Star Trek: Picard in IMAX, fo...

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham
2023
as Lucius Fox (voice)
Explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashes an ancient evil, and returns to Gotham after being away for two decades. There, Batman battles Lovecraftia...

Classified
2022
as Director Branch
A former CIA Agent, Sadie Gray, finds herself at a bumbling spy agency where she battles treacherous cyber hackers, outfoxes ambitious politicians, an...

Nightshade
2022
as Captain Burns
When a homicide detective's disturbing dreams reveal parallels to an ongoing investigation, he must do whatever it takes to discover his connection to...

Star Trek Renegades OMINARA
2021
Director
When Prof. Steiner creates a new technology to link people's minds together for rapid communication and learning, his nefarious ulterior motives becom...

Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion
2021
as Uncle Leon
Event planner Amy helps rising singer Tiffanie Christmas plan her holiday family reunion. Along the way Amy must navigate some challenging family dyna...

The Slayer Chronicles - Volume 1
2021
as News Reporter (voice)
Raven Cross gets a crash course in the supernatural when she discovers that she is a vampire slayer and member of a coven of light workers tasked to p...

The Slayer Chronicles - Volume 1
2021
Director
Raven Cross gets a crash course in the supernatural when she discovers that she is a vampire slayer and member of a coven of light workers tasked to p...

The Midnight Sky
2020
as Mason Mosley
A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

Unbelievable!!!!!
2020
as Unreal Robert Schmitt
The crazy exploits of four off-beat astronauts who travel to the Moon on a rescue mission to determine the fate of two Space Agency comrades who have ...

Ghost in the Gun
2019
as Ghost in the Gun
A man left for dead in the desert encounters a possessed gun and transforms into a gunslinger bent on avenging his wife's murder, but unbeknownst to h...

Vitals
2019
as The Surgeon
On vacation, a man wakes up in an abandoned motel room in a tub of ice and his kidney missing. He finds his wife in the adjacent room waiting to be th...

The Circuit
2019
The bold crew of the hit Sci-Fi TV series "Star Crew" are in for an adventure that will push them to their limits while they fight to find the heroes ...

Junkie
2019
as Martin Green
A rock bottom junkie trades a needle for a gun and sparks an explosive conflict with the local cartel, when you've lost the will to live, you ain't af...

They Want Dick Dickster
2018
as Sammy Davas Jr
Hollywood movie director, Dick Dickster, is a drunk hack with a big ego and a bad attitude. He's broke, in debt, and unemployable. His manager, Sammy ...

Karma
2018
as Frank Hudson
When recent college grad Manny has trouble making ends meet, his father-in-law offers him a job evicting delinquent tenants. Manny soon finds himself ...

A Fairy's Game
2018
as Warlock (voice)
Two siblings are whisked away by an intelligent fairy to become part of a real life game they must complete before coming back to the real world.

5th Passenger
2018
as Franklin
Set in the aftermath of an oppressive class war, a pregnant officer aboard an escape pod must struggle to survive with her remaining crew when a myste...

Her Side of the Bed
2018
as Charles Harwell
The relationship between two best friends is forever changed during the course of one eventful night.

Sun, Sand & Romance
2017
as Gus Van Houtten
Kate is a driven publishing exec visiting a summer resort with her boyfriend Eric. There she runs into Shep, an old high school friend and fellow camp...

Renegades: The Requiem: Part 1
2017
Director
Everything the Admiral has feared for the Confederation, begins to come to pass. As a secret cabal enacts plans for galactic dominance on a scale neve...

Blade Of Honor
2017
as Yuni
When the crew of the Hermes finds itself trapped in a space battle with the evil Calinar breaching their ship they must fight for their lives while Ar...

50 Years of Star Trek
2016
as Self
Over the last fifty years, America has been fascinated by Star Trek since it first aired in September of 1966. This 2-hour documentary celebrates the ...

Six Gun Savior
2016
as Ezekiel Roake
When Lane McCrae confronts the outlaw that murdered his family, the battle leaves him fatally wounded. He is visited by the Devil, who offers him a de...

Star Trek: Renegades
2015
Ten years after the starship Voyager's return from the Delta Quadrant, the Federation is in a crisis. The Federation's main suppliers of dilithium cry...

Star Trek: Renegades
2015
Director
Ten years after the starship Voyager's return from the Delta Quadrant, the Federation is in a crisis. The Federation's main suppliers of dilithium cry...

Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
2015
as General Gottleib
The sharks take bite out of the East Coast when the sharknado hits Washington, D.C. and Orlando, Florida.

Asteroid vs Earth
2014
as Captain Rogers
When a shower of massive meteors threatens an extinction level on Earth, the world's greatest minds devise a dangerous plan that will take the planet ...

Alongside Night
2014
as General Jack Guerdon
Alongside Night is the story of the final economic collapse of the United States as seen through the eyes of 16-year-old Elliot Vreeland, searching fo...

Social Nightmare
2013
as Ajeti
A student's chances of getting into a good college hang in the balance when inappropriate photos of her are posted on the Internet.

Gibby
2012
as Principal Ted Franklin
Gibby is an unaired pilot for a spin-off of iCarly, similar to Sam & Cat, that was conceived in 2012, but ultimately rejected by Nickelodeon. Gibby Gi...

A Night at the Silent Movie Theater
2012
Director
A raucous comedy of errors about a singer stuck in a dead-end job who sees his last, best shot at rock stardom threatened by freak accidents, movie th...
The Captains of The Final Frontier
2010
as Self
The Captains of The Final Frontier is a ninety-minute Star Trek documentary which was produced for broadcast on A&E Television and The Biography C...

Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
2007
as Tuvok
It is the year 2306. Thirteen years have passed since Captain James T. Kirk was swept away by the Nexus, after saving the crew of the USS Enterprise-B...

Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
2007
Director
It is the year 2306. Thirteen years have passed since Captain James T. Kirk was swept away by the Nexus, after saving the crew of the USS Enterprise-B...

Plugged
2007
Director, Writer
Detectives Pitchman and Slogan have their hands full fighting product placement to solve a strange smelling murder mystery.

Live Free or Die Hard
2007
as Agent Chuck Summer
John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists i...

The Oh in Ohio
2006
as Douglas
Frustrated with their relationship, Priscilla and Jack decide to take a break. While Jack moves into a new place of his own and starts dating a studen...

Unbeatable Harold
2006
as Diner Manager
A wannabe Elvis meets his true love, the best waitress in the West..

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
2005
as Town Clerk
Remake of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920). Shot entirely on green screen. Some exact shots from the 1920 film were superimposed to properly replic...

Star Trek's Favorite Moments
2004
as Himself
Fans, cast and crew of the Star Trek shows reflect on their favorite moments from The Original Series.

Roddenberry on Patrol
2003
as Red-Shirt Bandit
A very funny short film that parodies Gene Roddenberry's quest to find Star Trek. On the way he encounters several people who help him create the Sc-F...

Roddenberry on Patrol
2003
Director, Producer
A very funny short film that parodies Gene Roddenberry's quest to find Star Trek. On the way he encounters several people who help him create the Sc-F...

Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier
1999
as Tuvok
Dark Frontier" is a feature length TV Movie of Star Trek: Voyager, the 15th and 16th episodes of the fifth season. This episode originally aired as a ...

East of Hope Street
1998
as Casey
A gritty, urban, real-life story of a teenage latina who comes of age while struggling to survive the abuses of home, the inner city, and an overburde...

East of Hope Street
1998
Producer, Writer
A gritty, urban, real-life story of a teenage latina who comes of age while struggling to survive the abuses of home, the inner city, and an overburde...

E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Himself
E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager is a documentary produced by the E! Entertainment Television channel which is now owned by NBCUniversal. It was hosted by...

Launch of Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Himself
Launch of Star Trek: Voyager is a documentary which was broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel in the US on 12 January 1995. It was hosted and narrated by Ma...

Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure
1995
as Self
Star Trek: Voyager – Inside the New Adventure was a special documentary, running for 50 minutes, produced by BECK-OLA Productions for broadcasting by ...

Star Trek: Generations
1994
as Lieutenant
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star syste...

Bitter Vengeance
1994
as Lt. James
Annie marries Jack Westford, a cop when they met. Six years later, Jack is now working as a security guard in a bank and feels that he was unfairly fi...

Dead Connection
1994
as Det. Chuck Roland
After a series of murders in motel rooms are connected, police detective Matt Dickson heads out on the trail to find a serial killer. He discovers tha...

Dead Connection
1994
After a series of murders in motel rooms are connected, police detective Matt Dickson heads out on the trail to find a serial killer. He discovers tha...

Journey to the Center of the Earth
1993
as Joe Briggs
This made-for-TV film version uses the title and general premise of Jules Verne's novel, but had its heroes carry out the journey in an earth-penetrat...

Mr. Saturday Night
1992
as A.D.
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes ...

The Heroes of Desert Storm
1991
as Julian Crumes
The first Iraq war saw many tragedies and acts of heroism. This is the story seen through the eyes of the men and women involved.

Night Eyes II
1991
as Jesse Younger
Security expert Will Griffith has been hired to secure the mansion of South American expatriate Hector Mejenes...

Dead Silence
1991
as Dep. Ryan
Three friends on spring break hit and kill a transient in the California desert. Will they keep silent or turn on each other?

Eve of Destruction
1991
as Carter
Eve is a military robot made to look exactly like her creator, Dr. Eve Simmons. When she is damaged during a bank robbery, the robot becomes an unstop...

Alien Nation
1989
as Ronald Ketnes
A bigoted human policeman in the L.A. of the future and his alien partner learn to live with each other's differences while attempting to solve a drug...

Roots: The Gift
1988
as Marcellus
On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of r...

Police Story: Cop Killer
1988
The best friend and partner of a dedicated cop is killed by a pair of holdup men during a routine traffic check.
Who Gets the Friends?
1988
Neat and interesting story about a couple being divorced. It is easy to split all the things they've bought, but the real question is: Who gets the fr...

Pulse
1988
as Policeman
An intelligent pulse of electricity moves from house to house, terrorizing occupants through their own appliances. Having already destroyed one househ...

Spaceballs
1987
as Trooper
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless side...

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987
as Jesse
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel.

Timestalkers
1987
as Sgt. Filton
History professor Scott McKenzie makes an anachronistic discovery in a photograph from the Old West and he is soon joined by beautiful time-traveler G...

Casebusters
1986
as Dixon
Jamie and Allie are amateur sleuths whose grandfather runs a small security business. One afternoon, while digging around on their own, they accidenta...

Fire with Fire
1986
as Jerry
A young woman from a Catholic school and a young man from a nearby prison camp fall in love and run away together to escape the law, the church and th...

Crossroads
1986
as Robert Johnson
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.