Tim Russ

Acting · Born 1956-06-22 · 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

• One Big Happy Family (2025)
• To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager (2024)
• The Star City Murders (2024)
• Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event (2023)
• Nightshade (2022)
• Classified (2022)
• Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion (2021)
• The Slayer Chronicles - Volume 1 (2021)
• Unbelievable!!!!! (2020)
• The Midnight Sky (2020)
• Ghost in the Gun (2019)
• The Circuit (2019)
• Vitals (2019)
• Junkie (2019)
• They Want Dick Dickster (2018)
• 5th Passenger (2018)
• Karma (2018)
• Her Side of the Bed (2018)
• A Fairy's Game (2018)
• Blade Of Honor (2017)
• Sun, Sand & Romance (2017)
• Six Gun Savior (2016)
• 50 Years of Star Trek (2016)
• Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)