Timothy Balme
16 movies · 6 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 18, 1967 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- New Zealand
- Also known as
- Timothy Balme · Tim Balme · Timothy Guy Balme
Biography
Timothy Guy Balme (born January 18, 1967), also known as Tim Balme, is an actor and screenwriter from New Zealand. He's most well known for his roles on the long-running soap opera Shortland Street and Mercy Peak, as well as lead roles in the cult favourites Braindead and Jack Brown Genius. He most recently was a writer and actor on the television series The Almighty Johnsons.
Balme is married to actress Katie Wolfe, with whom he has two children; daughter Edie (born 2001) and son Nikau (born 2005). Balme also has a son, Sam (born 1987) from a previous relationship.
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Balme graduated from Toi Whakaari in 1989, and his first lead role was in the 1992 film Braindead (aka Dead Alive). Balme and his wife, along with Simon Bennett and Robyn Malcolm, founded the New Zealand Actors' Company, which ran for three productions before being dissolved. An actor for the better part of twenty years, he has recently branched out into writing, and has scripted episodes for television series such as Diplomatic Immunity and Outrageous Fortune. Balme also wrote the short film Redemption, directed by his wife, which was selected as part of the short film line-up at the Sundance Film Festival for 2011.
Balme worked as the head of development for South Pacific Pictures for three years before returning to freelancing. He currently writes for shows such as the popular Channel 7 drama 800 Words and is head writer for the murder mystery series The Brokenwood Mysteries. In 2015 he won the Best Television Screenplay award at the SWANZ (NZ Writer's Guild Awards) for Brokenwood Ep 2 "Sour Grapes".
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Known for
Timothy Balme: movies and TV shows
Acting (17)
- 2011
- 2010 No Reason
as Pathologist #1
- 2007 The Tattooist
as Jake's Father
- 2006
- 2004 Not Only But Always
as NY Club Compere (as Tim Balme)
- 2004 Deceit
as Kevin Ordell
- 2003 For Good
as Grant Wilson
- 2002 The Vector File
as Paul
- 2001
- 2001 Dark Stories: Tales from Beyond the Grave
as (segment 'Headlong') / Barry / Priest (segment 'La vie en rose')
- 1998 Via Satellite
as Ken
- 1996 Jack Brown: Genius
as Jack Brown
- 1996 Headlong
as Arthur
- 1994 The Last Tattoo
as Jim Mitchell
- 1994 La Vie en Rose
as Barry / Priest
- 1992 Braindead
as Lionel
- 1992
Behind the camera (5)
- 2024 The Haka Party Incident
Producer
- 2015
- 2014
- 2010 Stolen
Writer
- 2010 Redemption
Screenplay
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2025
- 2024
- 2016 Beneath New Zealand
6 episodes
- 2002 Border Patrol
155 episodes