Tim Russ

Tim Russ is an American actor and director who also works as a screenwriter, musician and amateur astronomer, and he is best known for playing Lieutenant Commander Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager. Born in Washington, D.C., he studied theater arts at St. Edward's University. His screen credits include Crossroads (1986), where he played Robert Johnson, and a brief part in Spaceballs (1987). He appeared across the Star Trek franchise, including Star Trek: Generations (1994), and later reprised Tuvok on Star Trek: Picard. Other television roles included Frank on Samantha Who? and Principal Ted Franklin on iCarly, plus D. C. Montana on The Highwaymen. He directed and starred in Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007) and co-starred in Star Trek: Renegades, did voice work for Star Trek video games, and won an Emmy in 2014 for FBI public service ads. He is also a lifelong musician and an amateur astronomer.