Tim Ransom
Born: 1963-04-19 in Binghamton, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Tim Ransom, born Timothy Ransom Wilson on April 19, 1963, in Binghamton, New York, is a seasoned American actor, producer, and theater artist with over 35 years in entertainment. After high school, he relocated to New York City, interning at the Ensemble Studio Theater and co-founding the influential Naked Angels theater company with figures like Jon Robin Baitz and Lili Taylor, later serving as its Artistic Director from 2001 to 2005. Known for iconic roles such as the mutant Jack on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997-1998), villain Frankie Dwyer on Nash Bridges, and Robert F. Kennedy in A Woman Named Jackie, his film work spans Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Outbreak (1995), LBJ (2016), and The Mandela Effect (2019). Recent credits include Station 19 (2024), The Rookie (2022), Narcos: Mexico, The Handmaid's Tale, and Perry Mason (2020), alongside dozens of guest spots on shows like Scandal, The X-Files, and Law & Order: Organized Crime.
Filmography
2024
- Matlock as Orlando
2022
- Blonde as Rudy
2021
- Law & Order: Organized Crime as Stanwood
2020
- Perry Mason as Fenton Bostwick
2019
- The Mandela Effect as Pastor Isaac
2018
- The Rookie as Creighton Mitchell
- Station 19 as Charles
- Narcos: Mexico as Dunn
2017
- The Handmaid's Tale as Whitford
- Battle of the Sexes as Jerry Perenchio
- LBJ as Larry O'Brien
2016
- Preacher as Mr. Murphy
2015
- Togetherness as Tyler
2013
- Masters of Sex as Dr. Rish
- Hostages as Dr. Hank Evans
2012
- Scandal as Jeremy Winslow
- Perception as Dr. Robert Mills
2011
- Win Win as Stuart Thatcher
2009
- Castle as Max Renfro
2006
- Brothers and Sisters as Human Resources Representative
- Conviction as Attorney
2005
- Bones as Robert Carlson
2004
- Desperate Housewives as Tommy
2002
- Without a Trace as Linus Newell
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Jack Kittridge
- The Learning Curve as Steven
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Bartender
- Third Watch as Michael Kenney
- Snowden's Christmas as (voice)
1997
- The Practice as Public Defender Kent Clark
1996
- Nash Bridges as Frankie Dwyer
- Courage Under Fire as Boylar
1995
- Outbreak as Tommy Hull
- Signs and Wonders as Scut
1994
- Earth 2 as Whalen
- Fever as Zeke
- A Time to Heal
1993
- The X-Files as Ethan Minette (uncredited)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Jack
- Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back as Madden
- Vanished Without a Trace as Fred Woods
1991
- A Woman Named Jackie as Robert Kennedy
- Son of the Morning Star as Tom Custer
- The Last to Go as Toby
1990
- Law & Order as Defense Attorney Andrew Maynard
- Vital Signs as Bobby Hayes
1989
- Love and Other Sorrows as Joel
1988
- The Dressmaker as Wesley
1985
- Desperately Seeking Susan as Bellhop
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Brett Dillon