Tim Ransom
Acting • Born 1963-04-19
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
53 credits
Fever
Movie • 1991
Zeke
Vital Signs
Movie • 1990
Bobby Hayes
Blonde
Movie • 2022
Rudy
Vanished Without a Trace
Movie • 1993
Fred Woods
Snowden's Christmas
Movie • 1999
(voice)
The Last to Go
Movie • 1991
Toby
Love and Other Sorrows
Movie • 1989
Joel
LBJ
Movie • 2017
Larry O'Brien
Courage Under Fire
Movie • 1996
Boylar
The Learning Curve
Movie • 2001
Steven
Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back
Movie • 1993
Madden
The Dressmaker
Movie • 1988
Wesley
Battle of the Sexes
Movie • 2017
Jerry Perenchio
Win Win
Movie • 2011
Stuart Thatcher
The Mandela Effect
Movie • 2019
Pastor Isaac
Desperately Seeking Susan
Movie • 1985
Bellhop
A Time to Heal
Movie • 1994
Outbreak
Movie • 1995
Tommy Hull
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Ethan Minette (uncredited)
Perception
TV • 2012
Dr. Robert Mills
Castle
TV • 2009
Max Renfro
Bones
TV • 2005
Robert Carlson
Brothers and Sisters
TV • 2006
Human Resources Representative
Narcos: Mexico
TV • 2018
Dunn
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Bartender
Law & Order: Organized Crime
TV • 2021
Stanwood
The Handmaid's Tale
TV • 2017
Whitford
Son of the Morning Star
TV • 1991
Tom Custer
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Logan Coldwell
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Defense Attorney Andrew Maynard
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Detective Andy Sullivan
Masters of Sex
TV • 2013
Dr. Rish
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Jack Kittridge
Scandal
TV • 2012
Jeremy Winslow
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV • 1993
Jack
Earth 2
TV • 1994
Whalen
The Rookie
TV • 2018
Creighton Mitchell
Station 19
TV • 2018
Charles
Conviction
TV • 2006
Attorney
Hostages
TV • 2013
Dr. Hank Evans
Togetherness
TV • 2015
Tyler
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Tommy
A Woman Named Jackie
TV • 1991
Robert Kennedy
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Linus Newell
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Michael Kenney
Perry Mason
TV • 2020
Fenton Bostwick
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Brett Dillon
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
George Parkins
Preacher
TV • 2016
Mr. Murphy
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Mr. Kenny
The Practice
TV • 1997
Public Defender Kent Clark
Nash Bridges
TV • 1996
Frankie Dwyer
Matlock
TV • 2024
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