Samantha Who?:

Tim Russ has been a one man entertainment machine for the past 30 years. His talents encompass a wide spectrum of the performing arts, including composing, music, writing, directing, voice-over and producing. Russ received his B.S. in Theater at St. Edward’s University Austin, TX, and completed one year of post graduate work in theater at Illinois State University. What a clever clogs!

As an actor, Russ has worked in loads of films and television. His film credits Include Live Free or Die Hard, The Oh in Ohio, Star Trek: Generations and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. On television he had series regular roles on The Highwayman, The People Next Door and Star Trek: Voyager. He has also appeared in numerous stage plays, including the acclaimed musical Dreamgirls.

Russ has performed as a musician for over 27 years, playing bass, acoustic and lead guitars, as well as solo vocals. His musical talents are showcased on a self-titled CD, a follow up release entitled Kushangaza, and a recent release entitled Brave New World.

As a writer/producer, Russ shared the helm in the production of the feature East of Hope Street, which won Best Feature Film and Best Actress on the festival circuit and was released theatrically in the U.S. He was the recipient of the Sony Innovator’s Award for a commercial he produced, The Zone. He entered the TV/Film directing arena with credits including Star Trek: Voyager, The FBI Files, Psychic Witness, Roddenberry on Patrol and the feature film Of Gods and Men.

Russ has also expanded his performing talents to include voice-over stuff. Most recently he co-produced a musical children’s audio book project with Jedda Roskilly entitled Bugsters,” which won the National Parenting Award. After all that he's probably happy his role on Samantha Who, is standing about being Frank the doorman.