Tim Balme
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Timothy Guy Balme is an actor and screenwriter from New Zealand. He's most famous for his roles on the long-running soap opera Shortland Street
Shortland Street
Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...

and Mercy Peak
Mercy Peak
Mercy Peak was a New Zealand drama television series that ran for three seasons on TV One between 2001 and 2004.-Cast:*Sara Wiseman as Nicky Somerville*Jeffrey Thomas as William Kingsley...

, as well as lead roles in the cult favorites Braindead
Braindead
Braindead may refer to:*Brain death, medical condition defined as a complete and irreversible cessation of brain activity*Braindead , horror and zombie comedy directed by Peter Jackson...

and Jack Brown Genius. He's currently a writer and actor on the television series The Almighty Johnsons
The Almighty Johnsons
The Almighty Johnsons is a New Zealand fantasy comedy/drama television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and is produced by South Pacific Pictures. It began airing its first season of ten episodes in New Zealand on February 8, 2011....

.

Personal life

Balme is married to fellow actor Katie Wolfe
Katie Wolfe
- Personal life :Katie Wolfe was born in New Plymouth in 1968, the daughter of Neil and Raewyn Wolfe. She has three siblings; Todd, Brooke and Sally. In 1986 she enrolled at Victoria University and graduated with a BA in English. She graduated from New Zealand acting school Toi Whakaari in 1990....

, with whom he has two children; daughter Edie (b. 2001) and son Nikau (b. 2006). Balme also has a son, Sam (b. 1987) from a previous relationship. He enjoys choral music to help him relax.

Career

Balme graduated from Toi Whakaari
Toi Whakaari
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School is New Zealand's National Drama School. It is located in Wellington, New Zealand Toi Whakaari offers training in Acting, Directing, Costume Construction, Entertainment Technology, Performing Arts Management and Design for Stage & Screen.The School offers the following...

 in 1989, and his first lead role was in the 1993 film Braindead. Balme and his wife, along with Simon Bennett and Robyn Malcolm
Robyn Malcolm
Robyn Malcolm is a New Zealand television and theatre actress. She has appeared in numerous New Zealand TV shows and has toured New Zealand with a number of theatre productions.-Early life:...

, founded the New Zealand Actors' Company, which ran for three productions before being dissolved. An actor for the better part of twenty years, he's 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
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

 for 2011.

Balme is also the current head of development for South Pacific Pictures
South Pacific Pictures
South Pacific Pictures is a television production company based in New Zealand. The company produces drama series, mini-series, telemovies and feature films for the domestic market and international market....

.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Shark in the Park
Shark in the Park
Shark in the Park wasa New Zealand television drama series. A police procedural, it revolved around the professional and private lives of a group of officers at a Wellington police station under the command of Inspector Brian "Sharky" Finn...

Barry Guest role
1991 Away Laughing Various TV series
1992 Braindead Lionel Cosgrove
1993 Marlin Bay Hal Hayward Recurring role
1994 Tin Box Adam
1994 Jim Mitchell
1994 La vie en rose Priest Short film
1994 Hercules in the Underworld
Hercules In The Underworld
Hercules in the Underworld is the fourth made for TV movie in the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.-Overview:When villagers begin disappearing it is discovered that they had fallen through a crack in the earth which goes straight to Hades...

Lycastus TV movie
1994 Shortland Street
Shortland Street
Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...

Greg Feeney
Greg Feeney
Greg Feeney is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street, who was portrayed by Tim Balme for numerous recurring stints throughout the mid to late nineties....

Recurring role
1994, 1995-1996, 1999
1995 Coverstory Nick Williams Guest role
1996 Planet Man Ant Short film
1996 Headlong Arthur Short film
1996 Jack Brown Genius
Jack Brown Genius
Jack Brown Genius is a New Zealand romantic fantasy film directed by Tony Hiles and written by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh.-Synopsis:Modern genius-inventor Jack Brown is pitted against a medieval monk who forces him to rebuild his ancient wing system....

Jack Brown
1998 Via Satellite Ken
1998 Alum Guest role
1999 Greenstone Father Michael Guest role
1999 Give Us a Clue Guest role
2001 Exposure Brad Video
2001-2002 Mercy Peak
Mercy Peak
Mercy Peak was a New Zealand drama television series that ran for three seasons on TV One between 2001 and 2004.-Cast:*Sara Wiseman as Nicky Somerville*Jeffrey Thomas as William Kingsley...

Ken Wilder Main role
2002 Paul TV movie
2003 For Good Grant Wilson
2004 Deceit
Deceit (2004 film)
Deceit is a 2004 American television movie adapted from the 2000 British television serial of the same name. Marlo Thomas, the film's leading actress, also served as executive producer. This crime film follows Ellen McCarthy in her attempt to determine the circumstances of her rich husband's...

Kevin Ordell TV movie
2004 Not Only But Always
Not Only But Always
Not Only But Always is a British TV movie, originally screened on the Channel 4 network in the UK on 30 December 2004. Written and directed by playwright Terry Johnson, the film tells the story of the working and personal relationship between the comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, a hugely...

NY Club Compere TV movie
2004 P.E.T. Detectives The Laughing Man Guest role
2005 P.E.T. Detectives The Laughing Man Guest role
2006 Maddigan's Quest
Maddigan's Quest
Maddigan's Quest was a fantasy-based television series set in a post-apocalyptic future. It was based on an original concept by Margaret Mahy and was developed for television by Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang...

Yves Main role
2007 Jake's Father
2010 No Reason Pathologist #1
2010 Outrageous Fortune
Outrageous Fortune (TV series)
Outrageous Fortune was a New Zealand comedy/drama television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and was produced by South Pacific Pictures...

Quentin Guest role
2011- Mike Johnson Main Role
2011 Nothing Trivial
Nothing Trivial
Nothing Trivial is a New Zealand comedy-drama television series, produced by South Pacific Pictures. The series is created by the duo of Gavin Strawhan and the co creator of Outrageous Fortune, Rachel Lang...

Jules Recurring role

Theatre
Year Title Role Theatre
1990 Ladies Night
Ladies Night (play)
Ladies' Night, a play by the New Zealand writers Stephen Sinclair and Anthony McCarten about a group of unemployed workers who develop a male strip show. It was first performed in December 1987 at Auckland's Mercury Theatre and has been described as the most commercially successful play in New...

Craig Australian Tour
1990-1995 Blue Sky Boys Don Everly
1991 Via Satellite Camerman Circa Theatre
1992 Hang on a Minute Mate
Hang on a Minute Mate
Hang on a Minute Mate is the second novel from New Zealand writer Barry Crump. Published in 1961, in this book we are introduced to the character Sam Cash, who also appears in later Crump books...

Young Jack Downstage Theatre
1993-1994 Let's Spend the Night Together Rick National Tour
1994 Ladies Night II - Raging On Craig Mercury Theatre
1996 Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...

Hamlet
Prince Hamlet
Prince Hamlet is a fictional character, the protagonist in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. He is the Prince of Denmark, nephew to the usurping Claudius and son of the previous King of Denmark, Old Hamlet. Throughout the play he struggles with whether, and how, to avenge the murder of his father, and...

Circa Theatre
1996 One Flesh Neil Downstage Theatre
1997-2000 Jimmy Costello Jimmy Costello
1999 Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy written by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero....

Benedick Downstage Theatre
2000 A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...

Oberon
Oberon
Oberon is a legendary king of the fairies.Oberon may also refer to:-People:* Merle Oberon , British actress* Oberon Zell-Ravenheart , Neopagan activist-Media and entertainment:* Oberon...

 / Theseus
Theseus
For other uses, see Theseus Theseus was the mythical founder-king of Athens, son of Aethra, and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, both of whom Aethra had slept with in one night. Theseus was a founder-hero, like Perseus, Cadmus, or Heracles, all of whom battled and overcame foes that were...

NZ Actors Company
2002 Queen Leah Regan New Zealand Actors Company
2010 Horseplay James K Baxter Maidment Theatre

Writer
Year Title Notes
2005 Interrogation Episode: "Her Own Free Will"
2006-2009 Outrageous Fortune
Outrageous Fortune (TV series)
Outrageous Fortune was a New Zealand comedy/drama television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and was produced by South Pacific Pictures...

14 episodes
2009 Diplomatic Immunity Episode: "Love My Way"
Episode: "Strange Fruit"
2010 Redemption Short film
2011 Episode: "Bad Things Happen"

Wins

1992 :Rome Fanta Festival Award, for Braindead
1993 :NZ Film & TV Awards, for Braindead
1996 :NZ Film & TV Awards, for Jack Brown Genius
Jack Brown Genius
Jack Brown Genius is a New Zealand romantic fantasy film directed by Tony Hiles and written by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh.-Synopsis:Modern genius-inventor Jack Brown is pitted against a medieval monk who forces him to rebuild his ancient wing system....


2010 :NZ Herald Best of Theatre Award, for Horseplay

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