Tim Talman
Encyclopedia
Tim Talman is an American
stage
, film
, and television
actor
. He is the youngest son of the late William Talman, who was known on television as Perry Mason's
district attorney, Hamilton Burger
. With the rest of his family, he appeared in a William Talman 1968 anti-smoking ad.
Talman graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from San Diego State University
. A motivational speaker and fitness life coach, he is a certified fitness trainer with the NASM
and AFAA
and actor Chuck Norris'
200th Black belt under the (Tang Soo Do
system), having earned an International Karate Championship title.
debut in Peter Pan
with Cathy Rigby
, playing Cecco (Pirate/Indian). He later performed with the show's touring company. He has performed in the Broadway
and touring companies of The Who's Tommy
as The Lover with Alice Ripley. He has also gone on tour with companies of Man of La Mancha
and West Side Story
. Talman has done numerous regional productions across the country, including Jekyll & Hyde
, Grease
, and A Chorus Line
. In August 2007, Talman appeared in the Hollywood Bowl's
concert presentation of South Pacific
, along with Reba McEntire
and Brian Stokes Mitchell
. A few months later, he was cast in the Reprise! production of Damn Yankees
at the UCLA Freud Playhouse. He also appeared with many of his Wicked
castmates in Valley Musical Theatre's Broadway Unplugged event.
Talman was interviewed for "Medical: Remembering the Man Who Always Lost to Perry Mason and then Died of Cancer", an HNN article about his father, and "National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets—History, Chemistry, and Comedy", an article regarding his role in National Treasure 2.
His work in television includes roles on Moonlight
", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
, and 24
. In 2005, he was Dylan in the film My Demon Within, and he played FBI Agent Cade in Jon Turteltaub
's 2007 movie, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets. He has appeared as a guest on San Francisco's View from the Bay twice in special "Wicked Yoga" and "Wicked Workout" segments. Talman appeared as FBI Special Agent Bruce Rader on NBC's
Trauma
in the episode "Tunnel Vision".
Talman was an original cast member of the Universal Studios Hollywood productions of Beetlejuice, with former Wicked cast member Eden Espinosa
, and Spiderman Rocks! He performed the role of the Deacon in the Waterworld Stunt Show
.
Talman originated the role of the Witch's Father/Ozian Official in San Fracisco's sit-down production of Wicked
, which opened at the Orpheum Theatre on February 6, 2009 and closed on September 5, 2010. He replaced Matthew Stocke
in the Los Angeles company of Wicked
on February 12, 2008, later closing with the cast and moving to San Francisco to open the sit-down production. Talman's roles included five characters: Frexspar the Godly, Doctor Nikidik at Shiz University, the Yak at the train station, the Wizard's Ozian Official, and the Big Green Guard in the Emerald City. He was also an understudy for the The Wizard
and Doctor Dillamond.
San Fernando Valley
, an outdoor fitness and adventure program geared towards helping individuals live a more healthy lifestyle, which won "Best Bootcamp" in a local contest.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
stage
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is the youngest son of the late William Talman, who was known on television as Perry Mason's
Perry Mason (TV series)
Perry Mason is an American legal drama produced by Paisano Productions that ran from September 1957 to May 1966 on CBS. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a fictional Los Angeles defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner...
district attorney, Hamilton Burger
Hamilton Burger
Hamilton Burger is the fictional Los Angeles district attorney who is the nemesis of Perry Mason in the long-running series of novels, films, and radio and television programs featuring the fictional defense attorney created by Erle Stanley Gardner...
. With the rest of his family, he appeared in a William Talman 1968 anti-smoking ad.
Talman graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from San Diego State University
San Diego State University
San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
. A motivational speaker and fitness life coach, he is a certified fitness trainer with the NASM
National Academy of Sports Medicine
The National Academy of Sports Medicine sells study courses and examinations for personal trainer certification and funds fitness research and education. NASM was founded in Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1987. NASM develops continuing education in the form of study courses for professional athletic...
and AFAA
Aerobics and Fitness Association of America
The Aerobics and Fitness Association of America is a fitness education company that was established in 1983, and operates out of Sherman Oaks, California. AFAA offers education workshops and certifications internationally but mainly operates in the United States...
and actor Chuck Norris'
Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do...
200th Black belt under the (Tang Soo Do
Tang Soo Do
Tang Soo Do is a Korean martial art promoted by Hwang Kee that has roots in various martial arts, including taekkyeon and Subak.-Etymology:...
system), having earned an International Karate Championship title.
Professional career
Talman made his BroadwayBroadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
debut in Peter Pan
Peter Pan (1954 musical)
Peter Pan is a musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and Barrie's own novelization of it, Peter and Wendy. The music is mostly by Mark "Moose" Charlap, with additional music by Jule Styne, and most of the lyrics were written by Carolyn Leigh, with additional lyrics by Betty...
with Cathy Rigby
Cathy Rigby
Cathleen Roxanne Rigby , best known as Cathy Rigby, is a former gymnast, actress and speaker.-Early life:Rigby was born in Los Alamitos, California in 1952....
, playing Cecco (Pirate/Indian). He later performed with the show's touring company. He has performed in the Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
and touring companies of The Who's Tommy
The Who's Tommy
The Who's Tommy is a rock musical by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff based on The Who's 1969 double album rock opera Tommy, also by Pete Townshend, with additional material by John Entwistle, Keith Moon and Sonny Boy Williamson.-Productions:...
as The Lover with Alice Ripley. He has also gone on tour with companies of Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes's seventeenth century masterpiece Don Quixote...
and West Side Story
West Side Story
West Side Story is an American musical with a script by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins...
. Talman has done numerous regional productions across the country, including Jekyll & Hyde
Jekyll & Hyde (musical)
Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543...
, Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
, and A Chorus Line
A Chorus Line
A Chorus Line is a 1975 musical about Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. The book was authored by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante, lyrics were written by Edward Kleban, and music was composed by Marvin Hamlisch....
. In August 2007, Talman appeared in the Hollywood Bowl's
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheater in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, United States that is used primarily for music performances...
concert presentation of South Pacific
South Pacific (musical)
South Pacific is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The story draws from James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific, weaving together characters and elements from several of its...
, along with Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire
Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
and Brian Stokes Mitchell
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Brian Stokes Mitchell is an American stage, film and television actor. A powerful baritone, he has been one of the central leading men of the Broadway theatre since the early 1990s...
. A few months later, he was cast in the Reprise! production of Damn Yankees
Damn Yankees
Damn Yankees is a musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League...
at the UCLA Freud Playhouse. He also appeared with many of his Wicked
Wicked (musical)
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
castmates in Valley Musical Theatre's Broadway Unplugged event.
Talman was interviewed for "Medical: Remembering the Man Who Always Lost to Perry Mason and then Died of Cancer", an HNN article about his father, and "National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets—History, Chemistry, and Comedy", an article regarding his role in National Treasure 2.
His work in television includes roles on Moonlight
Moonlight (TV series)
Moonlight was an American paranormal romance television drama created by Ron Koslow and Trevor Munson, who was also executive producer for all episodes with Joel Silver, Gerard Bocaccio, Gabrielle Stanton and Harry Werksman. The series follows private investigator Mick St...
", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
, and 24
24 (TV series)
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
. In 2005, he was Dylan in the film My Demon Within, and he played FBI Agent Cade in Jon Turteltaub
Jon Turteltaub
Jonathan Charles "Jon" Turteltaub is an American film director and producer. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the USC School of Cinematic Arts...
's 2007 movie, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets. He has appeared as a guest on San Francisco's View from the Bay twice in special "Wicked Yoga" and "Wicked Workout" segments. Talman appeared as FBI Special Agent Bruce Rader on NBC's
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
Trauma
Trauma (TV series)
Trauma is a television series which originally ran on NBC from September 28, 2009 to April 28, 2010 and focused on a group of paramedics in San Francisco, California....
in the episode "Tunnel Vision".
Talman was an original cast member of the Universal Studios Hollywood productions of Beetlejuice, with former Wicked cast member Eden Espinosa
Eden Espinosa
Eden Erica Espinosa is an American singer and stage actress, who is best known for her performances as Elphaba for the Broadway, Los Angeles and San Francisco productions of the musical Wicked....
, and Spiderman Rocks! He performed the role of the Deacon in the Waterworld Stunt Show
Waterworld: A Live Sea World Spectacular
Waterworld: A Live Sea War Spectacular is an attraction based on the 1995 film Waterworld found at Universal Studios Hollywood , Universal Studios Japan and Universal Studios Singapore . The original attraction opened at the same time as the film...
.
Talman originated the role of the Witch's Father/Ozian Official in San Fracisco's sit-down production of Wicked
Wicked (musical)
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
, which opened at the Orpheum Theatre on February 6, 2009 and closed on September 5, 2010. He replaced Matthew Stocke
Matthew Stocke
Matthew Stocke is an American stage and television actor. His hometown is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He moved to New York City in 1996 as he began his professional career and educational company...
in the Los Angeles company of Wicked
Wicked (musical)
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
on February 12, 2008, later closing with the cast and moving to San Francisco to open the sit-down production. Talman's roles included five characters: Frexspar the Godly, Doctor Nikidik at Shiz University, the Yak at the train station, the Wizard's Ozian Official, and the Big Green Guard in the Emerald City. He was also an understudy for the The Wizard
Wizard (Oz)
The Wizard of Oz, known during his reign as The Great and Powerful Oz, is the epithet of Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs, a fictional character in the Land of Oz, created by American author L...
and Doctor Dillamond.
Valley Bootcamp
Talman founded and runs Valley Bootcamp in California'sCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...
, an outdoor fitness and adventure program geared towards helping individuals live a more healthy lifestyle, which won "Best Bootcamp" in a local contest.
External links
- Tim Talman at the Internet Movie Database
- Timothy Talman at the Internet Broadway Database
- Valley Bootcamp company website