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....

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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....

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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

External links

• TVNZ Tim Balme page