Tim Ransom

Acting

Born April 19, 1963, Binghamton, New York, USA

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

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