Joseph Timothy Thomerson is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Jack Deth in the Trancers film series, his work in numerous low-budget features, and his comedic television roles.

Filmography

• 2025Trancers: The Whole Dethly Affair — Jack Deth
• 2023Carnage Collection: Vicious Violence & Vengeance — Brick Bardo (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2018Bunker of Blood Chapter 3: Death Heads: Brain Drain
• 2018Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts — (archive footage)
• 2012Asylum of Darkness — Detective Kesler
• 2012MoniKa — Thomas
• Shameless — A.B. Fisher
• 2010Abandoned — Cooper
• 2010Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen — Tim
• 2010Dahmer vs. Gacy — Thanks
• 200921 and a Wake-Up
• 2009Dual: The Lone Drifter — Deston, Jared
• 2009Samurai Priest Vampire Hunter — Samurai Priest
• 2009War Wolves — Frank Bergman
• 2008God's Ears — Uncle Steve
• 2008Wicked Lake — Jake
• 2007Blue Lake Butcher — Marshall Lex
• 2007Urban Decay — Detective Thompson
• 2006A.I. Assault — Admiral Harrison
• 2006Bottoms Up — Aj Mancini
• 2006Charles Band's Evil Bong — Jack Deth
• 2006Christmas Do-Over — Arthur
• 2006Forget About It — Arizona Al
• 2006Left in Darkness — Joe
• 2006Sasquatch Mountain — Eli Van Cleef
• 2006The Making of: Evil Bong
• 2006The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Arnie Swift
• 2005Aliens Gone Wild — Jack Deth (archive footage)
• 2005Final Approach — Capt. Noonan
• 2005Hell to Pay — Reverend
• 2005Sci-Fi Slaughter — Jack Deth (archive footage)
• 2005Swarmed — Phineas Washburn
• 2004Paparazzi — Uniformed Officer
• 2004To Kill a Mockumentary — Will
• 2003Air Marshal — Sen. Chambers
• 2003Cliché — Chief Jackson
• 2002Gale Force — Philip Edwards
• 2002Ocean Park — Mike
• 2002Project Viper — Sheriff Morgan
• 2002Shoot or Be Shot! — Uncle Bill
• 2001Devil's Prey — Sheriff
• 2001Gangland — Dr. Adams
• 2001They Crawl — Exterminator
• 2001Unseen Evil — Ranger Chuck MacNeil
• 2000Submerged — Owen Cantrell
• The District — Colonel Carl
• 2000The Princess and the Barrio Boy — Monsignor O'Dell
• 1999Crossfire — Crane
• Crusade — Senator McQuate
• 1999Dirt Merchant — Jack
• 1999Last Chance — Sam
• 1999Malevolence — Mr. Williams
• 1999Red Team — William Heywood
• 1999Suckers — Detective Laughlin
• The Parkers
• 1998Border to Border — Poet
• 1998Detour — Mel Kiner
• 1998Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — Hoodlum
• The Magnificent Seven — Guy Royal
• 1998Together and Alone — Daddy
• Ally McBeal — Mr. Daley
• 1997Blast — Police Commissioner
• 1997Escape from Atlantis — Liam Gallagher
• The Angry Beavers — Dad/Slap Johnson (voice)
• 1997When Time Expires — Rifkin Koss
• Arli$$ — Kit Bellew
• 1996Back to Back — Thomas
• 1996Kid Cop — Arnold Downey
• 1996Nemesis 3: Time Lapse — Farnsworth 2
• Pacific Blue — The Angel
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Mr. Alcerro
• The Sentinel — Ben Crilly
• 1995Dominion — Fitz
• 1995Heatseeker — Oldest Elder
• Land's End — Dave 'Thunder' Thornton
• Legend
• Sherman Oaks — Archelino
• Sliders — MacArthur Mallory
• 1995Spitfire — Rex Beechum
• Xena: Warrior Princess — Meleager the Mighty
• 1994Fleshtone — Buddy Fields
• 1994Hong Kong 97 — Jack McGraw
• 1994Natural Causes — The Westerner
• 1994The Cisco Kid — Lundquist
• 1994Trancers 4: Jack of Swords — Jack Deth
• 1994Trancers 5: Sudden Deth — Jack Deth
• Viper — Hanson Dekker, Lyle Hinkle
• 1993Brain Smasher... A Love Story — Black
• Dave's World — Minister
• 1993Die Watching — Detective Lewis
• 1993Dollman vs. Demonic Toys — Brick Bardo
• 1993Eddie Presley — Shock Comic
• 1993Knights — Farmer Sitting at Campfire (uncredited)
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Woody Samms
• Sirens — James "Buddy" Zunder
• 1993The Harvest — Steve Mobley
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Mitchell Bolton
• 1992Bad Channels — Dollman
• 1992Nemesis — Farnsworth
• Renegade — Sheriff
• 1992Stringer — Jack Mitchell
• 1992Trancers III — Jack Deth
• 1991Dollman — Brick Bardo
• Good & Evil
• 1991Intimate Stranger — Malcolm Henthoff
• Nurses
• Silk Stalkings
• 1991Trancers II — Jack Deth
• 1991Videozone: The Making of "Dollman"
• 1990Air America — Babo
• 1990The Flash — Jay Allen
• The Flash — Jay Allen
• 1990Vietnam Texas — Max
• Major Dad
• 1989Who's Harry Crumb? — Vince Barnes
• 1988A Tiger's Tale — Lonny
• 1988Pulse Pounders — Jack Deth (Trancers sequence)
• TV 101 — Dave Treadwell
• 1988The Incredible Hulk Returns — Jack LeBeau
• 1988The Wrong Guys — Tim
• 1988Trancers: City of Lost Angels — Jack Deth
• 21 Jump Street — Principal Gordon Brooks
• 1987Cameo by Night — Damon Rhoades
• 1987Cherry 2000 — Lester
• Down and Out in Beverly Hills — Jerry Baskin
• 1987Glory Years — Jack Sanders
• 1987Near Dark — Loy Colton
• Tour of Duty — Sgt. Aubrey Decker
• 1986Iron Eagle — Col. Ted Masters
• 1986Ratboy — Alan Reynolds
• 1986The B.R.A.T. Patrol — Maj. Dan Hackett
• 1985Cinderella — Royal Advisor
• Moonlighting — Brock Ash
• Tall Tales & Legends — Brom Bones
• The Golden Girls — Stevie
• 1985The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — Brom Bones
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "Take My Life...Please!")
• 1985Volunteers — John Reynolds
• 1985Zone Troopers — The Sarge
• 1984His Mistress — Tom Goodman
• Hunter — Police Det. Gil Glasgow, Police Sgt. Harry Traynor, Mule Mulelowski
• Murder, She Wrote — Bert Rodgers, Clyde Pitts
• 1984Rhinestone — Barnett Kale
• 1984Trancers — Trooper Jack Deth
• Gun Shy — Theodore Ogilvie
• 1983Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn — Rhodes
• 1983The Osterman Weekend — Motorcycle Cop
• 1983Uncommon Valor — Charts
• Bare Essence — Billy
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Royal Advisor
• 1982Honkytonk Man — Highway Patrolman
• 1982Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again — Dr. Lanyon
• 1982Some Kind of Hero — Cal
• St. Elsewhere — Ebenezer Wright
• 1982St. Helens — Sheriff Wayne Temple
• 1981Golden Gate — Frank Nightingale
• Hill Street Blues
• Nero Wolfe — Brian Stoner
• 1981Take This Job and Shove It — Ray Binkowski
• The Two of Us — Reggie Cavanaugh
• 1980Carny — Doubles
• 1980Fade to Black — Jerry Moriarty
• Angie
• 1979Diary of a Young Comic — Lucifer
• The Associates
• 1978A Wedding — Russell Bean
• Fantasy Island — Lance Reynolds
• 1978Record City — Marty
• 1978Remember My Name — Jeff
• All That Glitters — Sonny Packer
• 1977Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover — Barney Tuscom
• Quark — Gene
• 1977Terraces — Steve
• 1977Which Way Is Up? — Tour Guide
• 1976Car Wash — Marsha's Blond Date
• City of Angels
• Cos
• Laverne & Shirley
• 1976The Selling of Vince D'Angelo — Sen. Pete Harisson
• Starsky & Hutch — Phil
• Harry O — Reporter
• Hawaii Five-O — Mik Chandler
• Mannix — Rusty
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Maj. Dan Hackett

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2022In Search of Tomorrow — Self - Interviewee
• 2022Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It) — Self
• 2002Fanalysis — Self
• 1991Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II" — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self
• Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures — Self