Timothy Carhart

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Timothy Carhart

Timothy Carhart (* 24. December 1953 in Washington as Timothy Grunig ) is an American actor in film, television and theater. He was best known for his roles in cinema productions such as Pink Cadillac , Hunt for Red October , Thelma & Louise , Red Rock West and Beverly Hills Cop III .

life and career

Timothy Carhart was born in Washington on Christmas Eve 1953. He attended junior high in Evanston , traveled to Europe , Turkey and France and later, on his return to the USA, studied theater at the University of Illinois . He finally made his debut as a television actor in 1978 in the television miniseries Erwachendes Land in a minor supporting role under his maiden name Tim Grunig, which he then changed to Carhart .

In the 1980s Carhart played in numerous smaller and larger supporting roles in the cinema, including in Ivan Reitman's Ghostbusters - The Ghostbusters , Peter Weir's The Only Witness , in Susan Seidelman's Susan ... Desperately Wanted , Marie - A True Story , in Alan Alda's Sweet Liberty , Manhattan Project - The Atomic Nightmare , Sonderkommando South Korea , in the Mike Nichols comedy The Guns of Women or in Buddy Van Horn's Pink Cadillac . In the 1990s, he then played increasingly larger roles on the screen in films such as John McTiernan 's submarine thriller Hunt for Red October , in Ridley Scott's road movie Thelma & Louise , in John Dahl's crime drama Red Rock West in the action Comedy Beverly Hills Cop III by director John Landis as a counterpart to Eddie Murphy in the role of the head of the security service of the amusement park Wonder World Ellis De Wald, in Candyman 2 - The Blood feud or in Wolfgang Petersen's thriller Air Force One in a short guest role as Secret Service Agent.

After starting out as a television actor in the late 1970s, Timothy Carhart has played numerous roles in television films and television miniseries for over 40 years. His numerous appearances in popular television series between 1978 and 2019 include appearances in episodes of: Alfred Hitchcock Shows , Miami Vice , Spenser , Crime Story , The Best Years , The Night Hawk , Harry's Nest , Roseanne , Back to the Past , Spaceship Enterprise - The Next Century , LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Trials , The X Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases , Law & Order , Profiler , CSI - On The Trail Of The Criminals , Practice - The Lawyers , Twilight Zone , 24 - Twenty Four , A Touch by Himmel , Frasier , Threat Matrix - Red Alert , Amy , Standoff , Criminal Intent - Criminal Intent , Criminal Minds , Lie to Me , Leverage , Castle , Mad Men or the Yellowstone series . He played more complex TV roles in the television series Dr. Kulani - Doctor in Hawaii where he played the character of Dr. in 18 episodes alongside his fellow actors Richard Chamberlain and Clyde Kusatsu from 1989 to 1990. Anthony Metzger embodied.

In addition to his career in film and television, Carhart has also acted repeatedly, including in a 1987 production of Don DeLillo's play The Day Room at New York City Center . For his performance in this production, he was nominated in 1988 for the New York Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. He was also seen on Broadway in the performance of A Streetcar Named Desire between April and August 1992 in the role of Harold Mitchell.

Awards

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

watch TV

Short films

  • 2005: The Moor
  • 2017: F ***, Marry, Kill

literature

  • Timothy Carhart. In: Ruth Gilbert : New York Magazine - March 30, 1992. Volume 25, No. 13 - Magazine, 1992, p. 100

Web links

Commons : Timothy Carhart  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Timothy Carhart. In: Thomas Riggs: Contemporary Theater, Film and Television, Volume 75. , Cambridge University Press 2007, p. 404
  2. ↑ Timothy Carhart. In: Internet Broadway Database.
personal data
SURNAME Carhart, Timothy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grunig, Timothy (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington , Washington , USA