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Tim DeZarn

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Tim DeZarn

Born July 11, 1952 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA57 films

Timothy Joseph DeZarn (born July 11, 1952, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American actor who has appeared in film and television. Alternately credited as deZarn, he is often cast in supporting roles in the horror, crime, and science fiction genres.

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DeZarn's motion picture credits include Spider-Man (playing Mary Jane Watson's father), Fight Club, Live Free or Die Hard, The Cabin in the Woods, Untraceable, and Demon Knight.

DeZarn has appeared in several American television series, including Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, NYPD Blue, the various Star Trek TV franchises, Prime Suspect, Mad Men, The Forgotten, Lost, Criminal Minds, Weeds, Prison Break, Deadwood, The Shield, Cold Case, Quantum Leap, 7th Heaven, and Sons of Anarchy.

Tim DeZarn was born on July 11, 1952. DeZarn went to Archbishop McNicholas High School, a Catholic school in Anderson Township, Ohio. He did not pursue a professional acting career until he was 25 years old.

His first broadcast role was on the TV series The Equalizer in 1986. His first film role was in the 1989 action comedy Three Fugitives.

DeZarn made several appearances as Army Sergeant Dixon on the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. He played the recurring character George Putnam in season two of NYPD Blue. He appeared in five episodes of Deadwood on HBO. DeZarn appeared in Sons of Anarchy as Nate Meineke, the leader of a local state militia and terrorist group. He appeared in sci-fi horror film Project Dorothy (directed by George Henry Horton) in 2019.

DeZarn lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter. His 18-year-old son Travis was killed in an auto accident in 2007.

Source: Article "Tim de Zarn" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Fight Club posterFirst watchFight Club19998.4as Federated Motor Co. - Inspector BirdA ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Spider-Man poster7.4Spider-Man2002The Call of the Wild poster7.5The Call of the Wild2020The Artist poster7.4The Artist2011The Cabin in the Woods poster6.7The Cabin in the Woods2012The Ballad of Buster Scruggs poster7.1The Ballad of Buster Scruggs2018Live Free or Die Hard poster6.6Live Free or Die Hard2007Pay It Forward poster7.4Pay It Forward2000Gone in Sixty Seconds poster6.5Gone in Sixty Seconds2000

Filmography

57 films as actor
  1. TBAIn the Sunset of the CondemnedDon 'The Marksman' Benbow
  2. 2024The Grimm BackwardSheriff Rizzi
  3. 2024You're Doing GreatAngus
  4. 2024Project DorothyJames
  5. 2022Every Night & Every DayRandal
  6. 2021The JoesNazi
  7. 2021Useless HumansDuke
  8. 2021Wrong TurnNate Roades
  9. 2020The Call of the WildHermit Fisherman
  10. 2019The Lilac ThiefThe Pastor
  11. 2018Acts of DesperationMaynard
  12. 2018The Ballad of Buster ScruggsMean-Eyed Card Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
  13. 2018818Jeffrey Maddison
  14. 2017The HatredSheriff
  15. 2017Christmas Crime StoryBarrett Hill
  16. 2017BuckshotBuckshot
  17. 2017The Preacher's SonCongressman Dixon (as Tim De Zarn)
  18. 2016Halfway to HellCliff
  19. 2016Used Body PartsGas Man
  20. 2014The Wolves of Savin HillFitz
  21. 2014Atlas Shrugged: Part IIITrain Engineer
  22. 2013K-11Cowboy Williams
  23. 2012The Cabin in the WoodsMordecai
  24. 2011The ArtistSoldier
  25. 2010Re-CutJohn Fowler
  26. 2008UntraceableHerbert Miller
  27. 2007Live Free or Die HardPolice Sergeant
  28. 2006The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The BeginningSlaughterhouse Supervisor
  29. 2006Swedish AutoShelley
  30. 2004Grave MattersChief Coveleski
  31. 2002Spider-ManPhilip Watson
  32. 2001The VisitGuard Enheim
  33. 2001One Night at McCool'sDetective Ertagian
  34. 2000Pay It ForwardLiquid Man #2
  35. 2000Gone in Sixty SecondsShotgun Guy
  36. 1999Fight ClubFederated Motor Co. - Inspector Bird
  37. 1998I Married a MonsterDeputy Pete
  38. 1998On the LineTrevor Freed
  39. 1997SteelSkinhead Leader
  40. 1997Alien Nation: The Udara LegacyLeonard Guini
  41. 1997Murder One: Diary of a Serial KillerMr. Jenks
  42. 1997I Love You, Don't Touch Me!Vagrant
  43. 1996LadykillerMackey
  44. 1996Precious FindFreddie
  45. 1995Raging AngelsBanker
  46. 1995Tales from the Crypt: Demon KnightHomer
  47. 1994Midnight Run AroundFarmer #1
  48. 1993Extreme JusticeEddie Payton
  49. 1993Joshua TreeWarehouse Cop #1
  50. 1992South CentralBuddha
  51. 1992Rage and HonorFast Eddie
  52. 1992The Witness
  53. 1991RicochetSkinhead (as Tim De Zarn)
  54. 1991The Killing MindGordon Atherton
  55. 1991Under SurveillanceSWAT Trooper
  56. 1990Too Young to DiePatron
  57. 1989Three FugitivesFirst Officer