
Tim DeZarn
Department: Acting
Biography
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. 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.
Known For

The Lilac Thief
2019

Fight Club
1999

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006

Live Free or Die Hard
2007

The Cabin in the Woods
2012

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995

Acts of Desperation
2018

Rage and Honor
1992

Under Surveillance
1991

Verbatim: Follow the Chicken
2015

Every Night & Every Day
2022

The Joes
2021

Re-Cut
2010

Re-Cut
2010

In the Sunset of the Condemned
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Project Dorothy
2024

Raging Angels
1995

Grave Matters
2004

The Grimm Backward
2024

Atlas Shrugged: Part III
2014

The Witness
1992

South Central
1992

Spider-Man
2002

The Artist
2011

On the Line
1998

Steel
1997

The Preacher's Son
2017

I Married a Monster
1998

Christmas Crime Story
2017

The Hatred
2017

Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy
1997

Three Fugitives
1989

Buckshot
2017

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018

818
2018

The Visit
2001

Midnight Run Around
1994

Precious Find
1996

Untraceable
2008

Swedish Auto
2006

One Night at McCool's
2001

The Killing Mind
1991

Halfway to Hell
2016

I Love You, Don't Touch Me!
1997

Pay It Forward
2000

Used Body Parts
2016

Extreme Justice
1993

The Call of the Wild
2020

K-11
2013

Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000

Wrong Turn
2021

You're Doing Great
2024

The Wolves of Savin Hill
2014

Joshua Tree
1993

Useless Humans
2021

Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
1997

Ricochet
1991

Ladykiller
1996

Too Young to Die
1990

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

Castle
2009

Life
2007

NCIS
2003

Longmire
2012

Raising the Bar
2008

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997

Deadwood
2004

Weeds
2005

Sons of Anarchy
2008

Star Trek: Voyager
1995

Monk
2002

Viper
1994

NCIS: New Orleans
2014

The Mentalist
2008

Quantum Leap
1989

Nowhere Man
1995

Cold Case
2003

Seinfeld
1989

Justified
2010

The Shield
2002

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987

Grey's Anatomy
2005

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993

Shooter
2016

Marvel's Agent Carter
2015

Criminal Minds
2005

Star Trek: Voyager
1995

Hunter
1984

7th Heaven
1996

Mad Men
2007

9-1-1
2018

Truth Be Told
2019

Better Call Saul
2015

ER
1994

The Equalizer
1985

The Closer
2005

Crossing Jordan
2001

Pacific Blue
1996

The Forgotten
2009

Shameless
2011

S.W.A.T.
2017

NCIS: Los Angeles
2009

Landman
2024

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993

The Magnificent Seven
1998

Brimstone
1998

Murder One
1995

10-8: Officers on Duty
2003

Martial Law
1998

Lost
2004