Tim Choate
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 11, 1954
- Died
- September 24, 2004
- Birthplace
- Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Tim Choate (October 11, 1954 – September 24, 2004) was an American actor born in Dallas, Texas. He studied at the University of Texas at Austin and Cornell University and worked extensively in theater, appearing on Broadway in Da and Crimes of the Heart and with the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival. On screen he appeared in the Merchant Ivory films The Europeans, Jane Austen in Manhattan and Jefferson in Paris, as well as Times Square, Blow Out, Ghost Story, Def-Con 4, Soapdish and Pearl Harbor. On television he was best known as Zathras on Babylon 5, and he had a recurring role on Newhart. He died in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles.
Filmography
Hungry Hearts 2002
as Butterfly Collector
Pearl Harbor 2001
as Navy Doctor
Live Nude Girls 1995
as Jerome
Girl in the Cadillac 1995
as Motel owner
Jefferson in Paris 1995
as Reporter
White Mile 1994
as Young Man
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride 1993
as Sheriff Bart Meriweather
Immaculate Conception 1992
as David
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw 1991
as 'Bad Boy' Jon Wilson
Soapdish 1991
as AD
Not of This World 1991
Actor
Child in the Night 1990
as Curt
Spy 1989
as David Tiomchin
Blind Witness 1989
as Remy
CreepTales 1989
as Uncle Munger (segment "Wraparound")
My Father, My Son 1988
as Harvey
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall 1987
as Phil Leeds
DEFCON-4 1985
as Howe
The First Time 1983
as Charlie Lichtenstein
Ghost Story 1981
as Young Ricky Hawthorne
Blow Out 1981
as Sailor
Times Square 1980
as Eastman
Jane Austen in Manhattan 1980
as Jamie
The Europeans 1979
as Clifford
Credits from TMDB.