Tim Renkow
Tim Renkow | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989 (age 36–37) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Education | art school |
| Occupations | Actor, comedian, writer |
| Years active | 2010 – present |
Tim Renkow (born 1989) is an American actor, writer and comedian.
He plays the leading role of Tim in the British black comedy television series Jerk (2019–2023), which he also co-wrote.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Renkow was born in Mexico City,[1][clarification needed] and grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He later attended art school in Memphis, Tennessee.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Pre-2019
[edit | edit source]In Memphis, at age nineteen, Renkow began performing stand-up comedy. He continued in this activity in New York City, before moving to the United Kingdom to study creative writing in 2012.[2]
He participated in the Chortle Student Comedy Award Final at 2013's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[3]
In 2014, Renkow performed his debut show, At Least Hell Has Ramps,[4] and was nominated for Chortle's Best Newcomer Award.[5]
Renkow's first television appearance was in 2016, in an episode of the BBC Three sketch show Comedy Feeds, "A Brief History of Tim".
In 2017, Renkow appeared in four episodes of Bobby & Harriet Get Married, Bobby Mair and Harriet Kemsley's comedic television series about their wedding.
Since 2019
[edit | edit source]In February 2019, Series 1 of Renkow's comedy television series, Jerk, was released by BBC Three.[6] It was subsequently replayed on BBC One, and its approval for a second series was announced in September 2019.[7] The series is largely built on the characters established in A Brief History of Tim. The show's second series aired in 2021.
In April 2019, Renkow performed a one-man show at London's Soho Theatre entitled Tim Renkow Tries to Punch Down.[8]
In 2021, Renkow was announced as a member of the U.K. jury for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts's BAFTA Breakthrough Initiative.[9]
Renkow appears in two episodes of BBC's Live at the Apollo, in series 16 and as host in series 19.[10][11]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Renkow has cerebral palsy.[1]
In September 2020, he married fellow comedian Spring Day.[12]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Television
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | BBC Comedy Feeds episode "A Brief History of Tim" | Tim | television movie |
| 2017 | Bobby & Harriet Get Married | Tim | 4 episodes |
| 2019–2023 | Jerk | Tim | television series |
| 2021–2025 | Live at the Apollo | himself | 2 episodes |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Tim Renkow at IMDb
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American comedians
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- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- Actors from Orange County, North Carolina
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- Comedians from Memphis, Tennessee
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- Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Male actors from Memphis, Tennessee
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- People with cerebral palsy
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