Tim Flavin

{{Short description|American actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Tim Flavin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|January 13, 1959}} | birth_place = [[Houston]], [[Texas]], U.S. | education = [[Manchester College of Arts and Technology]] | occupation = Actor{{dot}}theatre director }}

'''Tim Flavin''' (born January 13, 1959) is an American actor. Flavin was the first American to be presented with a [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]], for his 1984 performance in [[Rodgers and Hart]]'s ''[[On Your Toes]]'' at the [[Palace Theatre]] in London's West End.

== Early life and education == Flavin was born in [[Houston]] in 1959. He graduated from the [[Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts]] and earned a certificate in education from the [[Manchester College of Arts and Technology]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tim Flavin |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281334/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Career== Flavin has performed extensively on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], [[West End theatre|West End]], film, television, and as a voice artist for almost forty years.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clines |first=Francis X. |date=1987-03-30 |title=BRADFORD JOURNAL; FOR MILL TOWN'S COMEBACK, THE PLAY'S THE THING |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/30/world/bradford-journal-for-mill-town-s-comeback-the-play-s-the-thing.html |access-date=2023-03-08 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> His theatre career prompted one critic to say, "When God created musicals, it was because he knew that Tim Flavin would come along."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tim Flavin (Closed January 17, 2015) {{!}} Inner London {{!}} reviews, cast and info {{!}} WhatsOnStage |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/shows/inner-london-theatre/tim-flavin_53108 |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=www.whatsonstage.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

From 2013 to 2021, Flavin worked as the director of musical theatre at the [[Arden School of Theatre]]. He also taught and directed at the [[Guildford School of Acting]], [[London School of Musical Theatre]], and the [[BRIT School]]. In 2021, Flavin joined Autistry Studios in [[San Rafael, California]], as a mentor and theatre director.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawson |first=Janet |date=August 25, 2021 |title=Fall 2021 Newsletter |url=http://www.autistrystudios.com/blog/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Autistry Studios}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |2005 |[[Stoned (film)|''Stoned'']] |American News Presenter | |- |2008 |''[[Hellboy II: The Golden Army]]'' |Newscaster | |}

=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1980 |[[The Pirates of Penzance (film)|''The Pirates of Penzance'']] |Pirates and Police | rowspan="2" |Television film |- |1990 |''[[Coins in the Fountain]]'' |Steve |- |2004 |''The Long Firm'' |Johnnie Ray |Episode: "Ruby's Story" |- |2007 |''[[Nuclear Secrets]]'' |Joe Bulik |Episode: "The Spy from Moscow" |- |2008 |[[Clone (TV series)|''Clone'']] |Mark Travis |Episode: "The Librarian" |- |2010 |[[Any Human Heart (TV series)|''Any Human Heart'']] |Mr. Schmidt |Episode #1.3 |- |2010 |[[Dispatches (TV programme)|''Dispatches'']] |American voices |Episode: "Iraq's Secret War Files" |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|nm0281334}} * {{Twitter|tim_flavin}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0281334}}

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