# Tim Renkow

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{{short description|American actor, writer and comedian (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates |date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Tim Renkow
| image        =
| birth_name   = 
| birth_date   = {{birth year and age|1989}}
| birth_place  = [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City), Mexico 
| education    = art school
| alma_mater   = 
| occupation   = Actor, comedian, writer
| years_active = 2010 – present
}}

'''Tim Renkow''' (born 1989) is an American actor, writer and comedian. 

He is best known for playing the leading role of Tim in the British [black comedy](/source/black_comedy) television series ''[Jerk](/source/Jerk_(TV_series))'' (2019–2023), which he also co-wrote. In 2022, Renkow received a nomination for the [British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance](/source/British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Male_Comedy_Performance).<ref>{{cite web |date=30 March 2022 |title=Bafta TV awards 2022: full list of nominations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/30/bafta-tv-awards-2022-full-list-of-nominations |accessdate=30 March 2022 |website=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)}}</ref>

==Early life==
Renkow was born in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City),<ref name=Graun>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/04/i-use-cerebral-palsy-to-get-away-with-a-lot-tim-renkow-bbc-sitcom-jerk |title='I use cerebral palsy to get away with a lot': the shameless star of sitcom Jerk| work = [The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|date=4 March 2019 |last1=Jonze |first1=Tim }}</ref>{{clarify|date=April 2025|reason=were his parents Mexican? or American expatriates? or just passing through?}} and grew up in [Chapel Hill, North Carolina](/source/Chapel_Hill%2C_North_Carolina). He later attended art school in [Memphis, Tennessee](/source/Memphis%2C_Tennessee).<ref name=Tele>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/jerk-star-tim-renkow-interview-disabled-redneck-mexican-jew/|title = Jerk star Tim Renkow: 'I'm a disabled redneck Mexican Jew – I can make fun of anyone'| newspaper= [The Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) | date=25 March 2019 | last1=Saunders | first1=Tristram Fane }}</ref>

==Career==
===Pre-2019===
In Memphis, at age nineteen, Renkow began performing stand-up comedy. He continued in this activity in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), before moving to the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) to study creative writing in 2012.<ref name="Tele" /> 

He participated in the ''[Chortle](/source/Chortle)'' Student Comedy Award Final at 2013's [Edinburgh Festival Fringe](/source/Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bennett|first=Steve|title=Chortle Student Comedy Award Final 2013 : Reviews 2013 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2013/08/13/29336/chortle_student_comedy_award_final_2013|access-date=2021-11-23|website=www.chortle.co.uk|language=en}}</ref> 

In 2014, Renkow performed his debut show, ''At Least Hell Has Ramps'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Richardson|first=Jay|title=Tim Renkow: At Least Hell Has Ramps : Reviews 2014 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2014/08/22/29766/tim_renkow:_at_least_hell_has_ramps|access-date=2021-11-23|website=www.chortle.co.uk|language=en}}</ref> and was nominated for ''Chortle''<nowiki/>'s Best Newcomer Award.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bennett|first=Steve|title=Tim Renkow gets a Bafta booster : News 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2019/10/08/44491/tim_renkow_gets_a_bafta_booster|access-date=2021-11-23|website=www.chortle.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>

Renkow's first television appearance was in 2016, in an episode of the [BBC Three](/source/BBC_Three) sketch show ''[Comedy Feeds](/source/Comedy_Feeds)'', "A Brief History of Tim".

In 2017, Renkow appeared in four episodes of ''Bobby & Harriet Get Married'', [Bobby Mair](/source/Bobby_Mair) and [Harriet Kemsley's](/source/Harriet_Kemsley) comedic television series about their wedding.

=== Since 2019 ===
In February 2019, Series 1 of Renkow's comedy television series, ''[Jerk](/source/Jerk_(TV_series))'', was released by [BBC Three](/source/BBC_Three).<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p070b9gh| title=Series 1, Jerk| publisher =[BBC](/source/BBC)}}</ref> It was subsequently replayed on [BBC One](/source/BBC_One), and its approval for a second series was announced in September 2019.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/news/5477/jerk_series_2/| title=Tim Renkow comedy Jerk to return| date=September 5, 2019| publisher = [British Comedy Guide](/source/British_Comedy_Guide)}}</ref> 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](/source/Soho_Theatre) entitled ''Tim Renkow Tries to Punch Down''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sohotheatre.com/shows/tim-renkow-tries-to-punch-down/|title=Tim Renkow Tries to Punch Down | publisher =[Soho Theatre](/source/Soho_Theatre)}}</ref>

In 2021, Renkow was announced as a member of the U.K. jury for the [British Academy of Film and Television Arts](/source/British_Academy_of_Film_and_Television_Arts)'s [BAFTA Breakthrough Initiative](/source/BAFTA_Breakthrough_Initiative).<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Ramachandran|first1=Naman|date=2021-10-26|title=Fiona Lamptey, Colin Trevorrow Among BAFTA Breakthrough 2021 Jurors|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/fiona-lamptey-colin-trevorrow-bafta-breakthrough-2021-jurors-1235097636/|access-date=2021-11-23| work =[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|language=en-US}}</ref> 

Renkow appears in two episodes of BBC's ''Live at the Apollo'', in series 16 and as host in series 19.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Live At The Apollo Series 16, Episode 5 - Angela Barnes, Sarah Keyworth, Tim Renkow|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/live_at_the_apollo/episodes/16/5/|access-date=2022-01-09| publisher =[British Comedy Guide](/source/British_Comedy_Guide) |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Live at the Apollo Series 19, Episode 7|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/live_at_the_apollo/episodes/19/7/| publisher = [British Comedy Guide](/source/British_Comedy_Guide) |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Renkow has [cerebral palsy](/source/cerebral_palsy).<ref name=Graun/>

In September 2020, he married fellow comedian [Spring Day](/source/Spring_Day_(comedian)).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tim Renkow - Got married yesterday!! Photo by @stevebestpics |url=https://m.facebook.com/TimRenkowcomedy/posts/3122597341201753&ved=2ahUKEwizmY65t__6AhXDQjABHU_jBagQFnoECA8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw1VAUBtT1AiCvsdDXKa_SZ8 |publisher = [Facebook](/source/Facebook)}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|  2016
| ''[BBC Comedy Feeds](/source/Comedy_Feeds)'' episode "A Brief History of Tim"
| Tim 
| television movie
|-
| 2017
| ''Bobby & Harriet Get Married ''
| Tim
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2019–2023
| [''Jerk''](/source/Jerk_(TV_series))
| Tim
| television series
|-
| 2021–2025
| ''[Live at the Apollo](/source/Live_at_the_Apollo_(TV_series))''
| himself
| 2 episodes
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|8430201|Tim Renkow}}

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