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Tim DeZarn

Tim DeZarn

Born: 1952-07-11 • Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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.

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Filmography
The Grimm Backward poster
The Grimm Backward
2024 • Sheriff Rizzi
You're Doing Great poster
You're Doing Great
2024 • Angus
Project Dorothy poster
Project Dorothy
2024 • James
Every Night & Every Day poster
Every Night & Every Day
2022 • Randal
The Joes poster
The Joes
2021 • Nazi
Useless Humans poster
Useless Humans
2021 • Duke
Wrong Turn poster
Wrong Turn
2021 • Nate Roades
The Call of the Wild poster
The Call of the Wild
2020 • Hermit Fisherman
The Lilac Thief poster
The Lilac Thief
2019 • The Pastor
Acts of Desperation poster
Acts of Desperation
2018 • Maynard
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs poster
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 • Mean-Eyed Card Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
818 poster
818
2018 • Jeffrey Maddison
The Hatred poster
The Hatred
2017 • Sheriff
Christmas Crime Story poster
Christmas Crime Story
2017 • Barrett Hill
Buckshot poster
Buckshot
2017 • Buckshot
The Preacher's Son poster
The Preacher's Son
2017 • Congressman Dixon (as Tim De Zarn)
Halfway to Hell poster
Halfway to Hell
2016 • Cliff
Used Body Parts poster
Used Body Parts
2016 • Gas Man
Verbatim: Follow the Chicken poster
Verbatim: Follow the Chicken
2015 • Plaintiff
The Wolves of Savin Hill poster
The Wolves of Savin Hill
2014 • Fitz
Atlas Shrugged: Part III poster
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
2014 • Train Engineer
K-11 poster
K-11
2013 • Cowboy Williams
The Cabin in the Woods poster
The Cabin in the Woods
2012 • Mordecai
The Artist poster
The Artist
2011 • Soldier
Re-Cut poster
Re-Cut
2010 • John Fowler
Re-Cut poster
Re-Cut
2010 • Sheriff Tate
Untraceable poster
Untraceable
2008 • Herbert Miller
Live Free or Die Hard poster
Live Free or Die Hard
2007 • Police Sergeant
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning poster
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006 • Slaughterhouse Supervisor
Swedish Auto poster
Swedish Auto
2006 • Shelley
No Image
Grave Matters
2004 • Chief Coveleski
Spider-Man poster
Spider-Man
2002 • Philip Watson
The Visit poster
The Visit
2001 • Guard Enheim
One Night at McCool's poster
One Night at McCool's
2001 • Detective Ertagian
Pay It Forward poster
Pay It Forward
2000 • Liquid Man #2
Gone in Sixty Seconds poster
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000 • Shotgun Guy
Fight Club poster
Fight Club
1999 • Federated Motor Co. - Inspector Bird
I Married a Monster poster
I Married a Monster
1998 • Deputy Pete
On the Line poster
On the Line
1998 • Trevor Freed
Steel poster
Steel
1997 • Skinhead Leader
Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy poster
Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy
1997 • Leonard Guini
Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer poster
Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
1997 • Mr. Jenks
I Love You, Don't Touch Me! poster
I Love You, Don't Touch Me!
1997 • Vagrant
Ladykiller poster
Ladykiller
1996 • Mackey
Precious Find poster
Precious Find
1996 • Freddie
Raging Angels poster
Raging Angels
1995 • Banker
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight poster
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995 • Homer
Midnight Run Around poster
Midnight Run Around
1994 • Farmer #1
Extreme Justice poster
Extreme Justice
1993 • Eddie Payton
Joshua Tree poster
Joshua Tree
1993 • Warehouse Cop #1
South Central poster
South Central
1992 • Buddha
Rage and Honor poster
Rage and Honor
1992 • Fast Eddie
No Image
The Witness
1992
Ricochet poster
Ricochet
1991 • Skinhead (as Tim De Zarn)
The Killing Mind poster
The Killing Mind
1991 • Gordon Atherton
Under Surveillance poster
Under Surveillance
1991 • SWAT Trooper
Too Young to Die poster
Too Young to Die
1990 • Patron
Three Fugitives poster
Three Fugitives
1989 • First Officer
In the Sunset of the Condemned poster
In the Sunset of the Condemned
— • Don 'The Marksman' Benbow