Timothy Balme

Timothy Guy Balme born January 18 1967 also known as Tim Balme is an actor and screenwriter from New Zealand Hes most well known for his roles on the longrunning soap opera Shortland Street and Mercy Peak as well as lead roles in the cult favourites Braindead and Jack Brown Genius He most recently was a writer and actor on the television series The Almighty Johnsons Balme is married to actress Katie Wolfe with whom he has two children daughter Edie born 2001 and son Nikau born 2005 Balme also has a son Sam born 1987 from a previous relationship Balme graduated from Toi Whakaari in 1989 and his first lead role was in the 1992 film Braindead aka Dead Alive Balme and his wife along with Simon Bennett and Robyn Malcolm founded the New Zealand Actors Company which ran for three productions before being dissolved An actor for the better part of twenty years he has recently branched out into writing and has scripted episodes for television series such as Diplomatic Immunity and Outrageous Fortune Balme also wrote the short film Redemption directed by his wife which was selected as part of the short film lineup at the Sundance Film Festival for 2011 Balme worked as the head of development for South Pacific Pictures for three years before returning to freelancing He currently writes for shows such as the popular Channel 7 drama 800 Words and is head writer for the murder mystery series The Brokenwood Mysteries In 2015 he won the Best Television Screenplay award at the SWANZ NZ Writers Guild Awards for Brokenwood Ep 2 Sour Grapes From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia