Biography
Tim Choate (October 11, 1954 – September 24, 2004) was an American actor born in Dallas, Texas. He studied at the University of Texas at Austin and Cornell University and worked extensively in theater, appearing on Broadway in Da and Crimes of the Heart and with the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival. On screen he appeared in the Merchant Ivory films The Europeans, Jane Austen in Manhattan and Jefferson in Paris, as well as Times Square, Blow Out, Ghost Story, Def-Con 4, Soapdish and Pearl Harbor. On television he was best known as Zathras on Babylon 5, and he had a recurring role on Newhart. He died in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles.
Acted in 46
2000s
- 2003
- 2002
Hungry Hearts
Butterfly Collector
- 2001
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
- 1995
Live Nude Girls
Jerome
Girl in the Cadillac
Motel owner
Jefferson in Paris
Reporter
- 1994
- 1993
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
Sheriff Bart Meriweather
- 1992
Delta
Andrew · 1 episode
Immaculate Conception
David
- 1991
P.S. I Luv U
TV
Not of This World
Movie
- 1990
Child in the Night
Curt
1980s
- 1989
Spy
David Tiomchin
Blind Witness
Remy
CreepTales
Uncle Munger (segment "Wraparound")
- 1988
My Father, My Son
Harvey
- 1987
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
Phil Leeds
The Charmings
TV
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
The First Time
Charlie Lichtenstein
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
Jane Austen in Manhattan
Jamie
1970s
- 1979
The Europeans
Clifford
