Ted Raimi
{{short description|American actor (born 1965)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2012}}
{{Infobox person
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| caption = Raimi at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|12|14}}
| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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| alma_mater = University of Michigan
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|screenwriter}}
| years active = 1977–present
| relatives = Sam Raimi (brother)
Ivan Raimi (brother)
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Theodore Raimi (born December 14, 1965){{cite web |title=Raimi, Ted 1965- |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/raimi-ted-1965-bill-ferguson-theodore-raimi |website=Encyclopedia.com |publisher=Cengage}} is an American character actor, director and writer. He is known for his roles in the works of his brother Sam Raimi, including a fake Shemp in The Evil Dead, possessed Henrietta in Evil Dead II, and Ted Hoffman in the Spider-Man trilogy.Peter David's novelizations of the films reveal his first name to be Ted, after the actor who plays him. He later reprised his role as Henrietta in the television series Ash vs. Evil Dead, in which he also played the character Chet Kaminski. He is also known for his roles as Lieutenant JG Tim O'Neill in seaQuest DSV, his recurring role as the merchant in Legend of the Seeker and Joxer the Mighty in both Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
Raimi has appeared in minor roles including the films Crimewave, Intruder, Shocker, Darkman, Candyman, Army of Darkness, Clear and Present Danger, The Grudge, Drag Me to Hell and Oz the Great and Powerful, as well as the television series ALF, Twin Peaks, Baywatch and Supernatural. He has had voice roles in the television series Invader Zim and Code Monkeys, and in the video games Evil Dead: Regeneration and The Quarry.
Early life
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Raimi was born to a Jewish family{{cite web|url=https://jewishjournal.com/uncategorized/71432/|title=Jews Get Geek on at Comic-Con|last=Wills|first=Adam|date=July 22, 2009|publisher=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|access-date=November 16, 2019}} in Detroit, Michigan. His parents are Celia (née Abrams), a lingerie store proprietor, and Leonard Raimi, a furniture store proprietor. Ted was raised in Conservative Judaism, and his ancestors immigrated from Russia and Hungary.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8479|title=Spider-Mensch: The Jewish roots of director Sam Raimi and "Spider-Man."|last=Aushenker|first=Michael|date=April 26, 2002|publisher=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051113211125/http://www.jewishjournal.com:80/home/preview.php?id=8479|archive-date=November 13, 2005|access-date=May 2, 2014}} He attended Wylie E. Groves High School in Beverly Hills, Michigan, where he played blues harp and was a DJ and a member of the Groves Cinema Society. At seventeen, Raimi began his professional acting career doing industrial films in Detroit, for Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. He attended University of Michigan, New York University, then finally University of Detroit. Raimi's older brothers are director Sam Raimi and screenwriter Ivan Raimi.
Career
Raimi's motion picture acting credits include: Wes Craven's Shocker, Born Yesterday, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, Darkman and the Spider-Man series, as well as roles in such features as: Stuart Saves His Family, The Grudge, Midnight Meat Train and Oz the Great and Powerful.
On television, he has been seen on shows such as Twin Peaks, CSI: NY, Supernatural and Legend of the Seeker, but is best known for his roles as the communication officer Lt. Tim O'Neill on the science fiction television series seaQuest DSV (later seaQuest 2032) and starring as the warrior wannabe Joxer on Xena: Warrior Princess.
Raimi wrote the original "Joxer the Mighty" song with help from director Josh Becker for Xena: Warrior Princess. In 2022, he joined director Alex Kahuam for his upcoming feature film Failure!, which was shot entirely in a single long-take.{{Cite web|url=https://screenanarchy.com/2022/06/failure-alex-kahuam-ted-raimi.html|title=FAILURE! Alex Kahuam Directs Genre Icon Ted Raimi in Single Take Thriller|website=screenanarchy.com|access-date=June 15, 2022}}
Selected filmography
=Film=
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class=unsortable | {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |
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| rowspan=3|1989
|Buyer |Episode: "Stalk Radio" | |
| Alien Nation
|Johnny Appleseed |Episode: "Chains of Love" | |
| ALF
|Julius |Episode: "It's My Party" | |
| 1991
|Heavy Metal Youth |Episodes: "2.19", "2.20" | |
| 1992
|Leonaard |Episode: "Rookie of the Year" | |
| 1993–1996
|Lieutenant j.g. Timothy O'Neill |Main role (54 episodes) | |
| rowspan=2|1996
|Ted Parker |Episode: "Learning to Crawl" | |
| Apollo 11
|Steve Bales |Television film | |
| 1996–2001
|rowspan=2|Joxer |Recurring role (42 episodes) |
| 1997
|rowspan=2|Hercules: The Legendary Journeys |Episodes: "When a Man Loves a Woman", "Stranger in a Strange World" | |
| 1998
|Alex Kurtzman |Episode: "Yes, Virginia, There Is a Hercules" | |
| 1999
|Iggy Vile M.D. |Frederick Marsche |Television film | |
| 2001
|Various roles | | |
| rowspan=2|2002
|Skoodge, Holographic Alien Head |Voice roles | |
| Odyssey 5
|Harry Mudd |Episode: "Trouble with Harry" | |
| 2005
|Garage Joe / Joe Strahil |Episode: "Hush" | |
| 2006
|Father Tulli |Episode: "The Damned Thing" | |
| 2007
|Dr. Tygon |Television film | |
| 2007–2008
|Various roles |Recurring voice roles (6 episodes) | |
| rowspan=3|2008
|Sebastian |Episode: "Bounty" | |
| 30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust
| |Television miniseries | |
| Supernatural
|Wesley Mondale |Episode: "Wishful Thinking" | |
| 2009
|Jed Norton |Web series |
| 2010
|Sebastian |Episode: "Hunger" | |
| 2011
|Your Dungeon, My Dragon | |Episode: "Battle of the Bands, Man" | |
| 2016
|rowspan=2|Ash vs Evil Dead |Possessed Henrietta |Also played Possessed Henrietta in Evil Dead II |{{cite web|url=https://www.starz.com/video/7ffbc76d342c4e1ca727b1bfb577f120|title=Inside the World of Ash vs Evil Dead: Episode 209|date=December 4, 2016|website=STARZ|access-date=December 5, 2016}} |
| 2018
|Chet Kaminski |Recurring role (6 episodes) |{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2-ted-raimi-lee-majors-1201702538/|title=TV News Roundup: 'Ash vs Evil Dead' Adds Ted Raimi, Lee Majors; 'Mary Mary' Gets Season 5 Premiere Date|last=Bryant|first=Jacob|date=February 10, 2016|work=Variety|access-date=November 16, 2019}} |
| 2017
|Darnell / Moneybags |Voice role; 12 episodes | |
| 2021
|Ted |Episode: "Public Television Of The Dead" | |
=Video games=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class=unsortable | {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |
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| 2005
|Sam |Voice role |
| 2022
|Travis Hackett |Voice, motion capture and likeness | |
=Non-acting work=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class=unsortable | {{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |
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| 1978
| rowspan="2" |Crew | rowspan="2" |Short film | |
| 1981
|Torro. Torro. Torro! | |
| 1985
|Apprentice editor | | |
| 1995
| rowspan="3" |Writer |Episode: "Lostland" | |
| 1998
|Normal Joe | | |
| 1999
|Iggy Vile M.D. |Television film | |
| 2008
|Diamonds and Guns |Second unit co-director | | |
| 2009
|My Treat | rowspan="2" |Director |Short film | |
| rowspan=2|2011
|rowspan=2|Morbid Minutes |5 episodes | |
| Writer
|Episodes: "Better to Remember", "Tie Game" | |
References
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=Further reading=
- {{cite book|last=Muir|first=John Kenneth|author-link=John Kenneth Muir|year=2004|title=The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi|publisher=Applause Books|isbn=978-1557836076|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/unseenforcefi00muir}}
- {{cite book|last=Muir|first=John Kenneth|author-link=John Kenneth Muir|year=2007|title=Horror Films of the 1980s|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0786428212}}
- {{cite book|last1=Pulliam|first1=June Michele|last2=Fonseca|first2=Anthony J.|year=2014|title=Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth|publisher=Greenwood|isbn=978-1440803888}}
- {{cite book|last=Robson|first=Eddie|author-link=Eddie Robson|year=2007|title=Coen Brothers|publisher=Virgin Books|isbn=978-0753512685}}
- {{cite book|last=Willis|first=John|author-link=John A. Willis|year=2000|title=John Willis 1993 Film Annual: Screen World|volume=44|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|isbn=978-1557831750}}
External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.tedraimi.com}}
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071007025933/http://www.marsdust.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=92&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0%2F 2005 MarsDust Interview]
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