Tim Downie

Downie's first television appearance was in 1994 in an episode of ITV's police drama The Bill, followed by a guest spot on the series two premiere of ITV's comedy Conjugal Rites.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-bill/keeping-mum-84057/|title=The Bill: Keeping Mum|website=TV.com|access-date=2019-06-17}} In 1996 he joined the cast of CBBC's Out of Tune, a children's sitcom which focused on the lives of the member of a church choir, alongside James Corden and Jane Danson.{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a663335/virtually-impossible-out-of-tune-7-of-our-favourite-kids-tv-shows-that-no-one-remembers/|title=7 amazing kids' TV shows no-one remembers|last=Wightman|first=Catriona|date=2015-08-14|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-17}} He would go on to appear on BBC One's teenage game show To Me... To You... in 1998 before landing the role of Sam Smallwood in a seven episode stint on Channel 4's soap opera Hollyoaks.{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1998-04-29|title=BBC One London - 29 April 1998 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-06-18}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a524600/toast-of-londons-tim-downie-on-paddington-bear-moustaches-peter-capaldi/|title=What links Paddington Bear and Peter Capaldi?|last=Jeffery|first=Morgan|date=2013-10-19|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-18}} Next he would guest star in an episode of BBC One's courtroom drama Judge John Deed (2001) as Constable Hoskins.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/9rhg/judge-john-deed--s1-e4-appropriate-response/|title=Judge John Deed - S1 - Episode 4: Appropriate Response|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2019-06-18}}

In 2002, Downie joined the cast of BBC's series Doctors, portraying Alex North in 2 episodes of the drama.{{cite news |last1=Darling |first1=Michael |title=Tim Downie on playing an argumentative journalist in comedy Hapless |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/news/tim-downie-on-playing-an-argumentative-journalist-in-comedy-hapless-661071 |access-date=26 July 2022 |work=What to Watch |publisher=(Future plc) |date=5 March 2021 |archive-date=3 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803034828/https://www.whattowatch.com/news/tim-downie-on-playing-an-argumentative-journalist-in-comedy-hapless-661071 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/doctors-uk/unfinished-business-201331/|title=Doctors: Unfinished Business|website=TV.com|access-date=2019-06-18}} 2004 saw him guest star on Fox Network's action/comedy Keen Eddie, which centered on an NYPD officer stationed in London, and the BBC's crime procedural New Tricks, which followed an Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS) of London's Metropolitan Police Service.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/keen-eddie/citizen-cecil-250435/|title=Keen Eddie: Citizen Cecil|website=TV.com|access-date=2019-06-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/hpdf/new-tricks--s1-e5-good-work-rewarded/|title=New Tricks - S1 - Episode 5: Good Work Rewarded|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2019-06-18}} From there he would guest star on CBBC's teenage drama M.I.High in the series two finale titled "Asteroid Attack" (2008) and BBC's sitcom The Legend of Dick and Dom in a series one episode titled "The Tears of Fury".{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/mi-high/asteroid-attack-1189372/|title=M.I. High: Asteroid Attack|website=TV.com|access-date=2019-06-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/legend-of-dick-and-dom|title=The Legend Of Dick And Dom|website=ABC Television|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-06-18}} In 2009, Downie co-starred in BBC Four's Micro Men, a comedic account of the rivalry between 1980's British computer giants Sir Clive Sinclair and Chris Curry, opposite Martin Freeman and Alexander Armstrong.{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/micro_men/|title=Micro Men - BBC4 Comedy Drama|website=British Comedy Guide}} For the next two years, between 2010 and 2011, Downie would star with fellow actor Sam Heughan in a series of television commercials as part of an ad campaign for Tennents Lager in the UK.{{cite web|url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2011/06/15/new-tennents-tv-ad-launch-celebrating-lagers-music-ties|title=New Tennent's TV ad to launch celebrating lager's music ties|website=The Drum}}

Beginning in 2011, Tim appeared as Yates, opposite David Jason, in the BBC comedy series The Royal Bodyguard, which followed the misadventures of a clumsy officer who was appointed as the Queen's new bodyguard.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_royal_bodyguard/|title=The Royal Bodyguard - BBC1 Sitcom|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-18}} That same year he was cast in Sky Atlantic's comedy This is Jinsy, the first series of which was nominated for the British Comedy Awards for Best Sketch Show.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcomedyawards.com/winners-2011.aspx|title=The British Comedy Awards - The British Comedy Awards - Winners 2011|website=www.britishcomedyawards.com}} Downie would also appear in the second series three years later.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/this_is_jinsy/cast_crew/|title=This Is Jinsy cast and crew credits|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-18}} 2012 would see Downie appear in several television productions. First was the television film The Cricklewood Greats, a spoof documentary of the early British film industry for BBC Four, which saw him star opposite Peter Capaldi.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9057696/Peter-Capaldi-on-Cricklewood-Greats-interview.html|title=Peter Capaldi on Cricklewood Greats, interview|journal=The Daily Telegraph |date=2012-02-03|access-date=2019-06-18|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} He would next feature in episode one of ITV's mini-series Titanic, which was released to coincide with the one hundredth anniversary of the tragedy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/titanic/episode-one-2509343/|title=Titanic: Episode One|website=TV.com|access-date=2019-06-19}} Downie would finish out the year with appearances in Channel 4's mismatched roommate sitcom Peep Show, ITV's anthology series Little Crackers, which featured one-off comedies or dramas revolving around the theme of famous people's Christmas memories, and the first of a three-year stint as Danny Bear on Channel 4's comedy Toast of London.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/peep-show/business-secrets-of-the-pharaohs-2614237/|title=Peep Show: Business Secrets of the Pharaohs|website=TV.com|access-date=2019-06-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/little_crackers/episodes/3/8/|title=Little Crackers Episode 8|author=|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=19 June 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/cpqf5c/toast-of-london--series-2---2-desperate-measures/|title=Toast of London - S1 - Episode 2: Afternoon Tea|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2019-06-19}}

BBC's comedy Miranda, saw Downie guest star in 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/miranda/episodes/3/6/|title=Miranda Series 3, Episode 6 - A Brief Encounter|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-20}} From there he went on to appearances in BBC Two's veterinarian sitcom Heading Out, the two-part series seven premiere of E4's hit Skins, a regular role in BBC One's sitcom Father Figure, and an appearance in BBC Two's BAFTA nominated short children's program Found.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/heading_out/episodes/1/6/|title=Heading Out Series 1, Episode 6|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-20}}{{Citation|title=Skins: Skins Fire (2) {{!}} TVmaze|url=https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/50717/skins-7x02-skins-fire-2|language=en|access-date=2019-06-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/father_figure/characters/|title=Father Figure characters|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s70ls|title=BBC Two - Found|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-03}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/british-academy-childrens-awards-winners-announced-0|title=British Academy Children's Awards Winners Announced|date=2013-11-25|website=www.bafta.org|language=en|access-date=2019-07-03}} In 2015 Tim made a cameo appearance in Dave TV's mockumentary series Hoff the Record, which was loosely based upon the life of actor David Hasslehoff.{{Cite web|url=https://thevelvetonion.com/2015/06/17/onion-talking-fergus-craig-goes-hoff-the-record/|title=Onion Talking: Fergus Craig goes Hoff the Record|date=2015-06-17|website=The Velvet Onion|language=en|access-date=2019-06-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/hoff_the_record/episodes/1/2/|title=Hoff The Record Series 1, Episode 2 - Renew Or Die|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-20}} That same year he would appear in an episode of ITV's mini-series Jekyll and Hyde and episode three of E4's science fiction comedy series Tripped.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/jekyll-and-hyde-2015/episode-5-3259022/|title=Jekyll and Hyde: Episode 5|website=TV.com|access-date=2019-06-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/tripped/episodes/1/3/|title=Tripped Series 1, Episode 3|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-22}}

Downie would begin 2016 with a role in series three of ITV Two's sitcom Plebs, which followed the adventures of three men living in Rome.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/plebs/episodes/3/6/|title=Plebs Series 3, Episode 6 - Jugball|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-24}} He would go on to appeare in the made-for-television film Young Hyacinth, a prequel to BBC One's sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, an episode of Channel 4's online short video vehicle Comedy Blaps entitled Filcher & Crook, several episodes of Comedy Central's Drunk History: UK, and a regular role as Christopher (Kit) Marlowe in Ben Elton's ongoing sitcom Upstart Crow.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/young-hyacinth/cast/971001|title=Young Hyacinth {{!}} TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://thecomedycrowd.com/are-blaps-the-link-between-digital-and-tv-comedy/|title=Are "blaps" the link between digital and TV comedy? – The Comedy Crowd|date=29 August 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/drunk_history/episodes/2/2/|title=Drunk History Series 2, Episode 2|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/drunk_history/episodes/2/6/|title=Drunk History Series 2, Episode 6|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/drunk_history/episodes/3/6/|title=Drunk History Series 3, Episode 6|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/upstart-crow-star-tim-downie-only-the-rich-can-afford-to-go-into-the-arts-a3632221.html|title=Upstart Crow star Tim Downie: 'Only the rich can afford to go into the arts'|date=2017-09-11|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=2019-06-24}} The next year, Downie featured in an episode of BBC's comedy Count Arthur Strong, opposite comedian and writer Steve Delaney, an episode of E4's comedy of innocence Chewing Gum, and an episode of Comedy Central's sitcom I Live with Models.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fr5bpp/count-arthur-strong--s3-e6-the-lucky-streak/|title=Count Arthur Strong - S3 - Episode 6: The Lucky Streak|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2019-06-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/chewing_gum/episodes/2/4/|title=Chewing Gum Series 2, Episode 4 - Orlando|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/i_live_with_models/episodes/2/2/|title=I Live With Models Series 2, Episode 2 - Jess Steals A Job|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-25}}

2018 saw Downie cast as recurring character, and real-life historical figure, Governor William Tryon in STARZ's television adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's best selling Scottish time travel novel Outlander.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2018-07-04/outlander-season-4-new-cast-billy-boyd-lord-of-the-rings/|title=Lord of the Rings star Billy Boyd joins Outlander season 4|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2019-06-25}} Downie went on to executive produce and star in the six part-comedy The Jewish Enquirer, alongside Lucy Montgomery, in early 2020.{{Citation|title=The Jewish Enquirer|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_jewish_enquirer|language=en|access-date=2020-06-22}}{{Cite web|title=The Jewish Enquirer - Amazon Sitcom|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/the_jewish_enquirer/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB}} Later that year he appeared in creators Justin Sbresni and Mark Bussell's YouTube series Housebound, which focused on ordinary life in the era of COVID-19 lockdown.{{Cite web|title=The Robinsons creators launch lockdown themed comedy Housebound|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-04-15/robinsons-creators-launch-lockdown-comedy-housebound/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=Radio Times|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Housebound - YouTube Sketch Show|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/housebound/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB}}

In January 2022 it was announced that Downie had joined the cast of Amazon and the BBC's Good Omens for its second series.{{Cite web|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|date=2022-01-26|title='Good Omens': Cast Confirmed For Season 2 Of Neil Gaiman's Amazon Fantasy Series|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/good-omens-neil-gaiman-david-tennant-michael-sheen-season-two-amazon-bbc-1234919987/|access-date=2022-01-27|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} The series was released July 2023, with Downie playing the character of Mr Brown. In 2024 he appeared as Richard Manners in the Netflix series Geek Girl.{{Cite journal|url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/geek-girl-studio-waterside-todd-berger-arne-zipursky-jeff-detsky-scripted-slate-1235422432/|title='Geek Girl' Studio Waterside Teams With Creatives Behind 'Reginald The Vampire', 'The Way Home' & 'Orphan Black' As Part Of Scripted Slate|journal=Deadline Hollywood|first=Jesse|last=Whittock|date=22 June 2023|accessdate=30 August 2023|archive-date=31 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831023543/https://deadline.com/2023/06/geek-girl-studio-waterside-todd-berger-arne-zipursky-jeff-detsky-scripted-slate-1235422432/|url-status=live}}

In 2021 Downie played Kit Marlowe without parody in Jude Cook's Radio 3 drama The Rival.

Downie's first professional film role was in 2002's mystery thriller Dead Man's Dream, from directors Abner Pastoll and Kamma Pastoll.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8aca4241|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626234521/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8aca4241|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 June 2019|title=Dead Man's Dream (2002)|website=BFI|language=en|access-date=2019-06-26}} Two years later he would star in director Emory Ruegg's short film Swiss Passport, which was created for the Straight 8 Competition at 2004's Soho Rushes Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.straight8.net/about|title=about|website=straight 8|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbjmanagement.co.uk/artists/tiff-stevenson/credits|title=Full credits {{!}} PBJ Management|website=www.pbjmanagement.co.uk|access-date=2019-07-01}} That same year he would appear in the drama Shooting Shona opposite Samantha Béart.{{Cite web|url=http://film.britishcouncil.org/shooting-shona|title=British Council Film: Shooting Shona|website=film.britishcouncil.org|access-date=2019-07-01}} In 2008, Downie would once again work with director Abner Pastoll on his short film Homicide: Division B, a dramatic comedy about the British police, before starring in the direct-to-video horror film The Gatekeeper.{{Cite web|url=http://film.britishcouncil.org/homicide-division-b|title=British Council Film: Homicide: Division B|website=film.britishcouncil.org|access-date=2019-07-02}}{{Citation|title=The Gatekeeper (2008)|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/the-gatekeeper-2008/details/|language=en|access-date=2019-07-02}}{{Citation|title=The Gatekeeper (2008)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_gatekeeper_2008|language=en|access-date=2019-07-02}}

In 2010, Downie appeared as H.G. Wells in the short film A Great Mistake, which screened at Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Corner and the Shanghai International Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.shortfilmcorner.com/sfcfilm/filmfiche2.aspx?id=13832561|title=A Great Mistake|date=26 July 2011|website=Short Film Corner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726115013/http://www.shortfilmcorner.com/sfcfilm/filmfiche2.aspx?id=13832561|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=|access-date=2 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mobile-siff.com/InformationEn/InfoDetail.aspx?CategoryID=dbc441f6-aa20-4190-9434-467b106ca451&InfoGuid=415ced60-2f4f-4aa2-9f32-8a63961a79e8|title=SIFF Screening Schedule|date=26 March 2012|website=Shanghai International Film Festival|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326140111/http://www.mobile-siff.com/InformationEn/InfoDetail.aspx?CategoryID=dbc441f6-aa20-4190-9434-467b106ca451&InfoGuid=415ced60-2f4f-4aa2-9f32-8a63961a79e8|archive-date=26 March 2012|url-status=|access-date=2 July 2019}} That same year he would feature as the Duke of Gloucester in the Academy Award winning film The King's Speech.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bc5spx|title=BBC One - The King's Speech|website=BBC}}{{Citation|title=The King's Speech (2010)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_kings_speech|language=en|access-date=2019-07-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/env-academy-awards-022711-story-story.html|title='The King's Speech' wins top Oscars|last=Lynch|first=Susan King and Rene|website=Los Angeles Times|date=14 March 2014 |access-date=2019-07-02}} The next year he portrayed Danny in Michael Tchoubouroff's dramatic comedy Diagnosis Superstar.{{Citation|title=Diagnosis Superstar|url=https://www.filmweb.pl/film/Diagnosis+Superstar-2011-502714|language=pl|access-date=2019-07-02}} He would go on, in 2012, to feature in the musical Les Misérables, opposite Eddie Redmayne and Aaron Tveit.{{Citation|title=Les Misérables (2012)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/les_miserables_2012|language=en|access-date=2019-07-02}} Two years later Downie would appear as explorer Montgomery Clyde in the family film Paddington, which was based upon author Michael Bond's series of children's books.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/11239741/Paddington-review-a-total-delight.html|title=Paddington, review: 'a total delight'|last=Collin|first=Robbie|journal=The Daily Telegraph |date=2014-11-28|access-date=2019-07-03|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}

2017 Downie appeared in three feature films. First was the Netflix original War Machine, a film which was inspired by US Army General Stanley McChrystal, opposite Brad Pitt.{{Citation|title=War Machine (2017)|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/war-machine-2017/|language=en|access-date=2019-07-15}} Second was a cameo in director Michael Bay's Transformers: The Last Knight, the fifth installment in the Transformers franchise.{{Citation|title=Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_the_last_knight_2017|language=en|access-date=2019-07-15}} He would finish the year with Vertical Entertainment's hostage thriller 6 Days, which chronicled the siege of the Iranian Embassy in London by militants.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/6-days-review-1202531041/|title=Film Review: '6 Days'|last=Lodge|first=Guy|date=2017-08-17|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-07-15}} The next year he would feature in independent film The Mercy, the true story of Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth), an amateur sailor who participated in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in 1968.{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2017/colin-firth-learns-how-to-sail-in-first-full-trailer-for-drama-the-mercy/|title=Colin Firth Learns How to Sail in First UK Trailer for Drama 'The Mercy'|website=FirstShowing.net|date=16 November 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-15}} He would go on to a supporting role in the comedy I Love My Mum, from Spanish writer and director Albert Sciamma.{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/fish-tank-duo-reteam-on-uk-comedy-i-love-my-mum-exclusive/5124497.article|title='Fish Tank' duo reteam on UK comedy 'I Love My Mum' (exclusive)|last=Andreas Wiseman2017-11-27T07:40:00+00:00|website=Screen|language=en|access-date=2019-07-22}}

It was announced in 2018 that Downie had been cast in Citrus Film's Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans, an adaptation of the best-selling children's historical comedy books from Scholastic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/articles/Horrible_Histories|title=BBC - Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans gets cinema release date - BBC Films|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-07-22}} The film was scheduled to be released to UK and Irish theatres in July 2019 and US theatres in November.{{Cite web|url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/the-horrible-histories-the-movie-rotten-romans-film-trailer-are-you-not-edutained|title=The 'Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans' film trailer: Are you not edutained?|date=2019-03-01|website=Shortlist|language=en|access-date=2019-07-22}} He will play Philip in the upcoming Shakespeare-based film All That Glitters.{{cite web |last1=Ntim |first1=Zac |title='Outlander' Actor Tim Downie Joins Contemporary 'Romeo & Juliet' Adaptation 'All That Glitters' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/tim-downie-outlander-all-that-glitters-romeo-and-juliet-shakespeare-1235976750/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=18 June 2024}}

Downie has appeared in numerous stage productions including writer Peter Maddock's 2007 play Charlie and Henry at the New End Theatre and writer Gavin Davis' 2008 comedy Fat Christ at the King's Head Theatre in London, England.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/charliehenry-rev|title=Theatre review: Charlie and Henry at New End Theatre|website=British Theatre Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-23}}{{cite web|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/abi-titmuss-joins-cast-of-fat-christ-72472/|title=Abi Titmuss joins cast of Fat Christ|website=Official London Theatre}} In 2010 he appeared in two different plays at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre: Lutz Hübner's German play Respect, followed by Samantha Ellis’s Jewish drama Cling To Me Like Ivy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Hampstead-Theatre-Announces-Casts-For-MATCHBOX-THEATRE-AND-DELUGE-Including-Esther-Coles-Tim-Downie-Anna-Ledwich-and-Elaine-Cassidy-20150402|title=Hampstead Theatre Announces Casts For Matchbox Theatre and Deluge Including Esther Coles, Tim Downie, Anna Ledwich and Elaine Cassidy|author=|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.birminghampost.net/whats-on/theatre/cling-like-ivy-birmingham-rep-3934721|title=Cling to Me Like Ivy at Birmingham Rep|date=2010-02-19|website=birminghampost|access-date=2019-07-23}} He also appeared in1966 World Cup Final (2002) on tour around the UK, Pawnography, and Le Jet De Sang at The Rose (theatre) in London 2007, part of their first residency in 500 years.{{cite web|url=https://www.independenttalent.com/actors/tim-downie/|title=Tim Downie|publisher=}} In 2015 he appeared in Hampstead Theatre’s production of writer Michael Frayn's play Matchbox Theatre.{{cite web|url=https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/news/2015/04/matchbox-theatre-full-cast-announced/|title=Matchbox Theatre: Full cast announced|website=Hampstead Theatre}}

As a writer, Downie had his first theatre piece, The Dead Moon, commissioned in 2008. The play toured the UK and was also performed at the Aldeburgh Festival, the first non-operatic piece to ever be performed there.{{cite web|url=https://elliotslowdownwith.com/tim-downie/|title=Tim Downie – Elliot's Low-Down With…|date=20 January 2018 |publisher=}} In 2009 he was one of two finalists selected in the Heat 2, first round assignments (of 540 entries in 30 heats) in the New York Screenwriters' Challenge for his script The Robin Wins The Spring.{{cite web|url=http://www.nycmidnight.com/2009/SC/1stRound/2.htm|title=Screenwriter's Challenge 2009 - 1st Round Assignments > Heat 2|website=www.nycmidnight.com}} Since then his theatre work has included The Curse of Elizabeth Faulkner for 2010's Off Cut Festival in London, which was also performed at the King's Head Theatre, and The Revenge of Anubis.{{Cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/off-west+end/E8831255535686/Off+Cut+Festival.html/|title=Off Cut Festival Reviews at Old Red Lion - London - Whatsonstage.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020075253/http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/off-west+end/E8831255535686/Off+Cut+Festival.html/|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=21 March 2011|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Short-Plays-THE-CURSE-OF-ELIZABETH-FAULKNER-And-THE-REVENGE-OF-ANUBIS-Runs-Thru-August-30-At-The-Kings-Head-Theatre-20090825|title=Short Plays The Curse of Elizabeth Faulkner and The Revenge of Anubis Runs Thru August 30 At The Kings Head Theatre|author=|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-18}} In 2010 Downie penned The Story Project 2 – Love, Lies and London for The Southwark Playhouse and A Portrait of Maureen Flange for the Etcetera Theatre.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uglysisterproductions.com/Project_Story2.php|title=Uglysisterproductions - main page|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204235614/http://www.uglysisterproductions.com/Project_Story2.php|archive-date=4 February 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=22 March 2011|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|url=http://behindthebikeshed.com/Bikeshed/four_walls_progme.html|title=Four walls progme|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812075443/http://behindthebikeshed.com/Bikeshed/four_walls_progme.html|archive-date=12 August 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=22 March 2011|df=dmy-all}}

In October 22, 2020, Downie revealed on Twitter that he would be doing voice work for the video game, Baldur's Gate 3, playing the wizard, Gale Dekarios.{{Cite web |title=Very excited to finally say that I've been working on the game #BaldursGate3 this year with @PitStopTweets & @larianstudios, playing the wizard Gale! |url=https://twitter.com/timdownie1/status/1319304069551370243 |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Twitter |language=en}} Downie would reprise his role in four animated web shorts{{Citation |title=Baldur's Gate 3: The Greatest Foe - An Animated Short |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03TwMYuizoI |access-date=2023-11-07 |language=en}}{{Citation |title=Baldur's Gate 3: Launch Party - An Animated Short |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p-5RXAitTI |access-date=2023-11-07 |language=en}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=aNQt1Sclp1PxW_rx&v=N56xp4tAxuY&feature=youtu.be |title=Baldur's Gate 3: Christmas Gift - An Animated Short |date=2023-12-22 |last=Larian Studios |access-date=2024-12-30 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=fzwYMjr2njTalrWK&v=6w6MJ8FzfjM&feature=youtu.be |title=Baldur's Gate 3: Modding Mayhem - An Animated Short |date=2024-10-01 |last=Larian Studios |access-date=2024-12-30 |via=YouTube}} and in two episodes of High Rollers, a Dungeons & Dragons livestream, featuring the other companion voice actors playing their respective characters.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeJKnofNBNs&list=PLHv5CBoZYv4VQSb6e64P4e4gUXrgNsgq5&index=4 |title=Baldur's Gate 3 Cast play D&D #1 {{!}} High Rollers Presents: Shadows of Athkatla #ad |date=2023-09-22 |last=High Rollers DnD |access-date=2024-12-30 |via=YouTube}}

Downie has hosted two podcasts, Outcasts, an unofficial Outlander podcast he made in 2020 with David Berry, another Outlander actor,{{Cite web |last=Hill-Paul |first=Lucas |date=2020-12-16 |title=Outlander: Sam Heughan details what Caitriona Balfe teases him over |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1373047/Outlander-Sam-Heughan-Caitriona-Balfe-interview-filming-tease-Starz-video-ont |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}} and Folklands, a podcast exploring regional English folklore and history, that he has made since 2023 with fellow actor Justin Chubb.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-21 |title=Exclusive Interview: Tim Downie on Making Magic With Gale of Waterdeep in 'Baldur's Gate 3', Folktales and Cryptids, and More! |url=https://www.nerdsandbeyond.com/2024/02/21/exclusive-interview-tim-downie-on-making-magic-with-gale-of-waterdeep-in-baldurs-gate-3-folktales-and-cryptids-and-more/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=Nerds and Beyond |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=30 August 2023 |title=Our first full episode of #FolkLands has landed and we're talking all about hidden things with the brilliant @folkmagicman . Devils in shoes, ghosts in the belfry and ancient wells. Out everywhere you pod. Please share, subscribe, review etc and enjoy! |url=https://x.com/TimDownie1/status/1696629200268976307 |access-date=23 January 2023 |website=Twitter}}

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