Tim Abell (born July 1, 1958 in

Manassas, Virginia Manassas (), formerly Manassas Junction, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The population was 42,772 at the 2020 Census. It is the county seat of Prince William County, although the two are separate jurisdi ...

) is an American actor, and former Army Ranger. He has appeared in over fifty movies and TV shows, including ''

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'' (1998), '' The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option'' (2001), ''

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'' (2004), ''

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'' (2011), and '' Sniper: Special Ops'' (2016). His most famous role was as Benny Ray Riddle in the

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television series ''

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'' (1997–1998) created by Dan Gordon. Many of his movies have been directed or headed by

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and

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Biography

Abell grew up in

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and

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. As a young boy, he participated in

martial arts Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; combat sport, competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; a ...

and boxing. At the age of 17, he joined the United States Army and eventually served in the Army Rangers. While at

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, he completed Advanced Infantry Training, Airborne School, and Ranger School. He was assigned to the

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. At the end of his military career he served in the 3rd US infantry "The Old Guard", ''Caisson Platoon''. After five years in the Rangers, he was honorably discharged. Abell began training at the

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Dance Studio, where he started performing in theatre. He has been in a second marriage with actress and producer Georgia Lambron.

Filmography

Film

Television

Voice acting

Tim has also done voice acting for various productions including

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, Fury,

Olympus Has Fallen ''Olympus Has Fallen'' is a 2013 American action thriller film directed and co-produced by Antoine Fuqua from a screenplay written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, and is the first installment in the ''Has Fallen'' film series. The ...

White House Down ''White House Down'' is a 2013 American political action thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by James Vanderbilt. In the film, a divorced US Capitol Police officer attempts to rescue both his daughter and the President of the ...

The Good Wife ''The Good Wife'' is an American legal and political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016. It focuses on Alicia Florrick, the wife of the Cook County State's Attorney, who returns to her career in law ...

Warm Bodies ''Warm Bodies'' is a novel by author Isaac Marion. The book was described as a "zombie romance" by the ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' and makes allusions to William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet''. The author, based in Seattle, originally wr ...

, and

Zero Dark Thirty ''Zero Dark Thirty'' is a 2012 American thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. The film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Osama bin Laden, leader of terrorist network Al-Qaeda, after the S ...

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