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Ted Raimi | |
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Alma mater | University of Michigan |
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Years active | 1977–present |
Relatives | Sam Raimi (brother) Ivan Raimi (brother) |
Theodore Raimi (born December 14, 1965) [1] 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. [2] 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 Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys .
Raimi has appeared in minor roles in a number of other films and television series, 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 .
Raimi was born to a Jewish family [3] 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. [4] 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.
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. [5]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1977 | It's Murder! | Bradley | ||
1981 | The Evil Dead | Fake Shemp | [6] [7] | |
Torro. Torro. Torro! | Short film | |||
1982 | Cleveland Smith: Bounty Hunter | Short film | ||
1985 | Crimewave | Waiter | [6] [8] | |
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except | Chain Man | |||
1987 | Evil Dead II | Possessed Henrietta | [9] | |
Blood Rage | Condom Salesman | |||
1989 | Intruder | Joe 'Produce Joe' | [10] | |
Easy Wheels | Charlie | |||
Shocker | "Pac-Man" | |||
1990 | Darkman | Rick Anderson | [6] | |
1991 | Lunatics: A Love Story | Hank Stone | ||
1992 | Eddie Presley | "Scooter" | ||
Patriot Games | CIA Technician | |||
Candyman | Billy | [11] [12] | ||
Army of Darkness | Cowardly Warrior / Swordsmith / Villager / S-Mart Clerk | Credited as "Theodore Raimi"; uncredited for roles besides "Cowardly Warrior" | [9] | |
Inside Out V | Richard | Direct-to-video | ||
The Finishing Touch | Detective Arnold | |||
The Fountain Clowns | Hayden | |||
1993 | Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence | Reporter | ||
Born Yesterday | Cynthia's Assistant | |||
Skinner | Dennis Skinner | [13] | ||
Hard Target | Man On The Street | |||
1994 | Floundering | Safe Salesman | ||
Clear and Present Danger | Satellite Analyst | |||
In This Corner | Interviewer | |||
1995 | Stuart Saves His Family | Hal | ||
The Expert | Jerry's Friend | Uncredited | ||
1996 | The Shot | Detective Corelli | ||
1997 | Wishmaster | Ed Finney | ||
1998 | Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus | Crius | Voice; direct-to-video film | |
1999 | Freak Talks About Sex | Jackie's Husband | ||
2001 | The Attic Expeditions | Dr. Coffee | ||
2002 | Spider-Man | Ted Hoffman | [2] | |
2003 | Red Zone | Phelps | ||
Between the Sheets | Gabriel / A.D.R. Mixer | |||
2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Ted Hoffman | [2] | |
Illusion | Ian | |||
The Grudge | Alex Jones | [14] | ||
2005 | Man with the Screaming Brain | Pavel | ||
Freezerburn | Special Agent Johnson | |||
2006 | High Hopes | Special Agent Brown | ||
Kalamazoo? | Angel | |||
2007 | Reign Over Me | Peter Saravino | ||
My Name Is Bruce | Mills Toddner / Wing / Sign Painter | |||
Spider-Man 3 | Ted Hoffman | [2] | ||
Millennium Crisis | August | |||
2008 | Diamonds and Guns | The Landlord | ||
The Midnight Meat Train | Randle Cooper | |||
2009 | Drag Me to Hell | Doctor | ||
2010 | VideoDome Rent-O-Rama | Francis | Short film | |
2011 | Ruthless: An Experiment in Terror | Bartender | ||
2012 | Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader | Dr. Higgs | ||
2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | Skeptic In Audience | ||
2014 | Murder of a Cat | Young Sheriff | ||
2017 | Darkness Rising | Dad | [15] [16] | |
2021 | 18½ | Alexander Haig | Voice | |
2023 | Failure! | James | ||
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1989 | Knight & Daye | Buyer | Episode: "Stalk Radio" | |
Alien Nation | Johnny Appleseed | Episode: "Chains of Love" | ||
ALF | Julius | Episode: "It's My Party" | ||
1991 | Twin Peaks | Heavy Metal Youth | Episodes: "2.19", "2.20" | |
1992 | Baywatch | Leonaard | Episode: "Rookie of the Year" | |
1993–1996 | seaQuest DSV | Lieutenant j.g. Timothy O'Neill | Main role (54 episodes) | |
1996 | American Gothic | Ted Parker | Episode: "Learning to Crawl" | |
Apollo 11 | Steve Bales | Television film | ||
1996–2001 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Joxer | Recurring role (42 episodes) | [13] |
1997 | 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 | Primetime Glick | Various roles | ||
2002 | Invader Zim | Skoodge, Holographic Alien Head | Voice roles Episodes: "Battle of the Planets", "HOBO 13/Walk for Your Lives" | |
Odyssey 5 | Harry Mudd | Episode: "Trouble with Harry" | ||
2005 | CSI: NY | Garage Joe / Joe Strahil | Episode: "Hush" | |
2006 | Masters of Horror | Father Tulli | Episode: "The Damned Thing" | |
2007 | Planet Raptor | Dr. Tygon | Television film | |
2007–2008 | Code Monkeys | Various roles | Recurring voice roles (6 episodes) | |
2008 | Legend of the Seeker | Sebastian | Episode: "Bounty" | |
30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust | Television miniseries | |||
Supernatural | Wesley Mondale | Episode: "Wishful Thinking" | ||
2009 | Angel of Death | Jed Norton | Web series | |
2010 | Legend of the Seeker | Sebastian | Episode: "Hunger" | |
2011 | Your Dungeon, My Dragon | Episode: "Battle of the Bands, Man" | ||
2016 | Ash vs Evil Dead | Possessed Henrietta | Also played Possessed Henrietta in Evil Dead II | [17] |
2018 | Chet Kaminski | Recurring role (6 episodes) | [18] | |
2017 | Buddy Thunderstruck | Darnell / Moneybags | Voice role; 12 episodes | |
2021 | Creepshow | Ted | Episode: "Public Television Of The Dead" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2005 | Evil Dead: Regeneration | Sam | Voice role | [7] [19] |
2022 | The Quarry | Travis Hackett | Voice, motion capture and likeness |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1978 | Within the Woods | Crew | Short film | |
1981 | Torro. Torro. Torro! | Crew | Short film | |
1985 | Crimewave | Apprentice editor | ||
1995 | seaQuest DSV | Writer | Episode: "Lostland" | |
1998 | Normal Joe | Writer | ||
1999 | Iggy Vile M.D. | Writer | Television film | |
2008 | Diamonds and Guns | Second unit co-director | ||
2009 | My Treat | Director | Short film | |
2011 | Morbid Minutes | Director | 5 episodes | |
Writer | Episodes: "Better to Remember", "Tie Game" |
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Bruce Lorne Campbell is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known best for his role as Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead horror series, beginning with the short movie Within the Woods (1978). He has also featured in many low-budget cult movies such as Crimewave (1985), Maniac Cop (1988), Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989), and Bubba Ho-Tep (2002).
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Darkman is a 1990 American superhero film directed and co-written by Sam Raimi. Based on a short story Raimi wrote that paid homage to Universal's horror films of the 1930s, the film stars Liam Neeson as scientist Peyton Westlake, who is brutally attacked, disfigured, and left for dead by ruthless mobster Robert Durant, after his girlfriend, attorney Julie Hastings, runs afoul of corrupt developer Louis Strack Jr.. After a treatment to cure him of his burn injuries fails, Westlake develops super-human abilities, which also have the unintended side-effect of rendering him mentally unstable and borderline psychotic. Consumed with vengeance, he decides to hunt down those who disfigured him.
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Ivan Mitchell Raimi is an American emergency medicine physician and screenwriter, and a brother of filmmaker Sam Raimi and actor Ted Raimi. Ivan works as an emergency physician in Chicago, traveling to Los Angeles occasionally to work in Hollywood.
Bob Murawski is an American film editor. He was awarded the 2010 Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on The Hurt Locker, which he shared with his wife, fellow editor Chris Innis. He often works with film director Sam Raimi, having edited the Spider-Man trilogy, Oz the Great and Powerful, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Murawski is an elected member of the American Cinema Editors, and is the co-founder of Grindhouse Releasing, an acclaimed film distribution company specializing in re-releases of cult films.
Army of Darkness comics are based on the film of the same name published originally by Dark Horse Comics, and later by Dynamite Entertainment who initially published them through Devil's Due Publishing.
Ash vs Evil Dead is an American comedy horror television series developed by Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, and Tom Spezialy for Starz. The series is set in the Evil Dead universe created by Raimi, with Bruce Campbell reprising his role as Ash Williams from the film series. Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, and Lucy Lawless also star.
The following is a list of unproduced Sam Raimi projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, American film director and producer Sam Raimi has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these projects, are officially cancelled and scrapped or fell in development hell.
Evil Dead Rise is a 2023 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Lee Cronin. It is a standalone entry and the fifth installment in the Evil Dead film series. The film stars Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland as two estranged sisters trying to survive and save their family from deadites. Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols, and Nell Fisher appear in supporting roles.
"El Jefe" is the series premiere of the American comedy horror television series Ash vs Evil Dead, which serves as a continuation of the Evil Dead trilogy, the first episodes of its first season. The episode was written by Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi and Tom Spezialy, and directed by Sam Raimi. It originally aired on the premium channel Starz on October 31, 2015.