Tim Renkow | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989 (age 35–36) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Education | art school |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian, writer |
| Years active | 2010 – present |
Tim Renkow (born 1989, Mexico City) [1] is an American actor, writer and comedian.
He plays the leading role of Tim in the British black comedy television series Jerk (2019–2023), which he also co-wrote.
Renkow was born in Mexico City,[ clarification needed ] and grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He later attended art school in Memphis, Tennessee. [2]
In Memphis, at age nineteen, Renkow began performing stand-up comedy. He continued in this activity in New York City, before moving to the United Kingdom to study creative writing in 2012. [2]
He participated in the Chortle Student Comedy Award Final at 2013's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. [3]
In 2014, Renkow performed his debut show, At Least Hell Has Ramps, [4] and was nominated for Chortle's Best Newcomer Award. [5]
Renkow's first television appearance was in 2016, in an episode of the BBC Three sketch show Comedy Feeds , "A Brief History of Tim".
In 2017, Renkow appeared in four episodes of Bobby & Harriet Get Married, Bobby Mair and Harriet Kemsley's comedic television series about their wedding.
In February 2019, Series 1 of Renkow's comedy television series, Jerk , was released by BBC Three. [6] It was subsequently replayed on BBC One, and its approval for a second series was announced in September 2019. [7] The series is largely built on the characters established in A Brief History of Tim. The show's second series aired in 2021.
In April 2019, Renkow performed a one-man show at London's Soho Theatre entitled Tim Renkow Tries to Punch Down. [8]
In 2021, Renkow was announced as a member of the U.K. jury for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts's BAFTA Breakthrough Initiative. [9]
Renkow appears in two episodes of BBC's Live at the Apollo, in series 16 and as host in series 19. [10] [11]
Renkow has cerebral palsy. [1]
In September 2020, he married fellow comedian Spring Day. [12]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | BBC Comedy Feeds episode "A Brief History of Tim" | Tim | television movie |
| 2017 | Bobby & Harriet Get Married | Tim | 4 episodes |
| 2019–2023 | Jerk | Tim | television series |
| 2021–2025 | Live at the Apollo | himself | 2 episodes |