Tim Williams

Actor Tim Williams who has had a quiet career, burst onto the scene in 2016, in his breakout role A commercial! Yes he is the spokesman for Trivago.com. Helen Hunt also had a career that was quiet, until a commercial spot, led her to stardom, on Mad About You. Tim Williams unfortunately has not found that breakout acting role that actors yearn for. If it's to happen, now is the time, and this is why. In the week following the election in the US in 2016 Tim Williams's IMDb ranking shot up over 5000 spots! Yes that's right. One week only. From 2014 with the release of Labyrinth of Lies , Playing the part of Major Parker his popularity has risen steadily from a low ranking of 60,000 to a peak of 5000. To put Star rankings into perspective Marion Michael Morrison who has not made a picture since 1976 and passed away in 1979 had a Star ranking of 24 10 years after his death! 1989 was the first year of any actors ranking. Marion Michael Morrison's current ranking is 905 and in mid 2016 was over 1000. Not bad for "The" most internationally recognized actor of the 20th Century! Oh did I forget to mention Marion Michael Morrison was John Wayne! Tim Williams has "It", Looks and talent, Just like The "Duke". Hollywood needs to capitalize on his popularity with the many women who are new fans between the ages of 30 through 55. Lets hope it will be long before his agent is contacted by somebody, and we see more of this American-born actor.Tim who was born in Houston Texas in 1966, spent a lot of his time between there and New York, because his father was head golf pro at a private country club. His parents eventually divorced the year Tim became a teenager in 1979. While he was permanently in New York at this time he settled with his mother and sister back in Houston that year. In high school he was bitten by the acting bug. He walked into the drama class one day after school and asked the teacher, "Could you make me an actor." Around that same time, Williams was also becoming obsessed with rock music. His favorites were, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin. He played in a few bands locally. After leaving high school he decided to move to New York and pursue roles on "off-off Broadway" plays and TV shows. He also managed to obtain an agent.His first acting role was on the Cosby show. He played the part of a teenage boy who got an underage teenage girl pregnant. His part in that particular episode ended up on the cutting room floor due to censoring. His first official listed acting role was with Claire Danes on my So-Called Life. The Sopranos followed with another role. Shortly after this he managed to garner the lead in a German film produced in that country. Not knowing the language and against the advice of his agent took the role anyway. While filming this he began to learn the German language. Also he became smitten with a local girl. Well you're young you're in love and you only go around once in life. Tim made a decision to permanently move in August 2001 it was the very end of the month. We all know what happened 11 days later in New York. While this had been Tim's base of operations, 9/11 solidified his decision to stay.During his stay he was determined to learn the German language. And today he speaks it fluently with no hint of an American accent! This shows his commitment to his profession. Many Australian, British, Scottish, Irish, and lastly American actors seem to be able to pull in accent out of their hat at will. But the commitment to learn German and to be able to be employed in that country in German roles speaks highly of his focus.He eventually found his way onto German television on the soap opera, Guten Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten (2012-2013). In English that translates to, Good Times, Bad Times. He plays an American rock star whose time has passed. He is perfect for the role as he has been playing guitar since high school. So he doesn't have to do his best guitar hero as do most actors. Before he got this role however, some American and German productions were under his belt (2001-2011). Most notably was Valkyrie starring Tom cruise (2008).Tim Williams has been a mystery for nearly 20 years mostly because of his continued work in Germany. This is probably about to change which I'm sure will make many newfound fans happy. Mostly unknown in the United States until the Trivago commercial, he came and went in the US as he pleased and was never noticed. While literally having no body of work in the United States, he's now as recognizable as George Clooney. He gets recognized everywhere he goes here. He was recently interviewed by Elle magazine, where he met the reporter at a restaurant who was naturally female. He wasn't sure it was a real interview or a crazed fan. At this time still living in Germany. Tim is a musician who has written some music. Most likely he will be looked at by some producer because of his popularity rising. I wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't help his musical career along. Also Tim is an active Tweeter. His followers numbers are naturally up at this time as this is written he almost responds to everybody. I don't think that will last however. Show less «