Tim Balme
Timothy Guy Balme is an actor and screenwriter from New Zealand. He's most well known for his roles on the long-running soap opera Shortland Street and Mercy Peak, as well as lead roles in the cult favourites Braindead and Jack Brown Genius. He most recently was a writer and actor on the television series The Almighty Johnsons.
Personal life
Balme is married to actress Katie Wolfe, with whom he has two children; daughter Edie and son Nikau. Balme also has a son, Sam from a previous relationship.Career
Balme graduated from Toi Whakaari in 1989, and his first lead role was in the 1992 film Braindead. Balme and his wife, along with Simon Bennett and Robyn Malcolm, founded the New Zealand Actors' Company, which ran for three productions before being dissolved. An actor for the better part of twenty years, he has recently branched out into writing, and has scripted episodes for television series such as Diplomatic Immunity and Outrageous Fortune. Balme also wrote the short film Redemption, directed by his wife, which was selected as part of the short film line-up at the Sundance Film Festival for 2011.Balme worked as the head of development for South Pacific Pictures for three years before returning to freelancing. He currently writes for shows such as the popular Channel 7 drama 800 Words and is head writer for the murder mystery series The Brokenwood Mysteries. In 2015 he won the Best Television Screenplay award at the SWANZ for Brokenwood Ep 2 "Sour Grapes".
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Other work
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2005 | Interrogation | Writer: "Her Own Free Will" |
| 2006–09 | Outrageous Fortune | Writer |
| 2008 | Wayne Anderson: Glory Days | Script consultant |
| 2009 | Diplomatic Immunity | Writer: "Love My Way", "Strange Fruit" |
| 2010 | Redemption | Writer: short film |
| 2010 | Stolen | Writer: TV film |
| 2011–12 | ' | Writer: "Bad Things Happen", "Folkmoot", "The House of Jerome" |
| 2013 | ' | Head of development ; storyliner |
| 2013 | White Lies | Script development |
| 2014–16 | Script editor | |
| 2015–17 | 800 Words | Writer: "1.5", "2.1", "2.2", "2.12" |