Timothy Simons
Timothy Simons
Timothy Simonsis an American actor best known for his role as Jonah Ryan on the HBO television series Veep, for which he has received two nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. He has also had acting roles in the films Inherent Vice and The Interview, both released in 2014...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth12 June 1978
CityReadfield, ME
CountryUnited States of America
I grew up in Maine working at a video store and found myself being pulled more and more to on-camera stuff.
I got my SAG card doing a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial in Chicago.
I don't have actors in my family, but everyone is pretty artistic.
David Letterman was my guy growing up. My parents recorded the tenth anniversary special for me, and I watched it 40 times.
After school, I was planning to jump from regional theater to regional theater.
When I was in Chicago, I was working as a carpenter while I was doing plays. I thought it'd be a fun set construction job, but it turned up to just be a straight-up factory.
I'm very much in favor of vaccinations, and I've been very vocal about that because it's insane to forgo this.
My dad's a photographer, and my sister is a writer and a poet. My little brother is a mandolin player - he's a bluegrass musician. It's always been a part of the family.
I've lived with myself for a very long time, so I'm aware of what I look like. I'm under no false pretense that I'm a stunner, so if somebody comes up and says something about my physical appearance, it's okay.
There is that great thing of D.C. being Hollywood for ugly people. There's very distinct crossover behaviors.
You're taught from a very young age that you shouldn't get too big for your britches, so I tend to err way too much on the side of 'Nothing means anything.'
You don't want someone to think you're from New Hampshire, because who cares about New Hampshire? You're basically just a pass-through.
The one thing I always think about when I don't get jobs is that it just wasn't yours. You don't want to do something that you're not right for because it won't make the production look good, and it won't make you look good.
I think the absolute worst job I ever had - not because it was a terrible job, just because I was just so bad at it - was when I worked at a scenic factory in Chicago.