Tim Abell | |
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Name: | Timothy Shawn Abell |
Birthplace: | Manassas, Virginia, United States |
Birthdate: | 1 July, 1958 |
Active: | 1990–present |
Films appeared in: | Executive Command Steel Sharks Desert Thunder Active Stealth The Base The Marksman Collision Course Soldiers of Fortune Olympus Has Fallen Mercenaries River Raft Nightmare Sniper: Special Ops |
Role: | Dino (Strategic Command) Cord (Steel Sharks) Bobby 'Jet' Burkett (Desert Thunder) Lt. Rab Carter (Active Stealth) Sgt. Gammon (The Base) Lt. Carter (The Marksman) Net Hatch(Collision Course) Special Operations Ranger (Soldiers of Fortune) Various (Olympus Has Fallen) Grigori Babishkov (Mercenaries) Cole (River Raft Nightmare) Vic (Sniper: Special Ops) |
Tim Abell is a former Army ranger-turned-actor and martial artist who was the lead star on the late 90s show "Soldiers of Fortune, Inc." and had a brief role in the film We Were Soldiers (with Mel Gibson). Abell has also made guest-spots on television shots and appeared in indie and B-grade films.
Abell appeared as a villainous mercenary in Executive Command (A.K.A. Strategic Command), as a soldier rescue team member in Steel Sharks and who recorded additional voice-overs for various Blackhack pilots, Secret Service Agents and Army Generals in Olympus Has Fallen. In 1998, he appeared in the DHS film Desert Thunder in another heroic role. Many of his low-budget productions have been produced or headed by the likes of Fred Olen Ray, Jim Wynorski and Steve Latshaw.