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TimBalme

  • Actor
  • Writer
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Tim Balme burst onto the big screen as the hapless young man fighting off zombies with lawnmowers, in Peter Jackson's Braindead. He went on to roles on TV's Mercy Peak, Shortland Street and Maddigan's Quest, alongside gigs as a writer (Outrageous Fortune) and time as Head of Development for South Pacific Pictures.

Screenography

The Haka Party Incident
2024 Producer Film
800 Words
2015 - 2018 Writer Series
The Brokenwood Mysteries - First Episode
2014 Script Editor, Writer Television
Step Dave - First Episode
2014 Head of Development Television

Biography

Tim Balme's charisma and good looks have earned him more than his share of "baddies with a heart" roles. But Balme is also adept at comedy; and two of his most memorable roles involve playing the nice guy - in 1992 splatstick classic Braindead, and longrunning television show Mercy Peak.

Awards

2025 New Zealand Screen Awards/Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Australian Writers' Guild Authorship Collecting Society Best Script - Series: for The Brokenwood Mysteries

2019 Huawei Mate30 Pro New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Drama Series (shared with Sally Campbell, Kelly Martin and Chris Bailey): for The Brokenwood Mysteries 

“Tim had the right degree of charisma but also that volatility, the swaggering charm ... ”

— Director Stuart McKenzie on the qualities Balme brought to playing the killer in For Good

More information

Tim's agency listing

Related images

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The main cast of Maddigan's Quest, from left to right: Hori Ahipene, Mark Nua, Rachel House, Rose McIver, Olivia Tennet, Tim Balme, Danielle Cormack and Rawiri Pene
©South Pacific Pictures
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The main cast of Maddigan's Quest, from left to right: Danielle Cormack, Olivia Tennet, Mark Nua, Tim Balme, Hori Ahipene and Rachel House.
©South Pacific Pictures