![]() ![]() Your character Tuvok, he’s quite a straight laced character, how hard was it for you to play him really? I mean if it’s a good payoff for the time I spend coming and making it here from Los Angeles for a couple of days then I’ll go ahead and make the trip because it’s a very tough trip to make. The conventions are usually, well it depends on the promoter and what they offer as far as a package, the travel expenses, fees and things like that. What’s the draw for you to London for this Comic Con event? Quite a lot of people, I didn’t expect this show to be this big, but here we are, here it is. Hi there Tim and welcome to London Film and Comic Con, how are you finding it this year?Įrm, I think it’s very crowded this year. However with Tim, as unemotional as Tuvok was, many people came to love his character. Although it seemed easy to play the Vulcan, I had seen other actors try to play unemotional characters before in a variety of Sci-Fi series and in some cases it was painful to watch. He very kindly agreed to do an interview with us despite the heat and noise! One of the questions I wanted to ask (and did) was about the role of Tuvok. You can interact with Tim through Twitter.Through the heaving crowds we managed to find Tim Russ, Tuvok in Star Trek’s hugely successful “Voyager” series. Tim is currently directing/editing the fan created Star Trek: Renegades (and reprising the Tuvok role), acting in other productions, and singing with his band. By exploring this other aspect of Tuvok’s being, the audience gained a great affinity for and attachment to the reserved character. To see the transformation from typically neutral and nonplussed into dangerous hunter was a great acting exploration. Tuvok provided counterpoint to Janeway’s emotional intelligence and leadership under duress, the ever-annoyed (spoiler: annoying) Chakotay and his Maquis management-style, Seven’s striving for humanity, the maturation of Paris, and Kim’s career goals (spoiler: never happens).įar and away my favourite episode had Tuvok and Lon Suder paired up. I was not watching Star Trek to see a mirror to my current society but to see an idealized potential of a future place. The character was given the back-story of having little patience for the human tendency to make it all about themselves - a trait within the narrative that bothered me. Tuvok was the conduit through which fans like me could honestly view the other characters, situations, and the Federation. Tuvok was the samurai - loyal, determined, duty-bound, masterful, and mentally and physically tough as nails. What I enjoyed the most about Tuvok was that he was not charming but he was fascinating as the logical sage. The seven year journey saw his character take on interpersonal challenges of leadership, friendship, emotionality, and assimilation. ![]() Timothy Darrell Russ played the stalwart, obstinate, humourless security officer aboard USS Voyager. Now that the new movie franchise has blown up the planet (spoiler: and never really deal with the repercussions because they favoured lens flares), I doubt there will be any reason to expand beyond the all-white Vulcan casting. ![]() ![]() Trivia: He auditioned (and was considered) for the Geordi La Forge role when he was 29.Īs an aside, it was unfortunate to me that there was only one black Vulcan family in existence as it was a missed opportunity, by the producers, to give Vulcans (a superior alien race) a truer sense of diversity. He had other guest roles within the franchise shows and movies (one of two actors who played alongside 4 of 5 Star Trek captains), Tuvok was his best known Star Trek role. Tim Russ played Lt Commander Tuvok (VOY), the only visibly black Vulcan male in the Star Trek universe. ![]()
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