Joseph Timothy Thomerson (April 8, 1946) is an American actor and comedian best known for Near Dark (1987), Uncommon Valor (1983), and Trancers (1984).
He was married to Frances Delgado and Beryl Barnes, currently married to Teri Blythe, and has one child with Barnes.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1975: A Shadow In The Streets as Chick
- 1975: Hustling as 'Two to a cell' Cop (Uncredited Role)
- 1976: Car Wash as Marsha's Blond Date
- 1977: Benny And Barney Las Vegas Undercover as Barney Tuscom
- 1977: Terraces as Steve
- 1977: Which Way Is Up as Tour Guide
- 1977: Record City as Marty
- 1978: A Wedding as Russell Bean
- 1978: Remember My Name as Jeff
- 1980: Carny as Doubles
- 1980: Fade To Black as Dr. Jerry Moriarty
- 1981: Take This Job And Shove It as Ray Binkowski
- 1981: Golden Gate as Frank Nightingale
- 1981: St Helens as Sheriff Wayne Temple
- 1981: In Trouble as Mr. Damrush
- 1982: Some Kind Of Hero as Cal
- 1982: Jekyll And Hyde Together Again as Dr. Knute Lanyon
- 1982: Bare Essence as Billy
- 1982: Honkytonk Man as Highway Patrolman
- 1983: Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn as Rhodes
- 1983: The Osterman Weekend as Motorcycle Cop
- 1983: Uncommon Valor as Charts
- 1983: The Selling Of Vince D Angelo as Sen. Pete Harrison
- 1984: Rhinestone as Barnett Kale
- 1984: His Mistress as Tom Goodman
- 1984: Trancers as Jack Deth
- 1988: Pulse Pounders as Jack Deth
- 1991: Trancers II as Jack Deth
- 1992: Trancers III as Jack Deth
- 1994: Trancers 4 Jack Of Swords as Jack Deth
- 1994: Trancers 5 Sudden Deth as Jack Deth
- 2005: Sci Fi Slaughter as Jack Deth/Brick Bardo (uncredited)
- 2006: Evil Bong as Jack Deth
- 1985: Volunteers as John Reynolds
- 1985: Zone Troopers as The Sarge
- 1986: Iron Eagle as Ted
- 1986: Ratboy as Alan Reynolds (uncredited)
- 1987: Cameo By Night as Damon Rhoades
- 1987: A Tigers Tale as Lonny
- 1987: Near Dark as Loy Colton
- 1987: Cherry 2000 as Lester
- 1987: Glory Years as Jack Sanders
- 1988: The Wrong Guys as Tim
- 1988: The Incredible Hulk Returns as Jack LaBeau
- 1989: Who's Harry Crumb? as Vince Barnes
- 1990: Vietnam Texas as Max Heron
- 1990: Air America as Babo
- 1991: Intimate Stranger as Malcolm Henthoff
- 1991: Dollman as Brick Bardo
- 1993: Dollman Vs Demonic Toys as Brick Bardo
- 1992: Eddie Presley as Shock Comic
- 1992: Bad Channels as Dollman
- 1992: Nemesis as Commissioner Sam Farnsworth
- 1996: Nemesis 3 Time Lapse as Farnsworth 2
- 1992: Stringer as Jack Mitchett
- 1992: Brain Smasher A Love Story as Black
- 1993: Knights as Farmer Sitting at Campfire (uncredited)
- 1993: Die Watching as Det. Lewis
- 1993: The Harvest as Steve Mobley
- 1994: The Cisco Kid as Lundquist
- 1994: Natural Causes as The Westerner
- 1994: Fleshtone as Buddy Fields
- 1994: Hong Kong 97 as Jack McGraw
- 1995: Spitfire as Rex Beechum
- 1995: Dominion as Fitz
- 1995: Heatseeker as Oldest Elder
- 1996: Back To Back as Thomas
- 1996: Kid Cop as Arnold Downey
- 1997: Blast as Police Commissioner
- 1997: Escape From Atlantis as Liam Gallagher
- 1997: When Time Expires as Rifkin Koss
- 1998: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Hoodlum
- 1998: Border To Border as Poet
- 1998: Detour as Mel Kiner
- 1998: Crossfire as Crane
- 1998: Together And Alone as Daddy
- 1999: Last Chance as Sam
- 1999: Malevolence as Mr. Williams
- 1999: Suckers as Det. Laughlin
- 1999: Dirt Merchant as Jack
- 1999: Red Team as William Heywood
- 2000: Submerged as Owen Cantrell
- 2000: Highway 395 as Jim Broody
- 2000: The Princess And The Barrio Boy as Monsignor O'Dell
- 2001: Devil's Prey as Sheriff
- 2001: They Crawl as Exterminator
- 2001: Unseen Evil as Ranger Chuck MacNeil
- 2001: Gangland as Dr. Adams
- 2002: Gale Force as Phillip Edwards
- 2002: Shoot Or Be Shot as Uncle Bill
- 2002: The Killing Point as Mr. Banyon
- 2002: Ocean Park as Mike
- 2002: Project Viper as Sheriff Morgan
- 2002: Con Express as Bill Barnes
- 2003: Air Marshal as Sen. Chambers
- 2004: Paparazzi as Uniformed Officer
- 2004: A Lousy 10 Grand as Judge Joseph
- 2004: To Kill A Mockumentary as Will
- 2005: Final Approach as Capt. Noonan
- 2005: Hell To Pay as Reverend
- 2005: Swarmed as Phineas Washburn
- 2006: Forget About It as Arizona Al
- 2006: AI Assault as Adm. Harrison
- 2006: Sasquatch Mountain as Eli Van Cleef
- 2006: Bottoms Up as Aj Mancini
- 2006: Left In Darkness as Joe
- 2006: The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde as Arnie Swift
- 2006: Christmas Do Over as Arthur
- 2007: Blue Lake Butcher as Marshall Lex
- 2007: Urban Decay as Det. Thompson
- 2008: Gods Ears as Uncle Steve
- 2008: Wicked Lake as Jake
- 2008: Dual as Deston/Jared
- 2009: War Wolves as Frank Bergman
- 2009: Twenty One And A Wake Up as Sgt. Mike Pulakis
- 2009: Live Evil as The Priest
- 2010: Abandoned as Cooper
- 2010: Bring Me The Head Of Lance Henriksen as Tim
- 2012: MoniKa as Thomas
- 2016: Catfish Blues as Eddie
- 2017: Asylum Of Darkness as Det. Kesler
- 2023: The Butterfly Guard as Grey Bowie
Television Roles
- 1975: Mannix as Rusty
- 1975: Laverne & Shirley as Silky Mulcheck
- 1976: Harry O as Reporter
- 1976: City of Angels as Sayers
- 1977: All That Glitters as Sonny Parker
- 1977: A Year at the Top as Billy Worthy
- 1977-1978: Quark as Gene/Jean
- 1978: Starsky & Hutch as Phil
- 1978: Hawaii Five-O as Mik Chandler
- 1979: Mork & Mindy as Sergei Khruschev
- 1979: Fantasy Island as Lance Reynolds
- 1979-1980: The Associates as Johnny Danko
- 1980: Angie as Gianni
- 1981: Nero Wolfe as Brian Stoner
- 1981-1982: The Two Of Us as Reggie Cavanaugh (16 episodes)
- 1982: Private Benjamin as Einhorn
- 1983: Gun Shy as Theodore Ogilvie
- 1984: Hill Street Blues as Nat Rikers
- 1984-1988: Hunter as Mule Mulelowski/Police Sgt. Harry Traynor/Police Det. Gil Glasgow (3 episodes)
- 1985: Hardcastle and McCormick as Duke McGuire
- 1985: Faerie Tale Theatre as Royal Adviser
- 1985: Tall Tales And Legends as Brom Bones
- 1985-1990: Murder, She Wrote as Bert Rodgers/Lt. Clyde Pitts (2 episodes)
- 1986: The Twilight Zone as Billy Diamond
- 1986: The Magical World Of Disney as Maj. Dan Hackett
- 1987: St. Elsewhere as Ebenezer Wright
- 1987: Tour of Duty as Sgt. Aubrey Decker
- 1987: Private Eye as Mac Dixon
- 1987: Down And Out In Beverly Hills as Jerry Baskin
- 1989: TV 101 as Dave Treadwell
- 1989: Moonlighting as Brock Ash
- 1989: Major Dad as Major Smiley
- 1989: 21 Jump Street as Gordon Brooks
- 1989: The Young Riders as Col. Savage
- 1990: Midnight Caller as Perry Fine
- 1990: The Flash as Jay Allen
- 1991: Baywatch as Jim 'Buzz' Buchannon
- 1991: The Golden Girls as Stevie
- 1992: Nurses as Col. Calvin Carlton
- 1992: True Colors as Ken
- 1993-1995: Sirens as Sgt. James 'Buddy' Zunder (22 episodes)
- 1993-1997: Silk Stalkings as Monti Storm/Jack Stoner/Foster Henshaw (3 episodes)
- 1994-1996: Viper as Hanson Dekker/Lyle Hinkle (2 episodes)
- 1995: Walker, Texas Ranger as Mitchell Bolton
- 1995: Legend as John Wesley Coe
- 1995: Dave's World as Minister
- 1995-1996: Lands End as Dave 'Thunder' Thornton
- 1996: Pacific Blue as The Angel
- 1996-1997: Xena: Warrior Princess as Meleager the Mighty (2 episodes)
- 1996-1997: The Sentinel as Man on Vehicle in Jungle/Ben Crilly (2 episodes)
- 1997: Sherman Oaks as Archelino
- 1997: Renegade as Sheriff
- 1997: Lois & Clark as Woody Samms
- 1998: Three as Bank Robber
- 1998: Arli SS as Kit Bollow
- 1998: Ally McBeal as Mr. Daley
- 1998: Sliders as MacArthur Mallory
- 1998: Vengeance Unlimited as Krendle
- 1998-1999: The Magnificent Seven as Guy Royal (2 episodes)
- 1999: Crusade as Sen. McQuate
- 1999: The Parkers as Stu Pappas
- 1999: Cousin Skeeter as Agent Ray Comboy
- 1999-2000: The Angry Beavers as Leonard Beaver/Slap Johnson (3 episodes)
- 1999-2001: Beggars And Choosers as Cap Laffley (2 episodes)
- 2001-2002: The District as Col. Carl (3 episodes)
- 2001-2003: Days of Our Lives as Oliver Wentworth (14 episodes)
- 2002: Body And Soul as Carson James
- 2005: Dr Vegas as Pip
- 2009-2010: The Late Show with David Letterman as Bob 'BB' Boberson (8 episodes)
- 2011: Shameless (US) as A.B. Fisher
- 2013: The Silicon Assassin Project as Freddy Jones
Video Game Roles
- 2011: Homefront as Voice of Freedom
- 2011: Saints Row: The Third as Cyrus Temple
- 2013: Saints Row IV as Simulation Cyrus
Shorts
- 1980: Getting There as Lester
- 1988: Trancers City Of Lost Angels as Jack Deth
- 1998: Last Chance as Preacher/Father
- 2003: Cliche as Chief Jackson
- 2011: Good God Bad Dog as Bill Monahan
- 2013: Dead Reckoning as Freddy Jones
Misc.
- 2002: Trancers 6 (Acting Advisor, uncredited)
