Psych

Background:

American actor Timothy Omundson is best known for playing Sean Potter in “Judging Amy” (CBS, 1999-2005) and as Carlton Lassiter in the successful USA Network series “Psych” (2006-?). He also had recurring roles and guest starred in various TV shows, including “SeaQuest 2032”(1993), “Fired Up” (1997), “Frasier” (2998), “Jack & Jill” (1999), “Xena: Warrior Princess” (1999-2000),”Early Edition” (2000)” Deadwood” (2004) and “Jericho” (2007-2008). His film credits include “The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson” (1996), “Swordfish” (2001), “Down with Love” (2003), “Crazy” (2008 and “25 Hill” (2011).

Mr. Omundson now lives in the Hollywood Hills with his wife Allie and daughter Lily. The family has two dongs, Sally and Betty.

Prizewinning Student

Childhood and Family:

Timothy Michael Omundson was born on July 29, 1969, in St. Joseph, Missouri. The youngest of four children, he was raised in Seattle, Washington by a railroad worker father and a teacher mother. He started studying theater at the Seattle Children's Theater when he was 12 years old. With acting as his main focus, Timothy interned at various theaters during his high school years and spent the summer of his junior year at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. He also became Washington State Debate Champion in Dramatic Interpretation for two consecutive years. After graduating from Interlake High School in 1987, he attended University of Southern California in Los Angeles and later received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater. He won the Jack Nicholson and the James A. Doolittle Awards for outstanding achievements in acting.

Timothy is married to Allie Sopher. They have one daughter named Lily.

Judging Amy

Career:

Timothy Omundson launched his professional acting career shortly after graduating from college when he appeared in an episode of “Seinfeld” called “The Cheever Letters” (1992). He followed it up with a recurring role as Dr. Joshua Levin in the NBC science fiction series “SeaQuest 2032” (4 episodes, 1993) and a one episode stint in “Married with Children” (1993). In 1994, Omundson played the role of T. J. in the daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives,” and continued to guest star in television shows such as “Diagnosis Murder,” “The George Carlin Show,” “Medicine Ball” (1995), “First Time Out” (1995), “Strange Luck” (1995), “Silk Stalkings” (1996), “ Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (1996), “Dark Skies” (1997), “Relativity” (1997), “Pensacola: Wings of Gold” (1997), “Jenny” (1998) and “Frasier” (1998). He also had recurring roles in NBC's “Fired Up” (1997, as Scott Bickley), “Legacy” (1998, as Lloyd Cobb), “Jack & Jill” (1999, as Travis Cutler) and “Xena: Warrior Princess” (1999-2000, as Eli).

Omundson made his big screen debut as club manager in “Dead of Night” (1996), a horror film starring John Enos III, Kathleen Kinmont and Robert Knepper and helmed by Kristoffer Tabori. Later that same year, he was cast as Nick Ferretti in the mockumentary “The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson,” which was written and directed byFrancis Megahy. He had a small role in the film adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein's book, “Starship Troopers” (1997), directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown and Michael Ironside.

Omundson's big break came when he landed the the regular role of Sean Potter, the boss and later friend of Amy's widowed mother, in the television drama “Judging Amy,” co-created by and starring Amy Brenneman. The show ran on CBS for six seasons from September 19, 1999 to May 3, 2005.

While working on the show, Omundson made guest appearances in a number of TV shows, such as “Early Edition” (2000), “V.I.P.” (2000), “NYPD Blue” (2001), “John Doe” (2003), “Nip/Tuck” (2004), and in 2004, he played Brom Garret in four episodes of the HBO western drama “Deadwood.” He played the supporting role of Silvio in the Fox TV film “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye” (2000), which was directed by and starring Jason Priestley, and was cast as Seamus McTiernen in the Disney Channel Original Movie “The Luck of the Irish” (2000). He returned to the big screen with a turn as Agent Thomas in “Swordfish” (2001), a crime/thriller movie directed by Dominic Sena and starring John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and Vinnie Jones. He then worked with Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, David Hyde Pierce and Sarah Paulson in the Peyton Reed directed romance/comedy film “Down with Love” (2003). Between 2003 and 2004, he lent his voices to the video games “Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III - Rebel Strike,” “Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge,” “Secret Weapons Over Normandy” and “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords.”

After the cancellation of “Judging Amy” in May 2005, Omundson guest starred in “The O.C.” (2005), “CSI: Miami” (2005), “Criminal Minds” (2005), “24” (2006) and “ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2006) as well as had small roles in the 2005 drama film “Hard Pill” and the Tom Cruise action movie “Mission: Impossible III” (2006), playing an IMF Agent. The actor successfully returned to series television as a regular in the popular police procedural series “Psych,” which debuted on the USA Network on July 7, 2006. There he plays the main role of Carlton “Lassie” Lassiter, the head detective for the Santa Barbara Police Department. The show has been renewed for a sixth season, which began on October 12, 2011.

From 2007 to 2008, Omundson played the recurring role of Phil Constantino in the CBS action/drama series “Jericho.” In 2008, he made guest appearances in “Cold Case” (as Luke Ross) and “Boston Legal” (as Attorney Bill Withers), and co-starred with Waylon Payne, Ali Larter, Brad Hawkins, Lane Garrison, Scott Michael Campbell, David Conrad and John Fleck in the independent film “Crazy” (2008), which was directed, written and produced by Rick Bieber. He went on to guest star in “Without a Trace” (2009, as Adam Fisher), “The Deep End” (2010, as Tim Ollerman) and “Human Target” (2010).

Recently, in 2011, Omundson played Simon in two episodes of the web series “The Booth at the End,” supported Alison Eastwood, Anton Starkman and Jason Beghe in Michael Bernard's “Henry” and was cast as Nathan Gamble's fathrr in “25 Hill,” a drama film written and directed by Corbin Bernsen.

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