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Tim DeKay Biography

Actor

Tim DeKay, born on June 12, 1963, is an accomplished American actor known for his versatile performances in both television and film. He has gained recognition for his exceptional acting skills and diverse character portrayals.

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“In order to be able to work with somebody in acting, you've first got to think that person's a good actor before you can enjoy working with them. I guess that goes with the trust.”

Thinking Firsts Persons Able Order Actors Enjoy Acting Good Actors

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“About once a month or so, my daughter and I go out on what we call a Fancy Dinner Date, just the two of us.”

Two Mother Months Daughter Dinner Fancy My Daughter Two Of Us Dinner Dates

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“I feel very fortunate to be an actor on a network whose tag line is Characters Welcome and not Procedurals Welcome.”

Feels Character Actors Lines Welcome Fortunate Tag

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“For a good workout, I go to At One Fitness in North Hollywood, where my trainer, Jon Allsop, puts me through it all. I like it because it's a small gym and I've known the people for a long time. Jon will have me do cross-training where I'll lift weights, jump rope, throw around a medicine ball and I never get to stop.”

People Long Known Long Time Training Crosses Hollywood Weight Balls Medicine Lifts Gym Good Work Workout Rope Trainers Good Workout Jump Rope

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“Doing 'White Collar,' quite often my character goes undercover, so therein lies the compounding of the imagination. I get to play Peter Burke and then someone else when Peter Burke goes undercover.”

Play Character Lying Imagination White Peter Collars Undercover White Collar

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“To be honest, I don't think there's anything more exciting than an empty stadium. When you see it empty like that, all you see is possibility.”

Thinking Honest Possibility Empty Exciting Being Honest Stadiums

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“As actors, if you get a pilot on HBO or on USA, your odds are good that it's going to get picked up.”

Ifs Actors Usa Pilots Odds Hbo

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“I think USA has a great handle on programming and content. They know their viewers and they know what works... Character driven programming!”

Thinking Knows Character Driven Handle Usa Programming Viewers

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“I was young enough to certainly realize the excitement of how popular 'Seinfeld' was.”

Enough Young Realizing Excitement

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“I would just love to do 'It's a Wonderful Life.' I think that movie is fantastic.”

Thinking Wonderful Fantastic Wonderful Life It's A Wonderful Life

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“I've always admired Gene Hackman, Jack Lemmon, Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck. I'm showing my age here.”

Age Genes Jimmy Jimmy Stewart

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“I do have comfort, because as an actor you don't want that anxiety of wondering if you're going to continue with a certain role or if you're going to be employed the next year. It's nice to be comfortable with that and then you can concern yourself with the stories and nothing else. There's no other agenda than putting out a good product.”

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“I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.”

Ifs Knows Littles School Bits Player Position College Little Bit High School Baseball Balls If I Could Baseball Player Catchers

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“In the evening, since I have a lot of friends in theater, we might take in a Deaf West production in North Hollywood, or, since I'm a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, they have screenings that are really great.”

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“It is quite different, but I love doing a series because you get to live with a character for a much longer amount of time. And the other aspect of it is that you have a steady job.”

Different Character Jobs Amount Aspect Series Steady

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“There tends to be this hierarchy of film and television, and theater is somewhere else in its own milieu. However, as actors, yes, we love to do theater because it's our story. Nobody can edit it, the curtain goes up, and it's ours for two hours or three, or whatever. And we tell it.”

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“White Collar' is a show about the unlikely pairing of an FBI agent and an ex-con solving smart, glamorous, interesting and provocative crimes in a sometimes very funny way.”

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Author:Tim DeKay

About the Author

Born: June 12, 1963
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 17

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