Tim Downie Biography: Children, Age, Wife, Ethnicity, Awards, Movies, Net Worth

Tim Downie is an English actor and writer whose profile rose through a steady run of British TV roles before breaking through to bigger international audiences with parts like Christopher “Kit” Marlowe in the BBC sitcom Upstart Crow and Governor Tryon in Starz’s Outlander.

In 2023, he reached an entirely new audience in gaming by voicing Gale Dekarios in Baldur’s Gate 3, a performance that turned him into a regular presence at fan events and interviews while he continued working across film, television, theatre, and audio projects.

Profile

• Full name: Timothy Richard Downie
• Nickname: Tim
• Date of birth: 14 July 1977
• Age: 48 years old
• Gender: Male
• Place of birth: Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
• Nationality: British
• Profession: Actor, writer
• Height: 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
• Parents: N/A
• Siblings: N/A
• Spouse: N/A
• Children: Two
• Relationship status: Married
• Religion: Christian
• Ethnicity: English
• Net worth: $1.5 million

Early Life and Education

Timothy Richard Downie is now, at the age of 47. He was born on 14 July 1977 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. Downie has generally kept details about his parents and siblings out of the spotlight.

For professional training, Downie attended the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in North London, a vocational drama school known for actor training. Accounts from Mountview’s alumni coverage place him there during the 1990s, aligning with his early television appearances in the mid-1990s.

Personal Life

Tim Downie is a private individual when it comes to his personal life, but it is known that he is a married man and a father of two daughters.

He rarely shares his wife’s name or any specific details about his children, though he occasionally alludes to them in interviews or on social media. For instance, he once shared a heartwarming story that his daughters made him a birthday cake all by themselves.

Career

Tim Downie’s career began early, with a television appearance in the 1990s that positioned him for long-term work in British series television. His screen résumé includes both brief guest parts and recurring roles, reflecting a performer often brought in to sharpen an episode, anchor a subplot, or support an ensemble with a precise character turn.

A major period for his visibility came with Upstart Crow (2016–2018), where he played Christopher Marlowe. The role put him in front of a broad BBC audience and placed him at the center of a highly quotable comedic dynamic, while still allowing him to keep one foot in other genres.

Around that time and after, he appeared in projects ranging from sitcoms to period drama, including Outlander (2018–2020) as Governor Tryon, which expanded his international audience through the series’ global reach.

Downie also built a solid film track record in both studio features and smaller productions. He appeared in The King’s Speech (2010) as the Duke of Gloucester and later in Paddington (2014) as Montgomery Clyde, both widely seen films that introduced him to audiences beyond regular UK television viewers.

His later credits include parts in War Machine (2017), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), and Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans (2019), showing the same pattern as his TV work: varied tone, consistent output, and frequent ensemble casting.

In the 2020s, Downie broadened the ways audiences encountered his work. He starred as Paul Green in Hapless (also known by its original title The Jewish Enquirer), a sitcom built around the daily misadventures of an investigative journalist working for a small publication. The role put him at the center of the show’s rhythms and gave him sustained screen time across episodes.

His most widely discussed performance of the decade arrived in 2023, when he voiced Gale Dekarios in Baldur’s Gate 3. Voice performance in a major role-playing game demands emotional range, long recording schedules, and continuity across branching storylines; Downie’s work became a major part of how players talked about the character, and it drew fresh attention to his wider acting catalogue.

Awards

• New York Screenwriters’ Challenge finalist for The Robin Wins The Spring (2009)

Net worth

Tim Downie’s net worth is estimated at $1.5 million. That figure is based on earnings profile of a long-tenured working actor with recurring television roles, film appearances in widely distributed features, and a high-profile video game performance, alongside supplementary income streams such as writing commissions, convention appearances, and podcasting activity.

Social Media

• Instagram: @timdownie1
• Twitter/X: @TimDownie1
• YouTube: @timdownie4716
• Threads: @timdownie1

Filmography

• The Bill (1994)
• Conjugal Rites (1994)
• Out of Tune (1996–1998)
• To Me… To You (1998)
• Hollyoaks (1999–2000)
• Dead Man’s Dream (2002)
• Doctors (2002)
• Swiss Passport (2004)
• Shooting Shona (2004)
• Kay (2004)
• Keen Eddie (2004)
• New Tricks (2004)
• Homicide: Division B (2008)
• The Gatekeeper (2008)
• M.I. High (2008)
• The Legend of Dick and Dom (2009)
• Micro Men (2009)
• A Great Mistake (2010)
• The King’s Speech (2010)
• The Present and the Past (2010)
• Diagnosis Superstar (2011)
• The Royal Bodyguard (2011–2012)
• This Is Jinsy (2011–2014)
• Titanic (2012)
• The Cricklewood Greats (2012)
• Peep Show (2012)
• Little Crackers (2012)
• Toast of London (2012–2015)
• Les Misérables (2012)
• Miranda (2013)
• Heading Out (2013)
• Skins (2013)
• Father Figure (2013)
• Found (2013)
• Paddington (2014)
• Hoff the Record (2015)
• Jekyll & Hyde (2015)
• Tripped (2015)
• Plebs (2016)
• Young Hyacinth (2016)
• Drunk History: UK (2016–2017)
• Upstart Crow (2016–2018)
• War Machine (2017)
• Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
• 6 Days (2017)
• Chewing Gum (2017)
• Count Arthur Strong (2017)
• I Live with Models (2017)
• The Mercy (2018)
• I Love My Mum (2018)
• Outlander (2018–2020)
• Last Christmas (2018)
• Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans (2019)
• Hapless (2020)
• Housebound (2020)
• Toast of Tinseltown (2022)
• Good Omens (2023)
• Baldur’s Gate 3 (2023)
• Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (2023)
• Big Mood (2024)
• Geek Girl (2024)
• Touchdown (2024)