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Tim Dekay
As Peter Burke
DeKay has vast experience on stage, television and in feature films. He starred as a series regular on both the award-winning series Carnivále and Tell Me You Love Me for multiple seasons.
DeKay’s feature and television movie work includes Get Smart, The Chumscrubber, Walkout, Peaceful Warrior and Control – in which he starred opposite Ray Liotta and Willem Dafoe. He could also be seen in the independent feature Welcome to the Neighborhood and the critically acclaimed Big Eden. DeKay’s other feature work includes Swordfish and If These Walls Could Talk, among others.
DeKay is well known for his extensive theatre resume. He appeared on Broadway in The Show-O , O -Broadway in Billy Budd at Circle in the Square, and in the National Tour of The Lion in Winter. His regional theatre work includes Burning Blue at the Court Theatre in Los Angeles, where he received an LA Weekly nomination for Best Actor. He performed in Someone to Watch Over Me and Star Fever at the Deven Center, where he is a company member. Mark Lamos directed him in the Merchant of Venice at Hartford stage. DeKay also has performed at the Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Penguin Repertory, Indiana Repertory and Levin Theatre (in Othello with Avery Brooks) and Pasadena Shakespeare, among many others.
DeKay’s other television credits include recurring roles on Brothers and Sisters, The New Adventures of Old Christine, My Name Is Earl, Everwood, Party of Five and Seinfeld (as the classic “Bizarro Jerry”). His numerous guest star appearances include roles on CSI, Without a Trace and Friends.
DeKay can also occasionally be heard on National Public Radio performing in both classical and new plays for Los Angeles TheatreWorks, and he’s a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. His education includes a Bachelor of Science degree from Le Moyne College and a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from Rutgers University, where he met his wife, actress Elisa Taylor.
