Ted Raimi: biography and most famous roles

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In the face of actor Ted Raimi everyone knows. But no one is familiar with his biography. After all, against the background of his brother, he seems not such a bright personality. It is worth learning more about Ted Raimi's personal life, filmography and facts from life.

Biography

The real name of the actor is Theodore Raimi, but he is known as Ted Raimi. Born December 14, 1965. Native American, Detroit, Michigan. He was born into a family of shop owners. Father, Leonard Ronald Raimi, was engaged in the sale of furniture, mother, Barbara Raimi - underwear. Their ancestors were Russian and Hungarian Jews. Ted graduated from three universities - in Michigan and New York, and then in Detroit. His acting career began with filming in the films of his older brother, Sam Raimi. Ted has another brother, Ivan Raimi. He is a doctor by profession, but occasionally writes scripts for Sam's films.

Famous brother

The first time Sam Raimi, the future director, took up video filming at a very early age, his dad brought him a video camera. Together with a friend, Bruce Campbell, they shot several videos. After graduating from high school, the young man went to study at the University of Michigan, where he was going to study English. During his studies, Sam founded the Creative Filmmaking Society with his brother Ivan. Then he began to actively invite his brother Ted to all the films he worked on.

Famous works

Since nothing is known about the actor's personal life, it's worth talking about his work. Actively worked in cinema from 1977 to 2015. He starred in more than 50 films. Raimi's career was largely based on his brother's films, he played in the films: "Evil Dead", "Evil Dead - 2", "Army of Darkness", "Dark Man", "Spider-Man". He starred in the series: Born Yesterday, Patriot Games, Steward Saves His Family.

The actor's most famous roles are Lieutenant Colonel Tim O'Neill in the TV series Sea Quest and Joxer in the TV series Xena: Warrior Princess.

Ted directed the film My Treat (2009) and co-created the series Morbid Minutes (2011). He also took part in writing scripts for films: Iggy Vile M. D. (1999), Normal Joe (1998), as well as for the series Morbid Minutes (2011) and "Underwater Odyssey" (1993-1996). Known as a voice actor.

Joxer is the most famous role

Joxer is a character from Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules' Adventures, played by Ted Raimi.

Joxer considers himself the strongestwarrior and very proud of it. He dreams of his fearlessness and power being legendary. Of course, all Joxer's dreams of heroic deeds and popularity remain dreams. Because of his stupidity and sluggishness, something happens to him all the time. He rarely manages to defeat at least one opponent. Despite this, Joxer shows real courage in some cases. Especially when the problem concerns people close to him. Once he happened to make a real heroic deed: he, together with Xena and Gabrielle, saved one village from the raids of a gang of villains, and then asked that the village be named after him.

Sometimes Joxer realizes what kind of fighter he is and gets sad. However, this state usually does not last long.

Very dear to Gabrielle and Xena, considers them his best (and only) friends. He is constantly ready to help them out of trouble, despite the fact that he himself often asks for their help. He has an excellent relationship with Hercules and Iolaus, as well as with the "robber king" Autolycus.

Stupid, good-natured and trusting, often gets into trouble because of this. He regularly invents various nicknames for himself to emphasize his own courage and strength (for example, "Joxer the Mighty", either "the greatest" or "excellent"), in addition, he composed a couple of songs in which he praises his own "generous" qualities. He loves to brag about his “exploits” (most of which are either carried out by someone else or simply invented). She loves to cook and fish.

Interesting things often happen with the Joxer. For example, how-that time Venus cast a spell on Joxer that turned him into a warrior that no man could defeat. On another occasion, Aphrodite caused Joxer to become an ape-man. He called himself "King of the Jungle", Gabriel called himself "Princess Gaia", talked to animals, ate bugs and caterpillars and flew through the forest on vines.

Evil Dead

Ted Raimi played a variety of roles in the Evil Dead trilogy. Mostly he was filmed as an extra. In the first part, he was made up to look like other actors. He replaced them in several episodes. In the second, Ted Raimi played the role of the possessed Henrietta.

Filmography

Everyone knows this actor thanks to several popular films. In fact, he acted in many films. Ted Raimi Films:

1. It's Murder! ("It's Murder") - 1977.
2. The Evil Dead ("Evil Dead") - 1981.
3. Wave of crime - 1985.
4. Stryker's War ("Stryker's War") - 1985.
5. Evil Dead - 2 - 1987.
6. Blood Rage ("Blood Rage") - 1987.
7. Intruder ("Intruder") - 1989.
8. Shocker ("Electroshock") - 1989.
9. Twin Peaks ("Twin Peaks") - since 1990.
10. Darkman ("Darkman") - 1990.
11. Eddie Presley("Eddie Presley") - 1992.
12. Patriot Games ("Patriot Games") - 1992.
13. Candyman ("Candyman") - 1992.
14. "Evil Dead -3. Army of Darkness". -1992.
15. Inside Out IV ("Inside and outside 4") - 1992.
16. The Finishing Touch - 1992.
17. Hard Target - 1993.
18. Skinner ("Flayer") - 1993.
19. "Direct and clear threat" -1994.
20. Sea Quest ("Underwater Warrior") - 1994.
21. "The Amazing Journeys of Hercules" - since 1995.
22. Xena: Warrior Princess ("Xena - Warrior Princess") - since 1995.
23. Apollo 11 ("Apollo 11") - 1996.
24. The Shot ("Shot") -1996.
25. Wishmaster (Wishmaster) - 1997.
26. Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle For Mount Olympus ("Hercules and Xena: The Battle for Mount Olympus") - 1998.
27. Freak Talks About Sex ("Freak talks about sex") - 1999.
28. Invader ZIM ("Invader ZIM") - since 2001.
29. The Attic Expeditions ("Nightmare Shelter") - 2001.
30. Spider Man ("Spider-Man") - 2002.
31. Pledge of Allegiance ("Forbidden Zone") - 2003.
32. Between the Sheets ("In bed") - 2003.
33. Tales from the Crapper - 2004
34. Double Dare ("Double audacity") - 2004.
35. Spider Man 2 ("Spider-Man - 2") - 2004.
36. Illusion ("Illusion") - 2004.
37. The Grudge ("The Curse") - 2004.
38. Man with the Screaming Brain - 2005
39. Freezerburn ("Freezer") - 2005.
40. Nice Guys ("Goodfellas") -2006.
41. Kalamazoo? ("Kalamazoo?") - 2006.
42. My Name Is Bruce ("My name is Bruce") -2007.
43. Spider Man - 3 ("Spider-Man 3: The Enemy in Reflection") - 2007.
44. Reign Over My ("Desolate City") - 2007.
45. Code Monkeys ("Monkey codes") - since 2007.
46. Millennium Crisis ("Millennium Crisis") - 2007.
47. Planet Raptor ("Planet of the Dinosaurs") - 2007.
48. Diamonds and Guns -2008
49. "Midnight Express" - 2008.
50. Angel of Death ("Angel of Death") - 2009.
51. Drag me toHell - 2009.
52. "Oz the Great and Powerful" - 2013.
53. "Killing a cat" - 2014.
54. "Ash vs the Dead" - since 2015.