SUPPLEMENTAL 85: The One with Tim Russ
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Tim Russ joins Mission Log for a wide-ranging conversation about his life before, during, and after Star Trek: Voyager. From music to directing, from the discipline of Tuvok to the chaos of television production, Tim shares stories from a career that stretches far beyond the Delta Quadrant. Along the way, we dig into how characters are shaped, how stories are told, and why sometimes the most logical approach isn't enough.
Mission Log welcomes Tim Russ for a conversation that goes well beyond "fascinating."
Hosted by John Champion and Earl Green
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to a Roddenberry podcast. |
| 0:10.4 | Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast. |
| 0:14.2 | Supplemental number 85, the one with Tim Ross. |
| 0:32.1 | Welcome into a supplemental episode of Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast. |
| 0:33.7 | I'm John Champion. |
| 0:35.5 | And I'm Earl Green. |
| 0:39.1 | Each week on Mission Log, we examine an episode of Star Trek looking for the morals, meanings, and messages. But illogically enough, that is not what we are doing today. |
| 0:45.5 | Nope, nope, nope, you know the drill by now. While Mission Log is on a pre-enterprise hiatus, we've got a |
| 0:51.5 | couple of special bonus episodes to help pass the time. Today, we're looking |
| 0:56.0 | back at Voyager with another inside special guest. Tim Russ is the actor we know as Tuvok from |
| 1:03.5 | that series, but Tim's career stretches far and wide in sci-fi and non-genre roles, as an actor, |
| 1:13.8 | as a director, as a musician, and more. |
| 1:18.9 | Oh, wait, musician, you just said the magic word. Welcome to the show, Tim. |
| 1:25.7 | Look, before we dig into your acting and directing career, Earl said music, and many people in our audience have had the chance to see your band at conventions. |
| 1:28.9 | They've bought your CDs. |
| 1:30.6 | I myself have been lucky enough to come see your local LA gigs many times at the Kivots |
| 1:35.9 | room. Shout out to our dear friend Bonnie Gordon. |
| 1:39.2 | Tell me how far back does your music career go because I was only introduced to it through Star Trek? |
| 1:46.6 | Is this something you've been nurturing alongside your acting work or before? |
| 1:51.6 | Oh, this goes back a long way. |
| 1:54.0 | I mean, I've been playing, I've been playing guitar and singing for 50 years. |
| 1:58.5 | So this goes all the way back to when I was in high school, |
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