Tim Abell: Army Ranger, Hollywood Actor and Patriot

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Jack Carr

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🗓️ 5 May 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week, Jack is joined by Hollywood actor, TV show host and former Army Ranger Tim Abell.

Tim joined the military at the age of 17, eventually becoming US Army Ranger with the 75th Ranger Regiment. His five years of military service included time with the 3rd US Infantry "The Old Guard" Caisson Platoon. After the Army, Tim went on to start acting and producing.

Tim’s breakout role came as Marine Scout Sniper Benny Ray Riddle in the Jerry Bruckheimer television series Soldier of Fortune, Inc. He’s starred alongside James Caan and Daniel Stern in Dead Simple, appeared with Mel Gibson in the war film We Were Soldiers, and has been featured in TV shows including CSI Miami, NCIS, and JAG among others. He was also the host of the long-running Outdoor Channel hunting series, Grateful Nation. Tim co-produced the award-winning film Soldier of God and served as an associate producer on the film Miracle at Sage Creek, in which he also starred. Tim is also acting in a number of upcoming movies including American Desert, Young Lion of the West, The Colony and Shooting Star.

During this conversation, Jack and Tim discuss The Terminal List, Tim’s career, the importance of bringing authenticity to roles, and a lot more.

Presented by SIG Sauer.

Follow Tim: https://www.instagram.com/timabell/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is the Danger Close Podcast.
0:08.9	Be on the books with me, Jack Carr.
0:17.3	Welcome to the Danger Close Podcast, an Iron Cloud original presented by Six Hour.
0:22.0	All right, my guest today is Tim Abel.
0:25.4	And I've been following Tim Abel for a long time.
0:27.4	He's a former Army Ranger and then followed his next passion in life and moved to Hollywood
0:33.9	and became an actor.
0:34.9	And I became aware of him on a television show called Soldier of Fortune, which was a
0:39.4	Jerry Bruckheimer production.
0:41.6	And he played a sniper, Marine Sniper, Benny Ray Riddle.
0:46.0	And he now has more than 100 television and film credits and did a 10 year run as the
0:53.1	host and producer of a grateful nation on the outdoor channel.
0:57.2	Being veterans out on hunts and helping them transition from military service.
1:02.8	So had a great time talking to him.
1:05.1	He also did something that is just so cool and it is something called Father's and
1:11.3	Suns, a terminal list story.
1:13.5	And he played a Navy SEAL in this 10 minute short film, which you can find on my website,
1:18.2	officialjackcar.com.
1:20.2	You can scroll to January and some behind the scenes from the filming of that short film
1:26.2	are on the website.
1:28.1	And most everyone involved in the production was a veteran.
1:31.8	And now it has one numerous awards and it cannot be more thrilled that my story inspired
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