Born in St. Louis , Missouri , Timothy had two childhoods : The first part was spent in the high rise , inner city apartments of Chicago and the rest in Indianapolis , Indiana . Fortunate enough to be raised by both biological parents (father-factory worker and mother-nurse/model) , Timothy developed a strong character that has helped him become the person he is today . He is the oldest of six siblings that he lived with .Timothy's first artistic expressions came in his Chicago days drawing Stan Lee comic book characters and animals . He also played piano in school and acted out characters from Star Wars and General Hospital for fun with family . Around the year 2000 during his first scene study class at Artistic Enterprises in Indianapolis , something special happened and Timothy decided to seriously pursue an acting career . In 2001 he booked his first independent feature film Zeitgeist , where he had a principal role as a bounty hunter . For the next few years he worked on several film , commercial , theatre , and print projects in his area of the country . He also landed agents in Chicago , Indianapolis , and Cincinnati during this time .In 2006 Timothy relocated to the Los Angeles area to further pursue his acting career . He has continued to work on film , commercial , theatre and print projects , with the addition of working on many television show sets since moving there . Timothy has been fortunate to have been trained by several scene and commercial coaches over the years . In 2009 he started training with Will Smith's acting coach at Aaron Speiser Studios for film work . Show less «