Tim Reid Biography

From 1978 through 1982, he played the character "Venus Flytrap" on the well-known CBS television series WKRP in Cincinnati. For his well-known roles, he has twice been nominated for the NAACP Image Award for "Best Actor in a Comedy." The Richard Pryor Show, Simon & Simon, Frank's Place, Snoops, Save Our Streets, and the popular WB series "Sister, Sister" are just a few of the television shows in which Reid has been in several major roles throughout the years. The television series "WKRP in Cincinnati," "Simon & Simon," "Frank's Place," and "Snoops," in which he co-starred with his wife Daphne Maxwell Reid, are among many for which Reid has written. For his work on the Family Channel/BET film "Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad," he was nominated in the category of producing for the Cable Ace Awards and the Producer's Guild Awards. When he appeared in CBS' "Frank's Place" in 1988, he won two Emmy nominations: "Best Actor in a Comedy" and "Best Producer of a Comedy Series." He also won the Viewers for Quality Television Award and the NAACP Image Award for "Best Actor in a Comedy." The critically praised 1998 CBS film "About Sarah," starring Mary Steenburgen, Kellie Martin, and Diane Baker, was executive produced by Reid through Tim Reid Productions, Inc., which he created in 1989. For this, he was awarded a Christopher Award. He co-founded United Image Entertainment in 1990, and with it, he made four indie movies. In his much-praised feature film "A while back. The Houston International Film Festival named his production of "When We Were Colored" as "Best in Show," and he also took home the "Directorial Award." "from the International Film Festival in Fort Lauderdale. He received the Producer's Guild of America's "Oscar Micheaux Award" in 1999 for "Outstanding Lifetime Achievement." Reid made a significant move in 1997 when he gathered investors to help him establish his own production company. being the president and creator of New Millennium Studios in Petersburg, Virginia. He was honored with a spot in the National Black College Hall of Fame in 1991. He was awarded a doctorate in humane letters by Norfolk State University in 1996. He was honored with a Doctor of Humane Letters from Virginia State University in 1998 and was voted "Virginian of the Year" by the Virginia Press Association. He was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters by Central State University in 2000 and by Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York in 2001. St. Augustine College awarded him a doctorate in humane letters, and Bethune Cookman College awarded him a doctorate in law, both in 2003. For The Tim Reid Scholarship Foundation, which is currently in its 13th year, Reid has also yearly generated scholarship funding through the "Tim Reid Celebrity Weekend" of golf and tennis.

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