An endearingly geeky, bespectacled character actor who carved a tidy position for himself with never-to-be-forgotten roles in such well-liked TV series as SeaQuest DSV and Xena: Warrior Princess, Ted Raimi may not have achieved the wild prosperity of his productive brother Sam (director of the Wickedness Precisely and Spider-People films), but he has calm managed to develop a healthy adherent station thanks to his engaging personality, versatility, and undeniable screen presence. T... ed Raimi was born the youngest of four siblings in Detroit, MI. His parents were pleasing-respected businesspeople in the suburbs of the Motor Burgh; his father owned a chain of old folks' furnishing stores and his nurturer a chain of lingerie shops.

Regardless of the temptation to follow in the family businesses, Raimi was inspired by his buddy Sam's ability behind the camera and opted to go his management at acting instead. All the way through his school years, Raimi would appear in myriad of his older sibling's Wonderful-8 films, growing increasingly satisfactory in to the fore of the camera and gaining a earnest perception of comic timing. His personable stance and even-tempered nature also build him gaining a packed reputation as a district DJ. Following intoxication school, Raimi opted to chief executive officer fitted Lansing and pursue his higher education at Michigan National University.

A transfer to the University of Reborn York followed tersely thereafter, with Raimi finally returning to his effectively magnificence to appear at the University of Detroit. Subsequent years found the fledgling actor honing his skills in associate Sam's early films (including Disastrous Dead, Iniquitous Callous II, and Crimewave), as OK as numerous industrial films in and circa the Motor Big apple (a somewhat beneficial buy dedicated the area's industrial prowess). Though work in industrial films did solemnize Raimi ornate, they were withal pretty stifling in terms of creativity, and in 1988, he followed his brother Sam to Los Angeles in hopes of breaking into the Hollywood commotion. Raimi ventured old-fashioned from under the wing of his older sibling in 1989 with a small function in the Wes Craven alarm movie Shocker.

Notwithstanding there was unceasingly a status for Ted in brother Sam's movies, he began to establish a solid reputation in his own sort out. In 1991, the younger Raimi played an impressive and compelling lead in the flawed-but-pleasing psychological comedy Lunatics: A Love Story. Cast as an agoraphobic who falls in love with an equally disturbed childish woman, Raimi got a occasion likelihood to shine as few of his roles up to that particular had. As the 1990s progressed, Raimi quietly left an impress on mainstream audiences thanks to supporting roles in such high-exploit Hollywood blockbusters as Patriot Games, Candyman, Heartily Butt, and Clear and Pass out Peril (of course, the items that the younger Raimi essayed multiple roles in brother Sam's Army of Darkness goes without saying sum total so-called "Tedites"). In 1993, Raimi made his maiden voyage into television with a recurring place on the popular but scarce-lived series SeaQuest DSV. He later took the lead as a charming serial gunsel in the insufficient-seen horror feature Skinner before irking fans of Xena: Warrior Princess with his recurring responsibility as wannabe warrior Joxer. Though it took some prematurely suitable audiences to warm up to Raimi's undeniably hammy performance, the fact that they finally embraced the character offers a testament to the actor's personable charm. Sooner than this point, Raimi-spotting had become something of a sport among longtime fans, and as his record of credits continued to expand, joke could always count on the likable actor to turn in a noteworthy performance -- no occasion how puny the part.

Various roles on Primetime Glick and vocal operate on the twisted Nickelodeon series Invader ZIM found Raimi's slate continually chock-full. In appendage to appearing in the victory two Spider-People films, he could also be seen in the American fitting of the Japanese horror hit Ju-on, entitled The Grudge (produced by fellow-clansman Sam and scheduled for release in 2004).