---
name: "Tim Gunn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tim-gunn"
fi1m_id: "tim-gunn"
imdb_id: "nm2125540"
tmdb_id: 1218645
wikidata_id: "Q978646"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 July 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T12:15:04.152279+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tim Gunn

## Identity

Tim Gunn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tim-gunn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tim-gunn
- **IMDb ID:** nm2125540
- **TMDB ID:** 1218645
- **Wikidata ID:** Q978646
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Gunn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q978646, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2125540/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1218645

Actor. Born 29 July 1953 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 July 1953, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- **Also known as:** Timothy M. Gunn 
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Gunn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q978646, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2125540/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1218645

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Smurfs*](https://film.one/film/the-smurfs.md) (37)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Tim Gunn is an American fashion consultant, television personality and actor. He joined the faculty of Parsons School of Design in 1982, later serving as chair of fashion design from 2000 to 2007, before becoming chief creative officer at Liz Claiborne.

Gunn is best known as the mentor on the reality series *Project Runway* (2004–2017) and its spin-off *Tim Gunn's Guide to Style* (2007–2008). His acting credits include the role of Henri in the film *The Smurfs* (2011). He has provided voice work as himself in series including *How I Met Your Mother*, *Family Guy*, *Futurama*, *BoJack Horseman* and *American Dad!*, and as Baileywick in *Sofia the First* (2013).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Smurfs* (2011), Fi1m 37, as Henri — [page](https://film.one/film/the-smurfs.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sofia the First: Royal Magic* (2026), series, as Baileywick (voice)
- *The Misadventures of Bucky and Beene* (2025), Actor
- *Elsbeth* (2024), series, as Tim Gunn
- *Animaniacs* (2020), series, as Pageant Host (voice)
- *Middle School Moguls* (2019), series, as Wren (voice)
- *Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?* (2019), series, as Tim Gunn (voice)
- *Sofia the First: Forever Royal* (2018), as Baileywick (voice)
- *Zoolander: Super Model* (2016), as Tim Gunn (voice)
- *Sofia the First: Dear Sofia...A Royal Collection* (2015), as Baileywick (voice)
- *Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy* (2014), as Baileywick (voice)
- *BoJack Horseman* (2014), series, as Tim Gunn (voice) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/bojack-horseman.md)
- *Sofia the First: The Enchanted Feast* (2014), as Baileywick (voice)
- *For Francis* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Sofia the First: The Floating Palace* (2013), as Baileywick (voice)
- *Sofia the First: Ready To Be A Princess* (2013), as Baileywick (voice)
- *Sofia the First* (2013), series, as Baileywick (voice)
- *Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess* (2012), as Baileywick (voice)
- *Teen Spirit* (2011), as Supervisor J-3
- *The Smurfs* (2011), as Henri — Fi1m 37, [page](https://film.one/film/the-smurfs.md)
- *Models of the Runway* (2009), series, Actor
- *Drop Dead Diva* (2009), series, as Tim Gunn
- *Tim Gunn's Guide to Style* (2007), series, Actor
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, as Fashion TV Reporter
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Tim Gunn — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Tim Gunn (voice)
- *Futurama* (1999), series, as Tim Gunn's Head (voice) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Tim Gunn (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)

## Gallery

- ![Tim Gunn](https://film.one/media/person/5703296/gallery-0922428a6dbc.jpg) Tim Gunn — TimGunnSmileAAFeb09.jpg: Chrisa Hickey at https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisahickey/
derivative work: Beao, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/TimGunnSmileAAFeb09_portrait_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![1920s Style: Prohibition-Era Fashion (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/5703296/gallery-33c6b0d2e2c0.jpg) 1920s Style: Prohibition-Era Fashion (2015) — U.S. National Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/1920s_style_-_20150930-02-023_%2822730112376%29.jpg/1280px-1920s_style_-_20150930-02-023_%2822730112376%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![1920s Style: Prohibition-Era Fashion (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/5703296/gallery-f420a3f5add4.jpg) 1920s Style: Prohibition-Era Fashion (2015) — U.S. National Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/1920s_style_-_20150930-02-024_%2822568219230%29.jpg/1280px-1920s_style_-_20150930-02-024_%2822568219230%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![1920s Style: Prohibition-Era Fashion (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/5703296/gallery-625ef6d7e4c5.jpg) 1920s Style: Prohibition-Era Fashion (2015) — U.S. National Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/1920s_style_-_20150930-02-025_%2822730115266%29.jpg/1280px-1920s_style_-_20150930-02-025_%2822730115266%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![1920s Style: Prohibition-Era Fashion (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/5703296/gallery-636af8591f67.jpg) 1920s Style: Prohibition-Era Fashion (2015) — U.S. National Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/1920s_style_-_20150930-02-026_%2822767353361%29.jpg/1280px-1920s_style_-_20150930-02-026_%2822767353361%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![1920s Style: Prohibition-Era Fashion (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/5703296/gallery-d4a3fff8414f.jpg) 1920s Style: Prohibition-Era Fashion (2015) — U.S. National Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/1920s_style_-_20150930-02-028_%2822568225760%29.jpg/1280px-1920s_style_-_20150930-02-028_%2822568225760%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2013: Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program (won), for *Project Runway*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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