Timothy "Speed" Levitch
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Tim "Speed" Levitch (born 1970) is an American actor, tour guide, speaker, and voice actor. His nickname is derived from his trademark fast talking style. Levitch has appeared in multiple films and has had his poetic and philosophical works published in books and periodicals.
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[edit] Biography
Tim Levitch was born in 1970 in New York City. He mostly grew up in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, yet spent his summers in Kansas City. When he was twelve, his parents got a house in Westchester County and he was briefly a suburbanite. He longed to return to New York and eventually he did.
In 1992 he received his tour guide license from the Central Park Conservancy. He later took a position with Apple Tours as a tour bus guide. He soon attracted a cult following, due not only to his fast talking style, but also for his obvious love of his native city and passionate philosophical ideas.
Levitch's fame was spread beyond NYC when he became the subject of the 1998 documentary The Cruise. The film won the best documentary award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.
[edit] Filmography
- "Stroker and Hoop" (2004) TV Series (voice) (as Speed Levitch) .... Hoop
- Video Capture Device (2004) .... Himself
- Live from Shiva's Dance Floor (2003) .... Himself
- School of Rock (2003) .... Waiter
- Waking Life (2001) (voice) (as Speed Levitch) .... Himself
- Scotland, Pa. (2001) .... Hector (Hippie #2)
- "Anatomy of a Scene" - Waking Life (2001) (as Speed Levitch) .... Himself
- The Cruise (1998/I) .... Himself
[edit] Books by Levitch
- Levitch, Timothy "Speed" (2002). Speedology: Speed on New York on Speed. Context Books. ISBN 1-893956-29-6.
