- From where I sit, the 2013 Pilot has the kind of room you really want.

- [Jason] His face may not be instantly familiar.

- [Narrator] Preston doesn't know the cost of anything, - [Jason] But it's one you've likely seen even if you didn't realize it... - Now here's where you come in.

- [Jason] Likely multiple times... - Craig?

- Curtis.

- Everything's running smoothly out here.

- [Jason] Whether in commercials... - I'm Jerry from Carolina Air Conditioning.

- [Jason] Dramatic roles... - I had your picture pinned on the squadron board so long like it was part of the decor.

- [Jason] And just about all things in between.

- Your resume is impressive, but how could you possibly have 17 years experience in publishing?

When I tell them I'm an actor, the very first thing they say is, "What have I seen you in?"

There are absolutely things I can tell people they've seen me in, but it's not the most ubiquitous stuff out there.

What a mess.

Now I have to call legal.

And they hate me as it is.

- [Jason] Tim Perez-Ross has spent his entire life doing what he loves to do, act.

You've just likely never heard his name.

- Acting is his life.

It's his passion and he wouldn't have it any other way.

- [Jason] A self-described blue collar actor, Tim has appeared in countless roles.

- I do a lot of spokesperson work.

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A lot of my bread and butter work is corporate videos, training films.

I have absolutely no ego about those.

They are useful, they're necessary, they pay well.

But at BASF, it's everyone's responsibility to look out for each other.

- One time I was in the break room and I'm like, "Oh, that's my husband," he is doing a commercial, and then they're watching, everybody's watching TV, and everybody's looking at me strangely like... (Tammy laughing) - [Jason] Originally from Statesville, Tim was a theater kid in high school and he was all set to go to North Carolina State to study meteorology, but he had an epiphany while acting in his senior play.

- And I started talking out loud to myself saying, "I have to do this."

I don't know what this feeling is, but I want this feeling again.

I have to do this.

It was the right decision.

- [Jason] After attending Catawba College, Tim moved to Los Angeles where one of his early small roles was in the popular teen sitcom, "Saved by the Bell," where he loses to a girl in wrestling.

(audience cheering) - But then I got some soap opera work and some other TV work, but LA was never really where I wanted to be.

- [Jason] His decision was to come back home to North Carolina.

♪ We're the Meeklenburgers - [Jason] Where Tim was then a regular on "the Meeklenburgers."

- And to jail?

What are we gonna do?

- [Jason] A sitcom designed to teach people about Mecklenburg County services.

The show was long on awards, but short on viewers.

- Well, a lot of people are like, "Oh, you're doing 'Meeklenburgers,' "that's a terrible show," or whatever.

I was in 33 episodes of that show.

I would just say, "Hey, laugh all you want.

"This is one of the best jobs I've ever had."

- [Jason] For one episode Tim even dressed up and sang as a banana.

♪ B-A-N-A-N-A, na-na-na-na ♪ Bananas are good for you - The banana video.

I don't think it rings bell, no.

(Connor laughing) ♪ He's a banana - I'll need to be filled in there.

- It was fun and I'm glad I did it.

I have no regrets.

It was a blast.

- [Jason] In the years since, Tim has done a little bit of everything in the acting world from a slew of commercials... - We brought three new models Downtown-- - And, bam, people started sharing their Honda stories.

- [Jason] To corporate training videos... - It's time to re-think retreads with Michelin re-tread technologies.

- [Jason] And television appearances like this one from "the Vampire Diaries."

- I never heard of Mystic Falls.

- I've never heard of you.

Where's your badge?

- [Jason]] Airing on Amazon Prime now is a movie about George Washington, entitled "Washington's Armor."

Tim plays the role of real life character, Christopher Gist.

- And the movie was set in 1753.

So we're in period costume, we're riding horses, we're shooting muskets, we're walking across a frozen lake in upstate New York in February and 10 degree weather.

But it was just an amazing experience.

- [Jason] Currently Tim is a regular on a couple of shows, "the Big Door Prize" on Apple TV+.

- I've been on eight episodes.

- [Jason] And "County Rescue" on Great American Family.

- Timothy Magnum Cum Laude.

- Yes, sir.

- I don't care.

All that matters is what happens in the field.

But you did graduate pre-med.

My money's on you.

"County Rescue," I'm one of the regulars and that's also been an experience that as a blue collar actor I haven't had very often where I'm there every episode and almost every day.

- [Jason] To always be ready for that next call and potential role, Tim has converted a bedroom in his home into a studio, complete with everything he needs to record an audition.

- But then my main setup is just the DSLR camera with a really awesome little light on top and a boom mic.

And I have lights on either side.

And that's how I do every audition that I do.

One of the things that people not in my world will never understand...

Most of the time I have no idea where my next job is, when I'm gonna get it, or if I'm gonna get it.

I'm so used to it, it doesn't freak me out.

But can you imagine a normal person saying, your job is gonna last the next five days and then you have no guarantees of your next job.

- [Jason] And sure enough, just as we were wrapping up our video shoot with him, Tim got an email about a job.

And within minutes had his studio ready to go, recruiting son, Connor, to help with lines.

- [Connor] What you're describing is impossible.

- It's a lot, I know, but it's very much possible.

I could get a spokesperson audition right now with three pages of copy and in 10 minutes I could have it set up here, and 20 minutes after that I can deliver that audition to them.

So even the fact that they're saying, "Wow, I mean, we just sent this to this guy an hour ago "and he's given us what we're looking for."

That can be a huge advantage, because when they see what they believe they're looking for, a lot of times they don't wait for everybody else to turn stuff in.

They're just like, "Let's get that guy."