Tim Malcolm

Tim Malcolm, born on June 30 1980 in Charlotte, North Carolina, is an American entrepreneur turned reality-television personality whose deadpan wit and deliberate approach to romance have made him one of the most recognizable figures in TLC’s “90 Day Fiancé” universe. A self-described gear-head and longtime firearms hobbyist, he built his livelihood long before television by running several small ventures around Charlotte and eventually founding Gringo Custom Guns, a boutique shop that engraves and upgrades Colt 1911s and other handguns for collectors and competitive shooters.

Viewers first met Tim in 2019 on “90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days” season 3, where he flew to Bucaramanga, Colombia, to court model Jeniffer Tarazona after a months-long online flirtation. Their storyline, memorable for awkward silences, an engagement ring recycled from his ex-fiancée Veronica Rodriguez, and Tim’s reluctance to rush into intimacy, ended without a proposal. The breakup freed him to lean into commentary: he and Veronica—still best friends and co-parents to her teenage daughter Chloe—became breakout stars of the franchise’s couch-react series “Pillow Talk,” where their sibling-style bickering and Tim’s sardonic one-liners earned him a second life on TLC.

In 2023-24 he tried love on camera again in “90 Day: The Single Life” season 4, dating Colombian transplant Luisa Beltrán. The romance fizzled amid on-screen spats over commitment and intimacy, but the season left Tim slimmer (he documented a 30-pound weight-loss and a dramatic beard-and-mustache makeover) and more candid than ever about therapy and self-image.

Never far from the core franchise, he keeps the pundit role on “Pillow Talk,” runs a YouTube channel dissecting each week’s episodes, records personalized shout-outs on Cameo, and sells limited-edition firearm engravings to fans. In spring 2025 TLC tapped him for its newest retreat-style dating experiment “90 Day: Hunt for Love,” joining Chantel Everett, Colt Johnson, and other alumni for a singles-only lodge in the Tennessee mountains—a sign the network still sees him as essential comic relief and a reliable ratings draw.