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Timothy Bottoms

Timothy Bottoms

Known For Acting
Birthday Aug 30, 1951 (74)
Birthplace Santa Barbara, California, USA
Popularity 0.9 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Timothy James Bottoms is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for playing the lead in Johnny Got His Gun; Sonny Crawford in The Last Picture Show; The Paper Chase; and for playing President George W. Bush multiple times, including on the sitc ... om That's My Bush!; in the comedy film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and the docudrama DC 9/11: Time of Crisis. Bottoms made his film debut in 1971 as Joe Bonham in Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun. The same year, he appeared alongside his brother Sam in The Last Picture Show. (He portrayed the same character in the 1990 sequel Texasville). In 1973's The Paper Chase, he starred as Harvard law student Hart facing the fearsome Professor Kingsfield (John Houseman). Among the other films he has appeared in are Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing, The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder, Operation Daybreak, A Small Town in Texas, Rollercoaster, Hurricane, Invaders from Mars and Elephant. Bottoms has portrayed U.S. President George W. Bush in three widely varying productions. In 2000 and 2001, he played a parody of Bush in the Comedy Central sitcom That's My Bush!; he subsequently appeared as Bush in a cameo appearance in the family film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course. Finally, following the September 11 attacks, Bottoms once again played Bush, this time in a serious fashion, in the TV film DC 9/11: Time of Crisis, one of the first films to be based upon the attacks. During an episode of the Fox television show That '70s Show in which a tornado warning has been issued and the students of the high school are trapped, Bottoms is seen as the panicking principal. He appeared in a recurring role during the first season of the FX series Dirt as Gibson Horne, who owned the magazine that series main character Lucy Spiller worked for. He also co-produced the documentary Picture This – The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas, a behind-the-scenes work about the making of the films The Last Picture Show and Texasville. In the documentary, he revealed that he had a crush on his co-star Cybill Shepherd during The Last Picture Show, but she did not reciprocate his romantic feelings, even though she said in a separate interview that she found him "very attractive". He was also heavily featured in the Metallica video for "One", which featured footage of the film Johnny Got His Gun. Description above from the Wikipedia article Timothy Bottoms, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Tar

Tar

2020

as Barry Greenwood

The Shed

The Shed

2019

as Ellis

How Not to Propose

How Not to Propose

2015

as Rick

The One-Nighter

The One-Nighter

2012

as Louie

I Married Who?

I Married Who?

2012

as Mike Swift

Pound of Flesh

Pound of Flesh

2011

as Cameron Morris

The Land That Time Forgot

The Land That Time Forgot

2009

as Captain Burroughs

Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild

2009

as Heep

Bound By a Secret

Bound By a Secret

2009

as Will

The Governor's Wife

The Governor's Wife

2008

as Sheriff Carl Lovett

Parasomnia

Parasomnia

2008

as Dr. Corso

Holiday in Handcuffs

Holiday in Handcuffs

2007

as Dad Chandler

Along the Way

Along the Way

2007

as Michael McCaffery

Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

2006

as Joe Bonham (video "One")

Deceit

Deceit

2006

as Martin Ford

Paradise Texas

Paradise Texas

2005

as Mack Cameron

Vampire Bats

Vampire Bats

2005

as Hank Poelker

Illusion Infinity

Illusion Infinity

2004

as Francis / Douglas / Henry / Patricia's Father / Older Alan

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

2004

as Walter Bedell 'Beetle' Smith

The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door

2004

as Mr. Kidman

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

2003

as George W. Bush

The $cheme

The $cheme

2003

as Rotunno

Elephant

Elephant

2003

as Mr. McFarland

The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course

The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course

2002

as George W. Bush (uncredited)

The Hiding Place

The Hiding Place

2000

as Jack

Murder Scene

Murder Scene

2000

as Detective Stepnoski

Held for Ransom

Held for Ransom

2000

as Fred Donovan

X-Treme Teens

X-Treme Teens

1999

as John

The Prince and the Surfer

The Prince and the Surfer

1999

as Johnny Canty

Black Sea 213

Black Sea 213

1998

as Dean

Maximum Justice

Maximum Justice

1998

as Salvatore Solleto

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998

as Fouquet

Ava's Magical Adventure

Ava's Magical Adventure

1998

as Slayton

No Rest for the Wicked

No Rest for the Wicked

1998

as Father Jeremy

John Glenn: American Hero

John Glenn: American Hero

1998

as Narrator

Absolute Force

Absolute Force

1997

as Lt. John Drake

Tiger

Tiger

1997

as Larry

Mr. Atlas

Mr. Atlas

1997

as Phillip Frodden

Hourglass

Hourglass

1997

as Jurgen Brauner

Death Game

Death Game

1996

as Jack

Total Force

Total Force

1996

as Drake

Ringer

Ringer

1996

as Clay

Fox Hunt

Fox Hunt

1996

as Frank

Horses and Champions

Horses and Champions

1996

as Ben Choice

Lone Tiger

Lone Tiger

1996

as Marcus

Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam

1996

as Donald Crandall

Yakuza Connection

Yakuza Connection

1995

as Ward Derderian

Personal Vendetta

Personal Vendetta

1995

as Zach Blackwell

Ripper Man

Ripper Man

1995

as Charles Walkan

Top Dog

Top Dog

1995

as Nelson Houseman

Digger

Digger

1993

as Sam Corlett

Texasville

Texasville

1990

as Sonny Crawford

Istanbul

Istanbul

1989

as Frank Collins

Return from the River Kwai

Return from the River Kwai

1989

as Seaman Miller

A Case of Honor

A Case of Honor

1988

as Sgt. Joseph 'Hard' Case

The Drifter

The Drifter

1988

as Arthur

Island Sons

Island Sons

1987

as Tim Faraday

The Fantasist

The Fantasist

1987

as Danny Sullivan

Mio in the Land of Faraway

Mio in the Land of Faraway

1987

as The King

In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro

In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro

1986

as Jack Ringtree

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars

1986

as George Gardner

Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun

Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun

1986

as Father Thomas O'Neil

Love Leads the Way: A True Story

Love Leads the Way: A True Story

1984

as Morris Frank

What Waits Below

What Waits Below

1984

as Major Elbert Stevens

The Census Taker

The Census Taker

1984

as Pete

Tin Man

Tin Man

1983

as Casey

Hambone and Hillie

Hambone and Hillie

1983

as Michael Radcliffe

The High Country

The High Country

1981

as Jim

Escape

Escape

1980

as Dwight Worker

A Shining Season

A Shining Season

1979

as John Baker

Hurricane

Hurricane

1979

as Jack Sanford

The Gift of Love

The Gift of Love

1978

as Rudi Miller

Rollercoaster

Rollercoaster

1977

as Young Man

The Story of David

The Story of David

1976

as David

A Small Town in Texas

A Small Town in Texas

1976

as Poke Jackson

Operation: Daybreak

Operation: Daybreak

1975

as Jan Kubis

The White Dawn

The White Dawn

1974

as Daggett

The Paper Chase

The Paper Chase

1973

as James T. Hart

Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing

Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing

1973

as Walter Elbertson

Look Homeward, Angel

Look Homeward, Angel

1972

as Eugene Gant

The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show

1971

as Sonny Crawford

Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun

1971

as Joe Bonham

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Television Credits

Land of the Lost

as Tom Porter

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Sep 07, 1991

That's My Bush!

as George W. Bush

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Apr 04, 2001

Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

as Miles Eastin

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Dec 04, 1976

East of Eden

as Adam Trask

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 08, 1981

Grey's Anatomy

as Carl Murphy

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 27, 2005

NCIS

as Ritt Everett

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2003

The Hitchhiker

as Peter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 01, 1983

That '70s Show

as Vice Principal Cole

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 23, 1998

Private Practice

as Irwin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 2007

500 Nations

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Apr 20, 1995

The Twilight Zone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1985

The View

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 11, 1997

Freddy's Nightmares

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 09, 1988

Dinah!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 21, 1974

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