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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

113

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-08-30 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Santa Barbara, California, USA

Also Known As

Timothy James Bottoms

Tim Bottoms

Timothy Bottoms

Biography

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 sitcom 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.

Known For

Acting

Elephant

2003

Elephant

as

Mr. McFarland

The Girl Next Door

2004

The Girl Next Door

as

Mr. Kidman

Rollercoaster

1977

Rollercoaster

as

Young Man

The Land That Time Forgot

2009

The Land That Time Forgot

as

Captain Burroughs

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

2004

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

as

Walter Bedell 'Beetle' Smith

The White Dawn

1974

The White Dawn

as

Daggett

Invaders from Mars

1986

Invaders from Mars

as

George Gardner

The Last Picture Show

1971

The Last Picture Show

as

Sonny Crawford

The $cheme

2003

The $cheme

as

Rotunno

Uncle Sam

1996

Uncle Sam

as

Donald Crandall

The Governor's Wife

2008

The Governor's Wife

as

Sheriff Carl Lovett

What Waits Below

1984

What Waits Below

as

Major Elbert Stevens

Top Dog

1995

Top Dog

as

Nelson Houseman

The Paper Chase

1973

The Paper Chase

as

James T. Hart

In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro

1986

In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro

as

Jack Ringtree

Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

2006

Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

as

Joe Bonham (video "One")

Deceit

2006

Deceit

as

Martin Ford

Shanghai Kiss

2007

Shanghai Kiss

as

Adelaide's Father

Johnny Got His Gun

1971

Johnny Got His Gun

as

Joe Bonham

Pound of Flesh

2011

Pound of Flesh

as

Cameron Morris

Parasomnia

2008

Parasomnia

as

Dr. Corso

Ringer

1996

Ringer

as

Clay

Diamondbacks

1999

Diamondbacks

as

Ed Williams

The Fantasist

1986

The Fantasist

as

Danny Sullivan

Texasville

1990

Texasville

as

Sonny Crawford

Operation: Daybreak

1975

Operation: Daybreak

as

Jan Kubis

Paradise Texas

2005

Paradise Texas

as

Mack Cameron

Hurricane

1979

Hurricane

as

Jack Sanford

Return from the River Kwai

1989

Return from the River Kwai

as

Seaman Miller

Vampire Bats

2005

Vampire Bats

as

Hank Poelker

Death Game

1996

Death Game

as

Jack

Yakuza Connection

1995

Yakuza Connection

as

Ward Derderian

Absolute Force

1997

Absolute Force

as

Lt. John Drake

The Sea Serpent

1985

The Sea Serpent

as

Pedro Fontán

Hourglass

1997

Hourglass

as

Jurgen Brauner

The Gift of Love

1978

The Gift of Love

as

Rudi Miller

The Drifter

1988

The Drifter

as

Arthur

Istanbul

1989

Istanbul

as

Frank Collins

Held for Ransom

2000

Held for Ransom

as

Fred Donovan

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

2003

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

as

George W. Bush

Fox Hunt

1996

Fox Hunt

as

Frank

A Small Town in Texas

1976

A Small Town in Texas

as

Poke Jackson

Look Homeward, Angel

1972

Look Homeward, Angel

as

Eugene Gant

A Case of Honor

1988

A Case of Honor

as

Sgt. Joseph 'Hard' Case

Total Force

1996

Total Force

as

Drake

Lone Tiger

1996

Lone Tiger

as

Marcus

Tiger

1997

Tiger

as

Larry

Along the Way

2007

Along the Way

as

Michael McCaffery

Murder Scene

2000

Murder Scene

as

Detective Stepnoski

Digger

1993

Digger

as

Sam Corlett

Island Sons

1987

Island Sons

as

Tim Faraday

Tin Man

1983

Tin Man

as

Casey

No Rest for the Wicked

1998

No Rest for the Wicked

as

Father Jeremy

Holiday in Handcuffs

2007

Holiday in Handcuffs

as

Dad Chandler

Maximum Justice

1998

Maximum Justice

as

Salvatore Solleto

Ripper Man

1995

Ripper Man

as

Charles Walkan

The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course

2002

The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course

as

George W. Bush (uncredited)

X-Treme Teens

1999

X-Treme Teens

as

John

The One-Nighter

2012

The One-Nighter

as

Louie

Black Sea 213

1998

Black Sea 213

as

Dean

I Married Who?

2012

I Married Who?

as

Mike Swift

A Shining Season

1979

A Shining Season

as

John Baker

Tar

2020

Tar

as

Barry Greenwood

Horses and Champions

1996

Horses and Champions

as

Ben Choice

The Shed

2019

The Shed

as

Ellis

Escape

1980

Escape

as

Dwight Worker

Illusion Infinity

2004

Illusion Infinity

as

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

Personal Vendetta

1995

Personal Vendetta

as

Zach Blackwell

The Prince and the Surfer

1999

The Prince and the Surfer

as

Johnny Canty

Mr. Atlas

1997

Mr. Atlas

as

Phillip Frodden

Hambone and Hillie

1983

Hambone and Hillie

as

Michael Radcliffe

Pocket Angel

2005

Pocket Angel

as

Himself

Lone Rider

2008

Lone Rider

as

Gus

That's My Bush!

That's My Bush!

as

George W. Bush

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

as

Carl Murphy

The View

The View

as

Self

NCIS

NCIS

as

Ritt Everett

Land of the Lost

Land of the Lost

as

Tom Porter

East of Eden

East of Eden

as

Adam Trask

That '70s Show

That '70s Show

as

Vice Principal Cole

Dinah!

Dinah!

as

Self

Production

Crew

Directing