Timothy Bottoms facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

Quick facts for kids Timothy Bottoms
Born	Timothy James Bottoms (1951-08-30) August 30, 1951 (age 72) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, producer
Years active	1970–present
Notable credit(s)	James T. Hart in The Paper Chase
Spouse(s)	Alicia Cory (m. 1975; div. 1982) Marcia Morehart (m. 1984)
Children	4
Relatives	Joseph Bottoms (brother) Sam Bottoms (brother)

Timothy James Bottoms (born August 30, 1951) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for playing the lead in Johnny Got His Gun (1971); Sonny Crawford in The Last Picture Show (1971), where he and his fellow co-stars, Cybill Shepherd and Jeff Bridges, rose to fame; and as James Hart, the first-year law student who battles with Prof. Kingsfield, in the film adaptation The Paper Chase (1973). He is also known for playing the main antagonist in the disaster film Rollercoaster (1977) and for playing President George W. Bush multiple times, including on the sitcom That's My Bush!, the comedy film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and the docudrama DC 9/11: Time of Crisis.

Early life
Career
Personal life
Filmography
Producer
See also

Early life

Bottoms was born in Santa Barbara, California, the eldest of four sons of Betty (née Chapman) and James "Bud" Bottoms, a sculptor and art teacher.

He graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1970, where he had been a member of the swimming team. During his time there he gained acting and singing experience during various theater productions.

Career

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). .....

As a result of both a physical resemblance to U.S. President George W. Bush and an ability to impersonate his voice, Bottoms has portrayed 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, owner of the magazine for whom the main character Lucy Spiller, played by Courteney Cox, worked.

He also co-produced the documentary Picture This – The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991), 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. In 2023, Bottoms released a novel entitled The Pier. The story follows a young boy out fishing for a day and the people and situations he encounters. The book was published by Tall Tales Press.

Personal life

He is the eldest brother of actors Joseph Bottoms, Sam Bottoms and Ben Bottoms. In 1967, Bottoms toured Europe as part of the Santa Barbara Madrigal Society. For a time his brother Sam, who died from brain cancer in 2008, was the only sibling close to Timothy.

Bottoms has been married twice, first to singer Alicia Cory in 1975. They had a son, Bartholomew, before divorcing in 1982. His marriage to Marcia Morehart in 1984 produced three children: Bodie, Bridget, and Benton.

Filmography

Film

Johnny Got His Gun (1971) as Joe Bonham
The Last Picture Show (1971) as Sonny Crawford
The Paper Chase (1973) as Hart
The White Dawn (1974) as Daggett
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974) as Vrooder
Operation Daybreak (1975) as Jan Kubis
A Small Town in Texas (1976) as Poke Jackson
Rollercoaster (1977) as Young Man
The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978) as John Boothe
Hurricane (1979) as Jack Sanford
The High Country (1981) as Jim
Tin Man (1983) as Casey
Hambone and Hillie (1983) as Michael Radcliffe
The Census Taker (1984) as Pete
What Waits Below (1984) as Maj. Elbert Stevens
The Sea Serpent (aka Serpiente de Mar) (1985) as Pedro Fontán
In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro (1986) as Jack Ringtree
Invaders from Mars (1986) as George Gardner
The Fantasist (1986) as Danny Sullivan
Mio min Mio (Mio in the Land of Faraway) (1987) as The King
The Drifter (1988) as Arthur
Return from the River Kwai (1989) as Seaman Miller
A Case of Honor (1989) as Sgt. Joseph 'Hard' Case
Istanbul (1989) as Frank
Texasville (1990) as Sonny Crawford
Digger (1993) as Sam Corlett
Blue Sky (1994) as Owens Ranch Cowboy (uncredited)
Ava's Magical Adventure (1994) as Slayton
Ill Met by Moonlight (1994) as Egeus
Horses and Champions (1994) as Ben Choice
Top Dog (1995) as Nelson Houseman
Ripper Man (1995) as Charles Walkan
Hourglass (1995) as Jurgen Brauner
Desperate Obsession (1995)
American Hero (1995, Video Game) as Jack Armstrong
Lone Tiger (1996) as Marcus
Total Force (1996) as Drake
Uncle Sam (1996) as Donald Crandall
Ringer [fr] (1996) as Clay
The Prince (1996) as John
Absolute Force (1997) as Lt. John Drake
Tiger (1997) as Larry
Mr. Atlas (1997) as Phillip Frodden
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) as Fouquet
Mixed Blessings (1998) as Carl Weaver
Diamondbacks (1998) as Ed Williams
The Waterfront (1998) as Salvatore Solleto
No Rest for the Wicked (1998) as Father Jeremy
The Prince and the Surfer (1999) as Johnny Canty (uncredited)
The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes (1999) as John Carver
Black Sea 213 (2000) as Dean
The Hiding Place (2000) as Jack
Held for Ransom (2000) as Fred Donovan
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002) as President George Walker Bush (uncredited)
Elephant (2003) as Mr. McFarland
The Entrepreneurs (2003) as Rotunno
The Girl Next Door (2004) as Mr. Kidman
Illusion Infinity (a.k.a. Paradise, 2004) as Francis / Douglas / Henry / Patricia's Father / Older Alan
Pocket Angel (2004)
Paradise, Texas (2005) as Mack Cameron
Shanghai Kiss (2007) as Adelaide's Father
Along the Way (2007) as Michael McCaffery
Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves (2008) as Thomas
Parasomnia (2008) as Dr. Emil Corso
I Am Somebody: No Chance in Hell [it] (2008) (original title: Chinaman's Chance)
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong (2009) as Paul Maxwell
Call of the Wild (2009) as Heep
The Land That Time Forgot (2009) as Captain Burroughs
Pound of Flesh (2010) as Cameron Morris
Hello Stranger (2011) as Sheriff
1 Nighter (2012) as Louie
Realm of the Mole Men (2012) as Willy
Welcome to the Men's Group (2016) as Larry
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance (2018) as Thomas
The Shed (2019) as Ellis

Television

Look Homeward, Angel (1972, TV Movie) as Eugene Gant
Winesburg, Ohio (1973)
The Story of David (1976, TV Movie) as David
The Moneychangers (1976, TV Mini-Series) as Miles Eastin
The Gift of Love (1978, TV Movie) as Rudi Miller
A Shining Season (1979, TV Movie) as John Baker
Escape (1980, TV Movie) as Dwight Worker
East of Eden (1981, TV Mini-Series) as Adam Trask
Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984, TV Movie) as Morris Frank
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (1986, TV Movie) as Father Thomas O'Neil
The Hitchhiker (1987, TV Series) as Peter
Island Sons (1987, TV Movie) as Tim Faraday
The Twilight Zone (1988, Episode: "The Hellgramite Method") as Miley Judson
Freddy's Nightmares (1989, TV Series) as Mr. Franklin
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1990, Episode: "Here There Be Tygers") as Driscoll
Land of the Lost (1991, TV Series) as Tom Porter
500 Nations (1995, TV Mini-Series) (voice)
Yakuza Connection (1995, TV Movie) as Ward Derderian
Personal Vendetta (1995, TV Movie) as Zach Blackwell
Death Game (1997, TV Movie) as Jack
Murder Seen (2000, TV Movie) as Detective Stepnoski
Gideon's Crossing (2000, TV Series) as Rev. Chuck
That's My Bush! (2001, TV Series) as George W. Bush
That '70s Show (2002, TV Series) as Vice Principal Cole
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003, TV Movie) as President George W. Bush
Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004, TV Movie) as Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2004, TV Series) as Ritt Everett
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't (2005, TV Movie) as Clarence
Vampire Bats (2005, TV Movie) as Hank Poelker
Grey's Anatomy (2005, TV Series) as Carl Murphy
Deceit (2006, TV Movie) as Martin Ford
Dirt (2007, TV Series) as Gibson Horne
Holiday in Handcuffs (2007, TV Movie) as Dad Chandler
Deadly Suspicion (2008, TV Movie) as Sheriff Carl Lovett
Lone Rider (2008, TV Movie) as Gus
Bound by a Secret (2009, TV Movie) as Will Hutchinson

Video game

Fox Hunt (1996) as Frank
American Hero (shot in 1995, cancelled in 1997, and finally released in 2021) as Jack Armstrong

Producer

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991)