Timothy Bottoms

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.

• Name — Timothy Bottoms • Birth Name — Timothy James Bottoms • Born — 30 August 1951 • Birthplace — Santa Barbara, California, U.S. • Credits — James T. Hart in The Paper Chase • Years Active — 1970–present • Occupation — Actor, producer • Children — 4 • Relatives — * Joseph Bottoms (brother) • Sam Bottoms (brother)

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. During his time there he gained acting and singing experience during various theater productions.

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 (1973), The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974), Operation Daybreak (1975), A Small Town in Texas (1976), Rollercoaster (1977) Hurricane (1979), Invaders from Mars (1986) and Elephant (2003). 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. 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.

He is the eldest brother of actors Joseph Bottoms, Sam Bottoms, and Ben Bottoms. Bottoms has been married twice, first to singer Alicia Cory in 1975. They had a son before divorcing in 1982. His marriage to Marcia Morehart in 1984 produced three children.

• 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 Richard 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

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

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

Timothy Bottoms is recorded as actor and film producer.