Timothy Bottoms
American actor and film producer · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1951 · age 75
Timothy James Bottoms 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...
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TarFilm, Barry Greenwood2015
How Not to ProposeFilm, Rick2012
I Married Who?Film, Mike Swift2008
Lone RiderFilm, Gus2007
DirtSeries, Gibson Horne2006
DeceitFilm, Martin Ford2005
Grey's AnatomySeries, Carl Murphy2004
Ike: Countdown to D-DayFilm, Walter Bedell 'Beetle' Smith2002
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision CourseFilm, George W. Bush (uncredited)2001
That's My Bush!Series, George W. Bush1998
That '70s ShowSeries, Vice Principal Cole1995
500 NationsSeries1991
Land of the LostSeries, Tom Porter1990
TexasvilleFilm, Sonny Crawford1988
The DrifterFilm, Arthur1986
In the Shadow of KilimanjaroFilm, Jack Ringtree1985
The Twilight ZoneSeries1983
The HitchhikerSeries, Peter1979
HurricaneFilm, Jack Sanford1976
Arthur Hailey's The MoneychangersSeries, Miles Eastin
A Small Town in TexasFilm, 1976Poke Jackson1974
Dinah!Series
The White DawnFilm, 1974Daggett1971
Johnny Got His GunFilm, Joe Bonham1951Born30 August 1951People around Timothy
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C. Thomas Howell Directed The Land That Time Forgot and Hourglass
Peter Bogdanovich Directed The Last Picture Show and Texasville
Harvey Hart Directed East of Eden and The High Country- Lewis Gilbert Directed Operation Daybreak (1975)
Martin Kove Also in Chinaman's Chance and Illusion Infinity
John Phillip Law Also in Chinaman's Chance and Tin Man
Diane Keaton Produced Elephant (2003)
Jeff Bridges Also in The Last Picture Show and Texasville
Hugh Hefner Produced The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974)
Ernest Borgnine Also in Chinaman's Chance and Love Leads the Way
Jason Robards Also in Johnny Got His Gun and Hurricane
Alan J. Pakula Directed Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973)
Philip Kaufman Directed The White Dawn (1974)
Anthony Andrews Also in Operation Daybreak (1975)
Robert Z'Dar Also in Tiger Mask and The Waterfront
Aaron Norris Directed Top Dog (1996)
Arthur Hill Also in Love Leads the Way (1984)- Aki Aleong Directed Chinaman's Chance (2008)
Luke Greenfield Directed The Girl Next Door (2004)- Jack Starrett Directed A Small Town in Texas (1977)
- Don Sharp Directed What Waits Below (1985)
Reinhard Kolldehoff Also in Operation Daybreak (1975)
Carl Duering Also in Operation Daybreak (1975)
Amando de Ossorio Rodríguez Directed Serpiente de mar (Hydra-Monster of the Deep) Sea Serpent (1984)
Known for
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The Last Picture Show 1971
Johnny Got His Gun 1971
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014
Elephant 2003
Operation: Daybreak 1975
Filmography 40
116 credits on file
Television 16
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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.
