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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 where he and his fellow co-stars, Cybill Shepherd and Jeff Bridges, rose to fame; as James Hart, the first-year law student who battles with Prof. Kingsfield, in the film adaptation The Paper Chase; and for playing President George W. Bush multiple times, including on the sitcom That's My Bush! and in the comedy film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and the docudrama DC 9/11: Time of Crisis.
Birth Name
Timothy James Bottoms
Born
Thursday, 30 August 1951
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Tar | Barry Greenwood | 2020 |
| The Shed | Ellis | 2019 |
| The Movies | Sonny Crawford / Hart | 2019 |
| Welcome to the Men's Group | Larry | 2016 |
| How Not to Propose | Rick | 2015 |
| Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | George Gardner | 2014 |
| Sweet Surrender | Jerry's Dad | 2014 |
| The Bridge | Arliss Froome | 2013 |
| 1 Nighter | Louie | 2012 |
| I Married Who? | Mike Swift | 2012 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Tar | Barry Greenwood | 2020 |
| The Shed | Ellis | 2019 |
| The Movies | Sonny Crawford / Hart | 2019 |
| Welcome to the Men's Group | Larry | 2016 |
| How Not to Propose | Rick | 2015 |
| Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | George Gardner | 2014 |
| Sweet Surrender | Jerry's Dad | 2014 |
| The Bridge | Arliss Froome | 2013 |
| 1 Nighter | Louie | 2012 |
| I Married Who? | Mike Swift | 2012 |
| What's Up Orange County | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| Pound of Flesh | Cameron Morris | 2010 |
| The Land That Time Forgot | Captain Burroughs | 2009 |
| Call of the Wild | Heep | 2009 |
| Bound by a Secret | Will Hutchinson / Will | 2009 |
| An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong | Paul Maxwell | 2009 |
| Parasomnia | Dr. Emil Corso / Dr. Corso | 2008 |
| Illusion Infinity | Francis / Douglas / Henry / Patricia's Father / Older Alan | 2008 |
| Lone Rider | Gus | 2008 |
| The Governor's Wife | Sheriff Carl Lovett | 2008 |
| Along the Way | Michael McCaffery | 2007 |
| Private Practice | Irwin | 2007 |
| Shanghai Kiss | Adelaide's Father | 2007 |
| Dirt | Gibson Horne | 2007 |
| Deceit | Martin Ford | 2006 |
| Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Sonny Crawford | 2006 |
| To Catch a Crimes | Dad Chandler | 2006 |
| Vampire Bats | Hank Poelker | 2005 |
| The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes | John / John Carver | 2005 |
| Pocket Angel | Himself | 2005 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Carl Murphy | 2005 |
| Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't | Clarence | 2005 |
| Paradise, Texas | Mack Cameron | 2005 |
| Ike: Countdown to D-Day | Walter Bedell 'Beetle' Smith / Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith | 2004 |
| The Girl Next Door | Mr. Kidman | 2004 |
| The $cheme | Rotunno | 2003 |
| Elephant | Mr. McFarland | 2003 |
| DC 9/11: Time of Crisis | President George W. Bush / George W. Bush | 2003 |
| NCIS | Ritt Everett | 2003 |
| The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course | President George Walker Bush | 2002 |
| That's My Bush! | George W. Bush | 2001 |
| Murder Seen | Detective Stepnoski | 2000 |
| Held for Ransom | Fred Donovan | 2000 |
| Gideon's Crossing | Rev. Chuck | 2000 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years | Hart | 2000 |
| The Hiding Place | Jack | 2000 |
| The Prince and the Surfer | Johnny Canty | 1999 |
| The Last Picture Show: A Look Back | Himself | 1999 |
| Diamondbacks | Ed Williams | 1998 |
| That '70s Show | Vice Principal Cole | 1998 |
| Ava's Magical Adventure | Slayton | 1998 |
| Black Sea 213 | Dean | 1998 |
| Absolute Force | Lt. John Drake | 1997 |
| Tiger | Larry | 1997 |
| Mr. Atlas | Phillip Frodden | 1997 |
| Uncle Sam | Donald Crandall | 1996 |
| The Great War: 1914-1918 | Silver Parrish | 1996 |
| Death Game | Jack | 1996 |
| Total Force | Drake | 1996 |
| Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right | Self | 1996 |
| Lone Tiger | Marcus | 1996 |
| Horses and Champions | Ben Choice | 1996 |
| Ringer | Clay | 1996 |
| Fox Hunt | Frank | 1996 |
| Hourglass | Jurgen Brauner | 1995 |
| Top Dog | Nelson Houseman | 1995 |
| 500 Nations | (voice) (as Tim Bottoms) | 1995 |
| Ripper Man | Charles Walkan | 1995 |
| Personal Vendetta | Zach Blackwell | 1995 |
| Yakuza Connection | Ward Derderian | 1995 |
| Desperate Obsession | 1995 | |
| Blue Sky | Owens Ranch Cowboy | 1994 |
| Digger | Sam Corlett | 1993 |
| Land of the Lost | Tom Porter | 1991 |
| Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas | Himself / Self | 1991 |
| Texasville | Sonny Crawford | 1990 |
| Hollywood Mavericks | Sonny Crawford | 1990 |
| Istanbul | Frank Collins / Frank | 1989 |
| Return from the River Kwai | Seaman Miller | 1989 |
| Metallica: One | Joe Bonham | 1989 |
| Drifter, The (1988) | Arthur | 1988 |
| Freddy's Nightmares | Mr. Franklin | 1988 |
| The Drifter | Arthur | 1988 |
| A Case of Honor | Sgt. Joseph 'Hard' Case | 1988 |
| Mio in the Land of Faraway | The King | 1987 |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun | Father Thomas O'Neil | 1986 |
| Invaders from Mars | George Gardner | 1986 |
| The Fantasist | Danny Sullivan | 1986 |
| In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro | Jack Ringtree | 1985 |
| The Twilight Zone | Miley Judson | 1985 |
| The Ray Bradbury Theater | Driscoll | 1985 |
| The Sea Serpent | Pedro Fontán | 1985 |
| What Waits Below | Maj. Elbert Stevens / Major Elbert Stevens | 1984 |
| Love Leads the Way: A True Story | Morris Frank | 1984 |
| The Census Taker | Pete | 1984 |
| The Hitchhiker | Peter | 1983 |
| Hambone and Hillie | Michael Radcliffe | 1983 |
| Tin Man | Casey | 1983 |
| East of Eden | Adam Trask | 1981 |
| Escape | Dwight Worker | 1980 |
| Hurricane | Jack Sanford | 1979 |
| The Gift of Love | Rudi Miller | 1978 |
| The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II | John Boothe | 1978 |
| Rollercoaster | Young Man | 1977 |
| Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers | Miles Eastin | 1976 |
| A Small Town in Texas | Poke Jackson | 1976 |
| The Story of David | David | 1976 |
| Operation Daybreak | Jan Kubis | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder | Vrooder / Julius Vrooder | 1974 |
| The White Dawn | Daggett | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| The Paper Chase | James T. Hart | 1973 |
| Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing | Walter Elbertson | 1973 |
| The 44th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1972 |
| Look Homeward, Angel | Eugene Gant | 1972 |
| The Last Picture Show | Sonny Crawford | 1971 |
| Johnny Got His Gun | Joe Bonham | 1971 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| The Dick Cavett Show | Sonny Crawford | 1968 |
Producer Filmography
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1972 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Male | Nominated |
