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Timothy Bottoms

Highest Rated: 98% The Last Picture Show (1971)

Lowest Rated: 0% Top Dog (1995)

Birthday: Aug 30, 1951

Birthplace: Santa Barbara, California, USA

This sensitive actor made a big splash in 1971 in Dalton Trumbo's "Johnny Got His Gun" and Peter Bogdanovich's "The Last Picture Show," but his initial career fanfare sputtered and he subsequently starred in TV productions and feature films of dubious artistry. Timothy Bottoms first performed on stage in his home town of Santa Barbara, CA, and toured Europe in 1967 as a member of the Santa Barbara Madrigal Society. He especially scored as Sonny, the football star who beds the coach's neglected wife (Cloris Leachman) in "The Last Picture Show." In 1973, Bottoms offered a good turn as a law student who locks horns with his authoritarian professor (John Houseman) in "The Paper Chase." He went on to appear as Mia Farrow's emotionally and sexually constricted husband in the remake of "Hurricane" (1979). More recently, after some hesitation, he reprised his role as the middle-aged, somewhat emotionally distraught Sonny in Bogdanovich's lackluster sequel "Texasville" (1990).

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Highest rated movies

98% 89% The Last Picture Show
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81% 72% The Paper Chase
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74% 79% Elephant
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67% 87% Johnny Got His Gun
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60% 29% Uncle Sam
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58% 46% Texasville
Watchlist 57% 81% The Shed Watchlist
56% 69% The Girl Next Door
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53% 49% Rollercoaster
Watchlist 43% 84% Tar Watchlist
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Timothy Bottoms

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Filmography

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Credit
43% 84% Tar Barry Greenwood (Character) $22.3K 2020
57% 81% The Shed Ellis (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 23% Welcome to the Men's Group Larry (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 12% How Not to Propose Rick (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sweet Surrender Jerry's Dad (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 60% 1 Nighter Louie (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Always a Bride Mike Swift (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pound of Flesh Cameron Morris (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 8% The Land That Time Forgot Captain Burroughs (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 33% Bound by a Secret Will Hutchinson (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 38% Call of the Wild Heep (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 59% An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong Paul Maxwell (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 25% Deadly Suspicion Sheriff Carl Lovett (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 50% Lone Rider Gus (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 27% Parasomnia Dr. Corso (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chinaman's Chance Thomas (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 64% Holiday in Handcuffs Dad Chandler (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 80% Along the Way Michael McCaffery (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paradise, Texas Mack Cameron (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 26% Vampire Bats Hank Poelker (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pocket Angel Unknown (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't Clarence (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 71% Ike: Countdown to D-Day Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith (Character) - 2004
56% 69% The Girl Next Door Mr. Kidman (Character) $14.6M 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet DC 9/11: Time of Crisis President George W. Bush (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paradise Francis/Douglas/Henry/Patricia's Father/Older Alan (Character) - 2003
74% 79% Elephant Mr. McFarland (Character) $1.3M 2003
No Score Yet 33% The Scheme Rotunno (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hiding Place Jack (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder Seen Detective Stepnoski (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 23% Held for Ransom Fred Donovan (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Boy With the X-Ray Eyes John Carver (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 36% The Prince and the Surfer Johnny Canty (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Sea 213 Dean (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Rest for the Wicked Father Jeremy (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 59% Tiger Larry (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mixed Blessings Carl Weaver (Character) - 1998
60% 29% Uncle Sam Mr. Crandall (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Absolute Force Lt. John Drake (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 33% Mr. Atlas Phillip Frodden (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Total Force Lt. John Drake (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Prince John (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 42% Hourglass Jurgen Brauner (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ringer Clay (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Death Game Jack (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fox Hunt Frank (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Horses and Champions Ben Choice (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 50% Mortal Challenge Jack (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Personal Vendetta Zach Blackwell (Character) - 1995
0% 32% Top Dog Nelson Houseman (Character) $4.3M 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desperate Obsession Unknown (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ripper Man Charles Walkan (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yakuza Connection Ward Derderian (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 17% Ava's Magical Adventure Slayton (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 27% Digger Sam Corlett (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 69% Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas Producer - 1991
58% 46% Texasville Sonny Crawford (Character) $1.9M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Istanbul Frank Collins (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Return to the River Kwai Seaman Miller (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 57% Return From the River Kwai Seaman Miller (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Case of Honor Sgt. Joseph "Hard" Case (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 14% The Drifter Arthur (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 55% Mio in the Land of Faraway The King (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Island Sons Tim Faraday (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 56% Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun Father Thomas O'Neil (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fantasist Danny Sullivan (Character) - 1986
38% 33% Invaders From Mars George Gardner (Character) $4.8M 1986
No Score Yet 64% In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro Jack Ringtree (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Serpiente de mar (Hydra-Monster of the Deep) Sea Serpent Unknown (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Census Taker Pete (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 78% Love Leads the Way Morris Frank (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 83% Hambone and Hillie Michael Radcliffe (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 18% What Waits Below Maj. Elbert Stevens (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 65% Tin Man Casey (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The High Country Jim (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Escape Dwight Worker (Character) - 1980
38% 41% Hurricane Jack Sanford (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Shining Season John Baker (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 77% The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 John Boothe (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 80% The Gift of Love Rudi Miller (Character) - 1978
53% 49% Rollercoaster Young Man (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Moneychangers Miles Eastin (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 40% A Small Town in Texas Poke Jackson (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Price of Freedom Jan Kubis (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 76% Operation Daybreak Jan Kubis (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 83% The White Dawn Daggett (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder Vrooder (Character) - 1974
81% 72% The Paper Chase James T. Hart (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 67% Love and Pain (and the Whole Damn Thing) Walter Elbertson (Character) - 1972
67% 87% Johnny Got His Gun Joe Bonham (Character) - 1971
98% 89% The Last Picture Show Sonny Crawford (Character) - 1971

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No Score Yet 79% Private Practice Irwin (Guest Star) 2010
37% No Score Yet Dirt Gibson Horne (Character) 2007-2008
84% 72% Grey's Anatomy Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet 84% NCIS Ritt Everett (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 82% That '70s Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
50% No Score Yet Gideon's Crossing Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Land of the Lost Tom Porter (Character) 1991-1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ray Bradbury Theater Driscoll (Character) 1990
No Score Yet 85% The Twilight Zone Unknown (Character) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hitchhiker Unknown (Character) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet East of Eden Unknown (Character) 1981