Timothy Bottoms

Timothy Bottoms
Bottoms in 2015
Born
Timothy James Bottoms

(1951-08-30) August 30, 1951 (age 73)
Occupation(s)Actor, producer
Years active1970–present
Notable creditJames T. Hart in The Paper Chase
Spouses
Alicia Cory
(m. 1975; div. 1982)
Marcia Morehart
(m. 1984)
Children4[1]
Relatives

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.

  1. ^ Gliatto, Tom (28 May 2001). "Bottoms Up". People. Vol. 55, no. 21. Retrieved 20 February 2020.