Timothy Bottoms
Biography
Timothy Bottoms is an American actor and film producer, born in Santa Barbara, California, who gained acting and singing experience in theater productions at Santa Barbara High School before graduating in 1970. He made his film debut in 1971 as Joe Bonham in Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun, and that same year played Sonny Crawford in The Last Picture Show (1971), the part that made him and co-stars Cybill Shepherd and Jeff Bridges famous. He then starred as law student Hart in The Paper Chase (1973), and his other films include Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973), Operation Daybreak (1975), Rollercoaster (1977), Invaders from Mars (1986) and Elephant (2003). Resembling and able to imitate President George W. Bush, he portrayed him in the sitcom That's My Bush!, in The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002) and in the television film DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003). He also had a recurring role on the FX series Dirt.
75years old
Turns 76 on August 30in 320 days
- Born Santa Barbara
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Timothy James Bottoms
Movie Career
- Films
- 36
- Career span
- 48 years1971 to 2019
Genres
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Behind the camera
In 1991 Bottoms served as co-producer of Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas, a documentary that looked behind the scenes at how The Last Picture Show and Texasville were made.
Beyond film
The Metallica video for "One" gave Bottoms a prominent role, since it included scenes from Johnny Got His Gun, the film he had made.
Behind the camera
Bottoms released a novel in 2023 called The Pier, published by Tall Tales Press. It tells the story of a boy who spends a day fishing and the people and situations he meets.
Timothy Bottoms movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Peter Bogdanovich directed two of these films. Twelve actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Jeff Bridges's page
Ernest Borgnine's page
Cloris Leachman's page
Randy Quaid's page
Eileen Brennan's page
All films by Peter Bogdanovich
Also two films together6 more actors
- Joanne BaronAn American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong (2009) and Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance (2008)
- Cybill ShepherdTexasville (1990) and The Last Picture Show (1971)
- John Phillip LawRailroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance (2008) and Tin Man (1983)
- Patrick GormanThe Land That Time Forgot (2009) and In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro (1986)
- Barc DoyleTexasville (1990) and The Last Picture Show (1971)
- Sharon UllrickTexasville (1990) and The Last Picture Show (1971)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Timothy Bottoms's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$127 million
10 of the 36 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 36 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 11 never in cinemas; 13 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 11Never in cinemas
- 13Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$33M26.1% of the total
- 2$32M24.9% of the total
- 3$29M23.0% of the total
- 4$10M7.9% of the total
- 5$8.2M6.5% of the total
- 6$5.1M4.0% of the total
- 7$4.9M3.9% of the total
- 8$2.3M1.8% of the total
$2.5 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.