Timothy Bottoms
| Timothy Bottoms | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Timothy James Bottoms August 30, 1951 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, producer |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Spouse(s) | Alicia Cory (1975–1982) (divorced) Marcia Morehart (1984–present) |
Timothy James Bottoms (born August 30, 1951) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for his role as Sonny Crawford in The Last Picture Show where he and his fellow co-stars, Cybill Shepherd and Jeff Bridges, rose to fame, and his role as James Hart, the first-year law student who battles with Prof. Kingsfield in The Paper Chase.
Bottoms was born in Santa Barbara, California, the eldest son of Betty (née Chapman) and James "Bud" Bottoms, who is a sculptor and art teacher. He is the brother of actors Joseph Bottoms (born 1954), Sam Bottoms (1955–2008) and Ben Bottoms (born 1960). In 1967, Bottoms toured Europe as part of the Santa Barbara Madrigal Society.
Sam Bottoms died from brain cancer in 2008. At one point, Sam was the only sibling close to Timothy.
Bottoms made his film debut in 1971 as Joe Bonham in Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun. The same year, he appeared alongside his brother Sam in The Last Picture Show. (He portrayed the same character in the 1990 sequel Texasville). In 1973's The Paper Chase he starred as Harvard law student Hart facing the fearsome Professor Kingsfield (John Houseman). Among the other films he has appeared in are Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973), Rollercoaster (1977) and Elephant (2003).
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