Timothy Busfield
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An Emmy Award-winning actor for his work on "thirtysomething" (1987), Timothy Busfield has been a regular or recurring character on 11 television series including "All My Children" (1970), "Reggie" (1983), "The Paper Chase" (1978), "Family Ties" (1982), "Trapper John, M.D." (1979), "The Byrds of Paradise" (1994), "Champs" (1996), "The West Wing" (1999), "Ed" (2000) and "Without a Trace" (2002). He has appeared in over 30 feature films and television movies, including Stripes (1981), Revenge of the Nerds (1984), Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), Field of Dreams (1989), Sneakers (1992), Quiz Show (1994), Striking Distance (1993), Little Big League (1994), First Kid (1996) and National Security (2003). Busfield has directed series such as "thirtysomething" (1987), "Sports Night" (1998), "Ed" (2000), "Las Vegas" (2003) and "Without a Trace" (2002).

In addition to directing over 40 episodes of television, Busfield has served as Co-Executive Producer on two series, "Ed" (2000) and "Without a Trace" (2002). As a theater actor, he has appeared in over 50 plays, including the Broadway productions of Neil Simon`s "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and Aaron Sorkin`s "A Few Good Men." He has also directed over 25 theater productions.

Busfield has produced over 100 professional theater productions. He also founded two of the nation`s most productive new works theaters, The Fantasy Theatre (named Honorary State Children`s Theatre of California) was founded in 1986 and tours to more than 140,000 Northern California children a year. The highly respected and awarded B. Street Theatre, founded in 1992, has premiered original or West Coast productions by Aaron Sorkin, Richard Dresser, Morris Panych, Joe DePietro, James McLure, Jane Martin, Jeff Daniels, Kenneth Lonergan and many other world-class playwrights.

Biography Credit: www.imdb.com/name/nm0124079/bio
 

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    Name Timothy Busfield
    Age 52
    Height 5' 10"  (178 cm)
    Build Average
    Hair Color Red
    Date of Birth June 12, 1957
    Birthplace Lansing, Michigan
    Star Sign Gemini
    Nationality American
    Ethnicity White
    Occupation Actor
    Celebrity Index Ti
    Claim to Fame Trapper John MD

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  • (August 2006) Lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and two children.
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  • His first exposure to acting was through his father, Roger, who taught in the drama department at Michigan State University. His mother Jean was a college teacher of literature and one-time secretary.
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  • Landed his first professional acting job at 18 in a children`s theater adaptation of Shakespeare`s "A Midsummer Night`s Dream".
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  • Studied drama at East Tennessee State University and traveled frequently with the Actors Theater of Louisville, which took him to Europe and Israel. In.
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  • In 1981, he moved to New York City, NY, where he joined the Circle Repertory Company for their production of Lanford Wilson`s "Talley and Son". T.
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  • Understudied Matthew Broderick in "Brighton Beach Memoirs" on Broadway in 1983.
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  • Following the demise of "Trapper John," Tim joined forces with his brother Buck to create the Fantasy Theatre, a professional touring company for children`s audiences - and later Honorary State Children`s Theater for California - based in his new hometown of Sacramento.
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  • Attended East Tennessee State University, in Johnson City, Tennessee.
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  • Tim has been interested in standard-bred harness horse racing since the late 1980s and brought the cast of "thirtysomething" (1987) with him to Los Alamitos Ractrack in 1988 for a night of harness racing. Tim has owned several standard-bred horses, and he can be seen sometimes at the Golden Bear racetrack at Cal Expo in Sacramento, California, watching harness racing with his children.
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  • He replaced Tom Hulce on the original Broadway run of Aaron Sorkin`s "A Few Good Men." He later went on to work with Aaron Sorkin as a director on "Sports Night" (1998), as Danny on "The West Wing" (1999), and as Cal on "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (2006).
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  • He is married to Jenny Merwin, sister of Melissa Merwin who is married to Joshua Malina. Both Malina and Busfield have starred in "The West Wing" (1999).
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  • Daughter, Daisy, and son, Samuel, with his second wife.
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  • Son, Wilson, with his first wife.
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  • Has a sister named Julia.
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  • Attended school in East Lansing, Michigan
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