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Timothy Busfield

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Recent Role:
School district HR representative on Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Gender:
Male
Born:
6-12-1957
Birthplace:
Lansing, Michigan, USA
AKA:
Tim Busfield
Timothy Busfield was born in Lansing Michigan. His mother, Jean was the director for Michigan State University Press, and his father, Roger once taught theater arts in university.



He attended East Tennessee State University, where he appeared in his first production as Puck, in Robin Goodfellow a children's version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. He apprenticed at the Louisville Kentucky Actor's Theatre. He also traveled and performed in Europe in a New York rendition of Getting Out. He continued to work in theater in New York, including



… More being the understudy for Matthew Broderick in Neil Simon's Broadway production Brighton Beach Memoir along with A Few Good Men, and Founder. He also started his own non-profit business, Fantasy Theatre, a company of five actors who solicited plays from California school children, ages 7-14. Timothy picked out the best, re-wrote them and had his group perform them for elementary and junior high schools.



Busfield was a young actor when he first appeared on television as Richard Mulligan's son on the sitcom, Reggie (1983). He followed up by joining the cast of the medical drama, Trapper John, M.D. (1979-86) for its last two seasons. Tim Busfield has also appeared in such TV-movies as Strays (1991), and the interesting drama Murder Between Friends (1994). His most notable Television series role was as Elliot Weston on the ABC series thirtysomething from 1987 - 1991. He was nominated for an Emmy every year the show aired, and won one for Best Supporting Actor in 1991. Tim Busfield is a diverse actor who can play the irresponsible guy to the caring family man.



In addition to acting, Busfield has directed many television shows from thirtysomething to Ed and First Years. Timothy held a recurring role on the series The West Wing for its entire run and is starring in Sorkin/Schlamme's new TV endeavor; Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.



Timothy has been married twice: Radha Delamarter, an actress and director (until 1986) and Jennifer Merwin, a fashion designer, whom he married in 1988 but who started divorce proceedings in 2007.



He has three children: Wilson (or Willy), (b. 1982)from his marriage to Radha, and Daisy (b. 1989) and Samuel (b. 1991), from his marriage to Jennifer.

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    I have not seen everything Timothy Busfield has done, probably not even half. I'm writing concerning two roles I love him for. Danny on The West Wing and Cal on Studio 60. Timothy makes his delivery for humorous and serious dialogue alike, look absolutely effortless. I would even use the word flawless. Both characters were very much alike. Honest, driven and almost childlike in their sincerity. Noone else could have pulled off Danny's persuit of CJ, or Cal's snake under the stage disaster. Any other actor in the CJ persuit probably would have come off creepy, yet he came off incredibly sweet. The snake disaster probably looked rediculous on paper, but so believable without being stupid with Cal at the center of it. It's sad that both shows are off the air now. Maybe a Danny or Cal spinoff wouldn't be such a bad idea, as long as the writing and supporting characters are fine enough to support this high-callibur actor.

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