Timothy Bottoms

American actor and film producer

Timothy Bottoms is an acclaimed American actor and film producer. He rose to fame in the 1970s, starring in acclaimed films like Johnny Got His Gun, The Last Picture Show, and The Paper Chase. Bottoms is also known for playing the main antagonist in Rollercoaster and portraying President George W. Bush in multiple projects.

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About the Timothy Bottoms

Timothy James Bottomsis an American actor and film producer. He is best known for playing the lead in Johnny Got His Gunand 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.

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Timothy Bottoms is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for starring in the films Johnny Got His Gun, The Last Picture Show, and The Paper Chase.

Timothy Bottoms is known for playing the lead in Johnny Got His Gun, Sonny Crawford in The Last Picture Show, and James Hart in the film adaptation of The Paper Chase. He also played the main antagonist in the disaster film Rollercoaster and portrayed President George W. Bush multiple times.

Timothy Bottoms was born on August 30, 1951.

Timothy Bottoms rose to fame in the 1970s, starring in critically acclaimed films like Johnny Got His Gun, The Last Picture Show, and The Paper Chase. He is also known for playing the main antagonist in Rollercoaster and portraying President George W. Bush in various projects.

Timothy Bottoms has portrayed President George W. Bush multiple times, including in the sitcom That’s My Bush!, the comedy film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, and the docudrama DC 9/11: Time of Crisis.

Yes, in The Last Picture Show, Timothy Bottoms co-starred with Cybill Shepherd and Jeff Bridges, who also rose to fame from the film.

Timothy Bottoms has taken on a range of roles, from the lead in Johnny Got His Gun to the main antagonist in Rollercoaster, as well as multiple portrayals of President George W. Bush. He has demonstrated his versatility as an actor.

8 Quotes by Timothy Bottoms

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    We all remember where we were and we all remember what we were doing. I had a brother in New York, an uncle, lots of friends in New York. It made me angry, it made me sad; what could I do.

    Timothy Bottoms

    American actor and film producer

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    I haven’t heard anything from anyone in the administration.

    Timothy Bottoms

    American actor and film producer

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    The one that was most fun was That’s My Bush; the part that I did for Comedy Central. That was a hoot. That was more fun that one should be allowed to have.

    Timothy Bottoms

    American actor and film producer

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    I was driven to give the best possible performance I could based on the material that was given to me and that material was documentary footage of the President speaking to people.

    Timothy Bottoms

    American actor and film producer

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    Even though I was concentrating on that two-week period from September 11th to September 20th, I was seeing the policy for real, happening, that we were talking about in the film.

    Timothy Bottoms

    American actor and film producer

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    I didn’t do this for the President. When I had this opportunity, not only was it work, but it was something that I could do, as an actor, for the victims and their families. Something I could give back.

    Timothy Bottoms

    American actor and film producer

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    The DC 9/11: Time of Crisis film was hard to get the part; I had to audition three times. It was very serious and very sobering. We studied and tried to re-create all the stuff that we all saw that day.

    Timothy Bottoms

    American actor and film producer

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    A lot of feature films do two pages a day.

    Timothy Bottoms

    American actor and film producer