Name: Timothy Busfield
Date of Birth: 12 June 1957 Attended school in East Lansing, Michigan Has a sister named Julia. Son, Wilson, with his first wife. Daughter, Daisy, and son, Samuel, with his second wife. 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). 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). ... 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. Attended East Tennessee State University, in Johnson City, Tennessee. 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. Understudied Matthew Broderick in "Brighton Beach Memoirs" on Broadway in 1983. 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. Studied drama at East Tennessee State University and traveled frequently with the Actors Theater of Louisville, which took him to Europe and Israel. In. Landed his first professional acting job at 18 in a children's theater adaptation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". 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. Read more Timothy Busfield movies (actor)Timothy Busfield movies (director)User Comments |
