Timothy Busfield

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Timothy Busfield (born June 12, 1957) is an American actor and director.

He has appeared on Elliot Weston on the television show Thirtysomething; Mark, Kevin Costner's brother-in-law in Field of Dreams; and Danny Concannon on the television series The West Wing.

In 1991, he was given the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for thirtysomething.

He is also the director of the B Street Theatre and the 501(c)(3) non-profit children's theatre.

Early life and education

Busfield was born in Lansing, Michigan, the son of drama professor Roger and secretary Jean Busfield. In 1975, he graduated from East Lansing High School. In a children's theater production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, he landed his first professional acting work at 18 years old. Busfield studied drama at East Tennessee State University and appeared often with the Actors Theater of Louisville, which brought him to Europe and Israel. He migrated to New York City in 1981 and joined the Circle Repertory Company for Lanford Wilson's Talley and Son's manufacture. In the 1980 comedy classic Stripes, he landed his first film role as a mortar-bearing soldier.

Personal life

Before divorcing in 1986, Busfield was married to actress and director Radha Delamarter. Willy, the couple's son, was born. He married fashion designer Jennifer Merwin in 1988, with whom he had children Daisy and Samuel. In 2007, the couple filed for divorce.

Busfield's busfield representative said in January 2013 that Busfield had been engaged to actress Melissa Gilbert over the holiday season. They were married in April 24, 2013 at San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, California, in a private ceremony. Busfield and Gilbert lived in Howell, Michigan, from 2013 to 2018, but later moved to New York City in 2018. Busfield lived at Michigan State University for a year from 2016 to 2017.

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Career

More stage work followed, including a stint as understudie to Matthew Broderick in 1982's Brighton Beach Memoirs. Busfield returned to Los Angeles to appear in Reggie's cast (ABC, 1983), a short-lived comedy based on British television series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, 1976–79). Busfield's year 1984 proved to be a tumultuous one for the geek fraternity brothers in the hit comedy Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and its 1987 sequel, but he also appeared in the cast of Trapper John, M.D. (1978-1986), starring Pernell Roberts' Trapper John McIntyre. He appeared in the series until 1986, which was the series's conclusion.

Busfield, a legend among children's audiences, joined forces with his brother Buck to create the Fantasy Theatre, a youth-focused touring company based in Sacramento, California, and Honorary State Children's Theater, a professional touring company headquartered in his new hometown. In 1992, the Busfields introduced the award-winning B Street Theatre, which was then dedicated to larger adult performances. On thirtysomething years ago, Busfield was cast as Elliot. Busfield, the actor's first mature role to date, had a beard, and the producers requested that he grow a beard to help promote his image as a married man and father. Elliot's four-season run began to show the best and worst aspects of the show: with his marital infidelity and a rivalry with partner Michael Steadman (Ken Olin), all of which continued during his marriage's husband Nancy (Patricia Wettig) who had a rough time with ovarian cancer. Despite his character's clumsy tendencies, Busfield brought humor and honesty to the role, and he was nominated three times for an Emmy before winning one in 1991, shortly before clashes between the producers and cast brought the show to an abrupt conclusion.

During his thirtysomething years as the nominal villain in the popular Kevin Costner fantasy Field of Dreams in 1989 and 1990, Busfield would continue to work as the lead in A Few Good Men, a smash Broadway performance directed by Aaron Sorkin, with whom he would later enjoy fruitful collaborations. He made his directorial debut with a 1990 episode of thirtysomething, and he would direct three episodes of the series before it was cancelled. Busfield appeared in television features and theatre films after, as the first baseman for the Minnesota Twins and the likable kids' fantasy Little Big League (1994), which allowed Busfield to show off his baseball skills as the first baseman for the Minnesota Twins (1992), Quiz Show (1994), and the likable kid's fantasy Little Big League (1994), which allowed him to show his baseball skills as the Minnesota Twins' first baseman (1994), which allowed Busfield to show off his baseball fans of the Minnesota Twins Lou Collins, a Twins legend, was loosely based on Twins legend Kent Hrbek. Hrbek will appear as a consultant on the film, and he and Busfield became friends.

During the late 1990s for high-profile shows that never quite caught on viewers, busfield returned to television several times. He was the patriarch of the Byrd family, which went from Connecticut to Hawaii in Steven Bochco's The Byrds of Paradise (1993–94), and appeared in a group of former high school jocks still clinging to their glory days in Champs (ABC, 1996) for Ron Howard.

Busfield spent his days dividing his time between acting and directing television, as well as Ed (NBC, 2000–04), as Ed's down-on-his-luck brother Lloyd. Busfield also began his recurring role as a Pulitzer Prize-winning White House correspondent and love letter to Allison Janney's C.J. On the West Wing, Cregg—Danny Concannon. He would appear on the show sporadically throughout its entire run.

Busfield stayed on both directions and screen from 2000 to 2005, directing and directing the highly praised CBS drama Without a Trace (2002–) and appearing on occasion as Anthony LaPaglia's wheelchair-using divorce lawyer. On the Sunset Strip, he also produced episodes of Las Vegas (NBC, 2003-2004), Damages (FX, 2007–), and Studio 60. Cal Shanley, the program's often tense control boss for the program's self-titled show-within-a-show, appeared on the latter. Despite much hype as the "next big thing" in 2007, Busfield carried on, serving as executive producer of the Brooke Shields-led drama, Lipstick Jungle, from 2008–2009).

In 2019, Busfield's Guest Artist, directed by Busfield, premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Jeff Daniels, a writer and actress, wrote the film. The guest artist was shot on location in New York City and in Daniels' hometown of Chelsea, MI. This film marks the start of Grand River Productions, a production company with Daniels, Busfield, and Melissa Gilbert.

On the Sunset Strip marathon fundraising episode of The George Lucas Talk Show in 2020, Busfield appeared as a guest on the Studio 60.

In Marvel New Media/SiriusXM's radio drama podcast series "Wold" by Busfield, appearing alongside Chris Elliott, Patrick Page, Vanessa Williams, and Danny Glover, the title character.

Busfield is still a stage actor and director whose Broadway credits include A Few Good Men and Brighton Beach Memoirs, where he appeared in Matthew Broderick's understudy. He started with Circle Repertory Company in 1982, off-Broadway. He is co-founder of the B Street Theatre in Sacramento, California, where he has appeared in and directed many modern performances alongside his elder brother Buck Busfield. The Busfield brothers also founded the Fantasy Theatre, a touring troupe that caters to children. For the Fantasy troupe, Busfield writes children's plays.

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