Timothy Busfield

Biography for Timothy Busfield

Timothy Busfield is an American actor, director and producer born on June 12, 1957 in Lansing, Michigan, his mother was director of Michigan State University and his father theater professor at university. He studied at the East Tennessee State University and in 1980 he was accepted as an apprentice to the prestigious Actors' Theater in Louisville. A year later he went to New York where various small role in several plays obtained

Believing that he can neither make a name for himself and be taken seriously in Broadway, he goes to Hollywood, where he plays in the film "Revenge of the Nerds". Then in 1984, he played in the series "Trapper John, M.D.", where he interpreted the son of "John Trapper". He stayed there until his judgment in 1986. In the 80s, he often played roles of adolescents where young adults, for this reason, producers of "Pub generation", asked him to let his beard grow, So it would seem old enough for the role. He will also get an Emmy Award for this controversial role. Later he will play in other series, without any long lasting, except "Byrds of Paradise" with Arlo Guthrie will remain memories for being produced by Steven Spielberg and shot in Hawaii.

Timothy Busfield is an American actor known for his work in television series and films. He was born on June 12, 1957 in Lansing, in the state of Michigan in the United States.

At the start of his career, Busfield played in theater and television productions, notably in the television series "Trapper John, M.D." And the film "The return of soldier Ryan". He became better known to the general public thanks to his role as Danny Concannon in the television series "The West Wing" from 1999 to 2006.

Since then, Busfield has continued to work in the media, appearing in television series such as "Damages", "Experts: Miami" and "Blue Bloods". In 2011, he played the main role in the television series "Ed".

In addition to his acting work, Busfield is also a director and producer. He notably directed several episodes of the television series "The West Wing" and produced the film "Field of Lost Shoes".

Apart from his acting career, Busfield is also a defender of the arts and culture, having co -founded the Theatlab, a creation space for budding artists in Lansing, in his birthday of Michigan. He has been married to actress Jennifer Merwin since 1996 and have two children.

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Trivia

• Attended school in East Lansing, Michigan
• 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) and as Danny on "The West Wing" (1999).
• 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.

Family

• Spouse : Jenny Merwin (1988 - present) 2 children, Radha Delmarter (? - 1986) (divorced) 1 child
• Has a sister named Julia.
• Son, Wilson, with his first wife.
• Daughter, Daisy, and son, Samuel, with his second wife.

Author of the card

• Creation date: 01/07/2003 by abdest