Timothy Busfield

Timothy Busfield

1957-06-12 Lansing, Michigan, USA 41 Credits

Biography

Timothy Busfield (born June 12, 1957) is an American actor and director best known for his role as Eliot Weston on the television series Thirtysomething and his recurring role as Danny Concannon on the television series The West Wing. In 1991, he received a Primetime Emmy Award as best supporting actor in a drama series.

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The Independent

The Independent

2022

as Tom Mayfield

6.7
Acting

It's the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election in history. America is poised to elect either its first female president or its f...

If You Build It: 30 Years of Field of Dreams

If You Build It: 30 Years of Field of Dreams

2021

as Self

Acting

More than just a baseball movie, Academy Award®-nominated "Field of Dreams" is an enduring story of family, resilience and hope. This documentary look...

Guest Artist

Guest Artist

2019

Director, Producer

4.7
Directing Producing

Joseph Harris, a legendary, but troubled playwright comes to small Michigan town at Christmastime to mount his latest play. Greeting the cynical New Y...

23 Blast

23 Blast

2014

as Duncan

6.8
Acting

When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bra...

Restless Virgins

Restless Virgins

2013

as Senator Whitman

5.7
Acting

A highly fictionalized dramatization of the sex scandal that shook Massachusetts prep school Milton Academy in the 2004-05 school year.

Save the Date

Save the Date

2012

as Benjie

5.7
Acting

After breaking up with her boyfriend, a bookstore manager resists a seemingly perfect guy's attempts to woo her.

Beyond the Blackboard

Beyond the Blackboard

2011

as School district's HR representative

7.5
Acting

Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless childr...

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie

2005

as Timothy Busfield

4.9
Acting

After making it to the top of the charts, members of the Silver Boulders, a popular tween rock band, find themselves undermined by internal squabbling...

A League of Ordinary Gentlemen

A League of Ordinary Gentlemen

2004

as Self

6.3
Acting

Filmmaker Christopher Browne documents the mission of a group of middle-aged bowlers as they attempt to revitalize the sport and get the television-wa...

National Security

National Security

2003

as Charlie Reed

6.0
Acting

Earl Montgomery, a bombastic police academy reject, and Hank Rafferty, a disgraced, mild-mannered cop, can't seem to escape each other. They met on op...

Terminal Error

Terminal Error

2002

as Elliot

4.0
Acting

Michael Nouri stars in this high-tech thriller as Brad Weston, a digital tycoon who must fend off attacks from his former partner, who's unleashed a c...

Dead in a Heartbeat

Dead in a Heartbeat

2002

as Franklin

4.9
Acting

An unlikely duo, Lieutenant Tom Royko of the Seattle Bomb Squad and renowned heart surgeon, Dr. Gillian Hayes, find themselves in a race against time ...

Wanted

Wanted

1999

as Fr. Donnelly

Acting

Caught in the middle of a sting operation orchestrated by the FBI, Jimmy Scrico goes on the run for his life when he is tricked into believing that he...

The Darklings

The Darklings

1999

as Clayton Shepherd

5.5
Acting

A bed-ridden teen believes he has witnessed the murder of a neighbor by another neighbor. He then recruits friends to attempt to prove the death when ...

Time at the Top

Time at the Top

1999

as Frank Shawson

6.0
Acting

14-year old Susan Shawson travels back in time in her building's elevator. As altered by a retired physicist living in her building, it transports her...

The Souler Opposite

The Souler Opposite

1998

as Robert Levin

4.0
Acting

Barry (Christopher Meloni) is a bitter, sexist thirtysomething stand-up comic with a penchant for aggravating the wrong people. When his act provokes ...

Erasable You

1998

as Brian

Acting

A man hires an assassin to kill his money-grabbing first wife.

Dream House

Dream House

1998

as Richard Connor Thornton

3.8
Acting

An inventor moves his family into a prototype smart home in order to work out the kinks and sell the program. But the AI gets the idea that its human ...

Buffalo Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers

1997

as Maj. Robert Carr

5.2
Acting

They've ridden dusty miles without end and fought fierce battles. Yet when these brave African-American cavalrymen enter a scraggly frontier town, the...

Trucks

Trucks

1997

as Ray

4.4
Acting

A group of seemingly humanistic trucks takeover a truck stop and starts killing everything in sight. The remaining townsfolk must band together and co...

What's Right with America

What's Right with America

1997

as Mr. Gordon

Acting

A family returns to America after spending seven years in a remote jungle of New Guinea doing public health work, only to find that the bill of rights...

When Secrets Kill

1997

Acting

When the biological mother of adoptee Jenny Newhall is murdered, Jenny's adoptive father Greg immediately falls under suspicion. This tragic set of ev...

First Kid

First Kid

1996

as Woods

5.7
Acting

Some say that to be the leader of a country is one of the loneliest jobs in the world. But being the child of a world leader can be doubly so. Constan...

The Unspeakable

The Unspeakable

1996

as Matthew Grissom

6.0
Acting

When Alice Redmond is required to go deep undercover in an effort to trap number one suspect Darren Metlick, she gets very close to the edge. Her supe...

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

1995

as Pete Honeycutt

4.3
Acting

Arthur Milo, an IRS official with access to detailed personal and financial data, chooses his kidnap victims from his files. Pete Honeycutt is in char...

In the Shadow of Evil

In the Shadow of Evil

1995

as Det. Walt Keller

4.3
Acting

Jack Brenner is a hot-shot cop on the trail of a serial killer known as The Roper. Just as he's getting close to catching the killer, he is injured an...

Quiz Show

Quiz Show

1994

as Fred

7.3
Acting

Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-...

Little Big League

Little Big League

1994

as Lou Collins

5.8
Acting

When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himsel...

Murder Between Friends

1994

as John Thorn

Acting

True story about two friends become involved in murder when the wife of one of them begins cheating on her spouse.

Wall of Silence

Wall of Silence

1993

as Ephraim Lipshitz

Acting

A corpse is fished out of a north London canal with stab wounds through the eyes. The victim was a prominent member of the Hasidic Jewish community, a...

Striking Distance

Striking Distance

1993

as Tony Sacco

5.9
Acting

Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on ...

The Skateboard Kid

The Skateboard Kid

1993

as Frank

3.0
Acting

No one could be more bored than Zack, the new kid in town with no friends in sight. When a gang of hip, skateboarding thrashers start cruising his nei...

Fade to Black

Fade to Black

1993

as Professor Del Calvin

1.5
Acting

A professor accidentally records the murder of a neighbor on videotape and finds himself framed for the crime.

Sneakers

Sneakers

1992

as Dick Gordon

6.9
Acting

When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'b...

Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story

Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story

1992

as Fred Schultz

3.8
Acting

Story of attractive cop Laurencia Bembenek, who, in 1982, was sentenced to prison for killing her husband's ex-wife in Milwaukee, WI.

Strays

Strays

1991

as Paul Jarrett

6.7
Acting

A young married couple and their daughter are terrorized by a pride of ferocious feral felines.

Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams

1989

as Mark

7.1
Acting

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's direct...

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

1987

as Arnold Poindexter

5.6
Acting

The members of the Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity travel to Fort Lauderdale for a fraternity conference. They'll have to beat off the attacks of thei...

Revenge of the Nerds

Revenge of the Nerds

1984

as Arnold Poindexter

6.5
Acting

At Adams College, the jocks rule the school from their house on high, the Alpha Beta fraternity. So when a group of socially-challenged misfits try to...

Stripes

Stripes

1981

as Soldier with Mortar

6.6
Acting

John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the US Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment.

One Smart Fellow

N/A

as Clark

Acting

While on a weekend vacation at a beautiful beach house on the coast of North Carolina, a not so smart fellow decides to turn his family’s life upside ...