Timothy Busfield - Biography

An Emmy Award-winning actor for his work on Génération pub (1987), Timothy Busfield has been a regular or recurring character on 11 television series including La force du destin (1970), Reggie (1983), The Paper Chase (1978), Sacrée famille (1982), Trapper John, M.D. (1979), The Byrds of Paradise (1994), Champs (1996), À la maison blanche (1999), Ed (2000) and FBI - Portés disparus (2002). He has appeared in over 30 feature films and television movies, including Les bleus (1981), Les tronches (1984), Les tronches II (1987), Jusqu'au bout du rêve (1989), Les experts (1992), Quiz Show (1994), Piège en eaux troubles (1993), Little Big League (1994), Président junior (1996) and National Security (2003). Busfield has directed series such as Génération pub (1987), Sports Night (1998), Ed (2000), Las Vegas (2003) and FBI - Portés disparus (2002).

In addition to directing over 90 episodes of television, Busfield has served as Co-Executive Producer on two series, Ed (2000) and FBI - Portés disparus (2002). As a theater actor, he has appeared in over 50 plays, including the Broadway productions of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and Aaron Sorkin's "A Few Good Men." He has also directed over 25 theater productions.

Busfield has produced over 100 professional theater productions. He also founded two of the nation's most productive new works theaters, The Fantasy Theatre (named Honorary State Children's Theatre of California) was founded in 1986 and tours to more than 140,000 Northern California children a year. The highly respected and awarded B. Street Theatre, founded in 1992, has premiered original or West Coast productions by Aaron Sorkin, Richard Dresser, Morris Panych, Joe DePietro, James McLure, Jane Martin, Jeff Daniels, Kenneth Lonergan and many other world-class playwrights.