22 Facts About Timothy Busfield

Timothy Busfield was born on June 12,1957 and is an American actor and director.

Timothy Busfield played Elliot Weston on the television series thirtysomething; Mark, the brother-in-law of Ray Kinsella, in Field of Dreams; and Danny Concannon on the television series The West Wing.

Timothy Busfield is the founder of the 501 non-profit arts organization Theatre for Children, Inc In 2024 he was inducted into the Sacramento Baseball Hall of Fame as a pitcher.

Timothy Busfield graduated from East Lansing High School in 1975.

Timothy Busfield received his first professional acting job at 18 in a children's theater adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Timothy Busfield studied drama at East Tennessee State University and traveled frequently with the Actors Theater of Louisville, which took him to Europe and Israel.

The part was his first mature role to date, and the producers requested that Timothy Busfield, who was then clean shaven, grow a beard to help sell his image as a married man and father.

Timothy Busfield pitched for the Smokeys in between acting jobs through the 2000 season, amassed a pitching record of 30 wins and 12 losses over nine seasons.

Timothy Busfield appeared as the nominal villain in the popular Kevin Costner fantasy Field of Dreams in 1989, and in 1990, replacing Tom Hulce as the lead in A Few Good Men, a Broadway production written by Aaron Sorkin, with whom he would later enjoy fruitful collaborations.

Timothy Busfield made his directorial debut with a 1990 episode of thirtysomething, helming three episodes of the series.

Roles in television features and theatrical films followed, including supporting turns in Sneakers, Quiz Show and the children's fantasy Little Big League, which allowed Timothy Busfield to show off his baseball skills as the first baseman for the Minnesota Twins.

Timothy Busfield returned to network television several times during the late 1990s.

Timothy Busfield was the patriarch of the Byrd clan, which moved from Connecticut to Hawaii in the Steven Bochco-produced The Byrds of Paradise, and starred as one of a group of former high school jocks still clinging to their glory days in Champs for Ron Howard.

Timothy Busfield would appear sporadically on the show throughout its entire network run.

Timothy Busfield kept a foot on both sides of the camera from 2000 on; directing and executive producing the successful CBS drama Without a Trace and appearing occasionally as the wheelchair-using divorce attorney for Anthony LaPaglia's Jack Malone.

Timothy Busfield directed episodes of Las Vegas, Damages, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

Timothy Busfield then served as executive producer of the Brooke Shields-led drama, Lipstick Jungle.

In 2019, Guest Artist, directed by Timothy Busfield, premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

In 2020, Timothy Busfield appeared as a guest on the Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show.

Timothy Busfield remains a stage actor and director whose Broadway credits include A Few Good Men and Brighton Beach Memoirs, where he was star Matthew Broderick's understudy.

The Timothy Busfield brothers established Fantasy Theater, a touring troupe that plays to children.

In January 2013, a Timothy Busfield representative announced that Timothy Busfield had become engaged to actress Melissa Gilbert during the holiday season; they were married on April 24,2013, in a private ceremony at San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, California.