Joseph Bottoms


Joseph Bottoms is an American actor who won the 1975 Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year for his role in The Dove. He is also well known for his roles in the television mini-series Holocaust and Disney's The Black Hole.

Career

Bottoms made his screen debut in the television movie Trouble Comes to Town. A year later he played the role of Robin Lee Graham, in The Dove, a real-life story about a teenager sailor's voyage around the world. Bottoms won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor.
In the 1978 mini-series Holocaust, he starred as Rudi Weiss, a German Jew who joins the Jewish partisans. The series was well-received, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries.
A year later, he starred in The Black Hole, a science fiction film that grossed over $35 million at the U.S. box office. In 1981, he made his Broadway debut in Fifth of July. The play made its Broadway debut at the New Apollo Theatre on November 5, 1980, directed by Mason with Jeff Daniels reprising the role of Jed, Christopher Reeve as Ken and Swoosie Kurtz as Gwen.
In 1984, he starred with Kirstie Alley in Blind Date. From 1985 to 1986, he was a series regular on Santa Barbara. In 1990, he began a guest arc on the Canadian television series Street Legal. In 1991, he played the second Cal Winters in Days of Our Lives. In 1998 he was cast as a series regular in The Net.
His latest screen appearance was in 1999 in the TV series V.I.P..

Personal life

Bottoms was born in Santa Barbara, California, and is the second son of sculptor James "Bud" Bottoms and Betty. He is the brother of actors Timothy Bottoms, Sam Bottoms, and Ben Bottoms. He has been married twice and twice divorced. Since 1999, he has been running the Bottoms Art Galleries in Santa Barbara that include his father's sculptures.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1973Trouble Comes to TownBilly KeithTV movie
1973Winesburg, OhioGeorge WillardTV movie
1974Unwed FatherPeterTV movie
1976Stalk the Wild ChildCal, as a young manTV movie
1978FamilySeth Oliver1 episode; "A Friend of the Family's"
1978HolocaustRudi WeissTV mini-series
1978Return EngagementSteward AndermanTV movie
1979DisneylandMajor Effects1 episode; "Major Effects"
1981The Intruder WithinScottTV movie; Drillers on an oil rig near Antarctica discover that they have accidentally brought up several prehistoric eggs. One egg hatches and becomes an unstoppable creature.
1982'George OsmondTV movie
1983I Married Wyatt EarpThe DriverTV movie
1983WishmanDr. Alex MacGregorTV movie
1984CelebrityMack CrawfordTV mini-series
1984Time BombDaniel 'Dan' PicardTV movie
1985Murder, She WroteMickey Shannon1 episode; "Murder at the Oasis"
1985BrakerEddie KelsoTV movie
1985–1986Santa BarbaraKirk CranstonSeries regular
1987Shades of Love: Make Mine ChartreuseSteveTV movie
1987Island SonsJoe FaradayTV movie
1987CBS Summer PlayhouseDr. Martin Wilde1 episode; "Doctors Wilde"
1988Cop KillerLewisTV movie
1988The HighwaymanBonham1 episode; "Till Death Duel us Apart"
1990CBS Schoolbreak SpecialJack Kingston1 episode; "Maggie's Secret"
1990FlairMatt LeeTV mini-series
1990–1991Street LegalPeter Garland5 episodes
1991Road to AvonleaEdwin Clark1 episode; "May the Best Man Win"
1991Days of Our LivesCarl Winters 2
1992'Tommy GrahamTV movie
1992The Young Riders1 episode; "The Road Not Taken"
1997Walker, Texas RangerTom Wilson2 episodes; "Last of a Breed: Part 1", "Last of a Breed: Part 2"
1998–1999The NetShawn TrelawneySeries regular
1999ProfilerBobby O'Hara1 episode; "Seduction"
1999V.I.P.1 episode; "Stop or Val's Mom Will Shoot"

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981Fifth of JulyKen