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.

Filmography

• Citadel — Therapist Simmons
• 2022The Independent — Tom Mayfield
• FBI: Most Wanted — Director
• For Life — Henry Roswell
• Almost Family — Ron Doyle
• Dolly Parton's Heartstrings — Logan Cantrell, Director
• 2019Guest Artist — Director, Producer
• The Loudest Voice — Neil Mullin
• FBI — Director
• The Rookie — Director
• 2017Nightcomer — Marty
• Billions — Dr. Marc Ruloff
• Designated Survivor — Dr. Adam Louden, Director
• Second Chance — Director
• This Is Us — Director
• Chicago Med — Director
• Rosewood — Director
• Secrets and Lies — John Garner, Director
• 201423 Blast — Duncan
• The Night Shift — Director
• Graceland — Director
• 2013Restless Virgins — Senator Whitman
• Sleepy Hollow — Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Nashville — Director
• Perception — George
• Revolution — Ethan Camp
• 2012Save the Date — Benjie
• The Client List — Director
• Against the Wall — Director
• 2011Beyond the Blackboard — School district's HR representative
• Franklin & Bash — Director
• Love Bites — Director
• Blue Bloods — Charles Bynes
• No Ordinary Family — Director
• The Deep End — Director
• The Glades — Director
• Lie to Me — Director
• Maneater — Director, Co-Executive Producer
• White Collar — Director
• Canterbury's Law — Director
• Childrens Hospital — Dr. Bloomfield
• Lipstick Jungle — Director, Producer
• The Ex List — Director
• Damages — Director
• Psych — Director
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip — Cal Shanley, Director
• 2005The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie — Timothy Busfield
• Entourage — TV Director, Timothy Busfield
• Good Girls Don't — Director
• Retrosexual: The '80s — (archive footage)
• Summerland — Director
• Joan of Arcadia — Director
• Las Vegas — Director
• Miss Match — Director
• 2003National Security — Charlie Reed
• 2002Dead in a Heartbeat — Franklin
• 2002Terminal Error — Elliot
• Without a Trace — Ed Felder, Director, Producer
• First Years — Director
• Lizzie McGuire — Director
• Ed — Lloyd Stevens, Director
• That's Life — Director
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Daniel Carter, Director
• 1999The Darklings — Clayton Shepherd
• The West Wing — Danny Concannon
• 1999Time at the Top — Frank Shawson
• 1998Dream House — Richard Thornton
• 1998Erasable You — Brian
• Rude Awakening — John
• Sports Night — Director
• 1998The Souler Opposite — Robert Levin
• 1998Wanted — Fr. Donnelly
• 1997Buffalo Soldiers — Maj. Robert Carr
• 1997Trucks — Ray
• 1997What's Right with America — Mr. Gordon
• 1997When Secrets Kill — Det. Walter Ferrence
• Champs — Tom McManus
• 1996First Kid — Woods
• 1996The Unspeakable — Matthew Grissom
• Tracey Takes On...
• 1995In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped — Pete Honeycutt
• 1995In the Shadow of Evil — Det. Walt Keller
• The Outer Limits — Dr. Jon Holland
• 1994Little Big League — Lou Collins
• 1994Murder Between Friends — John Thorn
• 1994Quiz Show — Fred
• The Byrds of Paradise
• 1993Fade to Black — Professor Del Calvin
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Spy Guy (uncredited)
• 1993Striking Distance — Sacco
• 1993The Skateboard Kid — Frank
• 1993Wall of Silence — Ephraim Lipshitz
• 1992Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story — Fred Schultz
• 1992Sneakers — Dick Gordon
• 1991Strays — Paul Jarrett
• Law & Order — Ray Backlund, Director
• 1989Field of Dreams — Mark
• 1987Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise — Arnold Poindexter
• thirtysomething — Elliot Weston, Director
• Matlock — Adam Gardner
• 1984Revenge of the Nerds — Arnold Poindexter
• Reggie — Mark Potter
• Family Ties — Doug, Young Matt Gilbert
• Hotel
• 1981Stripes — Soldier with Mortar
• Trapper John, M.D. — J.T. McIntyre Jr.
• One Smart Fellow — Clark

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2021If You Build It: 30 Years of Field of Dreams — Self
• Stars in the House — Self - Special Guest
• 2004A League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Self
• Celebrity Poker Showdown — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)