Timothy Busfield was born on the 12th June 1957, in Lansing, Michigan USA, and is an actor and director, perhaps still best known for both roles in the television drama series “Thirtysomething” (1987–1991), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award in the category of the Best Supporting Actor in Drama Series. Timothy has been active in the entertainment industry since 1984.
How rich is the actor and director? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of Timothy Busfield’s net worth is as much as $1 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2016. Acting and directing are the main sources of his wealth.
Timothy Busfield Net Worth $1 Million
To begin with, he was raised in Lansing, Michigan by secretary Jean Busfield and drama professor Roger Busfield.
Concerning his professional career, he debuted appearing in the comedy film “Stripes” (1981) directed by Ivan Reitman, in the small role of a mortar gunner. Afterwards, he starred alongside Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards in the comedy film “Revenge of the Nerds” (1984) by Jeff Kanew, and then appeared in the sequel of the above mentioned film – “Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise” (1987). His net worth was established.
Moreover, Busfield created a number of roles for television production. He starred in the main cast of the medical drama television series “Trapper John, M.D.” (1984–1986), and later as one of the main characters in the drama “Thirtysomething” (1987–1991); he also directed some of the episodes of the aforementioned series. It should be noted that he then portrayed the lead character, Sam Byrd, in the ABC series “The Byrds of Paradise” (1993–1994), and was cast in the series “The West Wing” (1999–2006), “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” (2006–2007) and “Sleepy Hollow” (2014), all adding steadily to his net worth.
Furthermore, Timothy Busfield increased his net worth as a director of television series. He began with the previously mentioned series “Thirtysomething” (1987–1991), and later directed episodes of the comedy drama “Sports Night” (1998-2000). For directing the series “Ed” (2000–2004) Busfield received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. More, he directed episodes of the police procedural drama series “Without a Trace” (2002–2009), comedy drama series “Las Vegas” (2003–2004; 2007–2008), “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” (2006–2007), and the legal drama series “Damages” (2007–2011). Recently, he directed episodes of the legal procedural series “Franklin & Bash” (2012), post-apocalyptic science fiction series “Revolution” (2013), web series “Children’s Hospital” (2013), anthology series “Secrets and Lies” (2015) and science fiction crime drama series “Second Chance” (2016), all contributing to his net worth.
Finally, in the personal life of the actor and director, Busfield has married three times, firstly to the director and actress Radha Delamarter, whom he divorced in 1986; the two has one child. Busfield was then married to fashion designer Jennifer Merwin(1988-2007) – they had two children. In 2013, he married the actress Melissa Gilbert; the family resides in Howell, Michigan.
