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 teenage sailor's voyage around the world.

In the 1978 mini-series Holocaust, he starred as Rudi Weiss, a German Jew who joins the Jewish partisans.

A year later, he appeared 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 is the brother of actors Timothy Bottoms, Sam Bottoms, and Ben Bottoms. He has been married twice and twice divorced.

Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 1974 The Dove Robin Lee Graham Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor 1976 Crime and Passion Larry 1977 High Rolling Texas 1978 Holocaust Rudi Weiss 1979 The Black Hole Lieutenant Charlie Pizer 1980 Cloud Dancer Tom Loomis 1981 King of the Mountain Buddy1981 Surfacing Joe 1983 The Sins of Dorian Gray Stuart Vane 1984 Blind Date Jonathan Ratcliff 1988 Open House Dr. David Kelley 1988 Born to Race Al Pagura 1991 Inner Sanctum Baxter Reed 1992 Liar's Edge Dave Kirkpatrick 1992 Treacherous Crossing Kenneth Gates 1997 Snide and Prejudice Therapist Himmler 1998 Joseph's Gift Simon Keller 2019 Cicada Song Ken

+ Television Year Title Role Notes 1973 Trouble Comes to Town Billy Keith TV movie 1973 Winesburg, Ohio George Willard TV movie 1974 Unwed Father Peter TV movie 1976 Stalk the Wild Child Cal, as a young man TV movie 1978 Family Seth Oliver 1 episode; "A Friend of the Family's" 1978 Holocaust Rudi Weiss TV mini-series 1978 Return Engagement Steward Anderman TV movie 1979 Disneyland Major Effects 1 episode; "Major Effects" 1981 The Intruder Within Scott TV 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 Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family George Osmond TV movie 1983 I Married Wyatt Earp The Driver TV movie 1983 Wishman Dr. Alex MacGregor TV movie 1984 Celebrity Mack Crawford TV mini-series 1984 Time Bomb Daniel 'Dan' Picard TV movie 1985 Murder, She Wrote Mickey Shannon 1 episode; "Murder at the Oasis" 1985 Braker Eddie Kelso TV movie 1985–1986 Santa Barbara Kirk Cranston Series regular 1987 Shades of Love: Make Mine Chartreuse SteveTV movie 1987 Island Sons Joe FaradayTV movie 1987 CBS Summer Playhouse Dr. Martin Wilde 1 episode; "Doctors Wilde" 1988 Cop Killer Lewis TV movie 1988 The Highwayman Bonham 1 episode; "Till Death Duel us Apart" 1990 CBS Schoolbreak Special Jack Kingston1 episode; "Maggie's Secret" 1990 Flair Matt Lee TV mini-series 1990–1991 Street Legal Peter Garland 5 episodes 1991 Road to Avonlea Edwin Clark1 episode; "May the Best Man Win" 1991 Days of Our Lives Carl Winters 2 1992 Gunsmoke: To the Last ManTommy GrahamTV movie 1992 The Young Riders 1 episode; "The Road Not Taken" 1997 Walker, Texas Ranger Tom Wilson 2 episodes; "Last of a Breed: Part 1", "Last of a Breed: Part 2" 1998–1999 The Net Shawn Trelawney Series regular 1999 Profiler Bobby O'Hara 1 episode; "Seduction" 1999 V.I.P. 1 episode; "Stop or Val's Mom Will Shoot"

+ Theatre Year Title Role Notes 1981 Fifth of July Ken