Tim Matheson

Tim Matheson fascinates me as a study in career longevity without a single defining era. He was the voice of Jonny Quest as a teenager, the charming rogue Otter in Animal House, and then decades later Vice President Hoynes on The West Wing, a role sharp enough to earn two Emmy nominations. Most actors get one cultural moment; he has quietly collected one per generation. Add his steady work as a television director and you get something rarer than stardom: a craftsman the industry keeps trusting. Born on New Year's Eve in 1947, he has essentially spent every era of American television inside it, and I find that more impressive than any single hit.

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Name (English)

Tim Matheson

Name (Japanese)

ティム・マシスン

Reading

てぃむ・ましすん

Born

December 31, 1947 (age 78)

Origin

Glendale, California, United States

Occupation

television director / actor / film director / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Boar

High school

Fox Lane High School

• Official sitehttps://www.tim-matheson.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Matheson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712457

Tags

• California
• television director
• actor
• film director

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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