Actor Timothy Busfield faces an arrest warrant for child sex abuse

Busfield was born in June 1957 in Lansing, Michigan, and studied drama at East Tennessee State University. He has worked extensively in theater as an actor and director, earning Broadway credits in productions such as Some good men And Memoirs of Brighton Beach.

In 1984, Busfield portrayed Arnold Poindexter in the comedy The revenge of the nerds and reprized the role in the 1987 film’s sequel. That same year, he joined the cast of the critically acclaimed drama series Thirtywhich helped establish his television career.

Busfield worked regularly with writer and director Aaron Sorkin, beginning with his role in the 1990 Broadway production. Some good men. He later directed several episodes of Sorkin’s ABC series Sports evening.

From 1999 to 2006, Busfield appeared on The West Wing as Danny Concannon, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the on-screen love interest of Allison Janney’s character, White House Press Secretary CJ Cregg.

Busfield has been married three times. He shares a son with his first wife, actor and director Radha Delamarter. He later married fashion designer Jennifer Merwin in 1988, with whom he had two children before divorcing in 2007. In 2013, he married actor Melissa Gilbert.