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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 31, 1947
Place of Birth
Glendale, California, USA
Also Known As
- Тим Мэтисон
- Timothy Lewis Matthieson
- Tim Matthieson
- تیم متیسون
Tim Matheson
2.6 Popularity
Biography
Tim Matheson (born Timothy Lewis Matthieson; December 31, 1947) is an American actor, director and producer. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the smooth-talking Eric 'Otter' Stratton in the 1978 comedy Animal House. His other well-known roles are as Vernon 'Doc' Mullins on Netflix's Virgin River, Henry Kaslan in the remake of Child's Play (2019), Dr. Brick Breeland on CW's Hart of Dixie, Vance Wilder Sr. in National Lampoon's Van Wilder, John Hoynes on West Wing, Al Donnelly in Black Sheep, Alan Stanwyk in Fletch, Officer Phil Sweet in Magnum Force, David Poe in How to Commit Marriage, Mike Beardsley in Yours, Mine & Ours (1968), and Mark Harmon in Divorce American Style. He also voiced the cartoon character roles of Jonny Quest, Jace in Space Ghost and Dino Boy, and Samson in Young Samson & Goliath.
Known For
7.7
Edward Raleigh
9-1-1: Nashville
2025
7.1
Neal Russell
Quantum Leap
2022
7.0
General Dudley (voice)
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
2019
7.0
General Dudley
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
2019
7.9
Vernon 'Doc' Mullins
Virgin River
2019
7.7
Edward Tragoren
Evil
2019
6.0
Henry Kaslan
Child's Play
2019
6.3
Weiss
The Etruscan Smile
2018
6.0
Gary
6 Balloons
2018
6.8
Old Man Vreeke (uncredited)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017
Credits
9-1-1: Nashville
as Edward Raleigh
2025
7.7
Quantum Leap
as Neal Russell
2022
7.1
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
as General Dudley (voice)
2019
7.0
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
as General Dudley
2019
7.0
Virgin River
as Vernon 'Doc' Mullins
2019
7.9
Evil
as Edward Tragoren
2019
7.7
Child's Play
as Henry Kaslan
2019
6.0
The Etruscan Smile
as Weiss
2018
6.3
6 Balloons
as Gary
2018
6.0
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
as Old Man Vreeke (uncredited)
2017
6.8
Magical Christmas Ornaments
as JP Presley
2017
6.0
🎬
Snowfall: Original Pilot
as George Miller
2017
0.0
The Good Fight
as Tully Nelson
2017
7.5
Killing Reagan
as Ronald Reagan
2016
6.6
This Is Us
as Dave Malone
2016
8.2
Last Chance for Christmas
as Reginald Buckley
2015
5.9
Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest
as The President (voice)
2015
6.0
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
as Self - Actor / Director / Producer
2015
6.6
Madam Secretary
as Fred Moran
2014
7.0
The Goldbergs
as Eric
2013
7.5
Hart of Dixie
as Dr. Brick Breeland
2011
7.3
🎬
Talker
as Ronald Reagan
2011
0.0
No Strings Attached
as Eli's Dad #2
2011
6.3
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
as Brad Chiles (voice)
2010
8.2
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
as Alumnus Guy #4
2009
5.3
White Collar
as Edward Walker
2009
8.2
Behind Enemy Lines III: Colombia
as Dodd
2009
5.7
🎬
To Love and Die
2008
0.0
To Love and Die
as James White
2008
5.7
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
as Jarvis Kord (voice)
2008
7.6
Animal House: The Inside Story
as Self
2008
4.0
Burn Notice
as Larry Sizemore
2007
7.5
Redline
as Jerry Brecken
2007
5.0
Shark
as Judge Andrew Bennett
2006
6.7
Augusta, Gone
as Ben Dudman
2006
6.5
Don't Come Knocking
as Producer 1
2005
6.2
Justice League Unlimited
as Maxwell Lord (voice)
2004
8.3
Entourage
as Steve Parls
2004
7.4
Judas
as Pontius Pilate
2004
6.0
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
as Al Dodge
2003
5.8
Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart
as Andy Stewart
2003
5.0
🎬
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
as Dr. Eric 'Otter' Stratton, OB/GYN
2003
0.0
Without a Trace
as Aaron Morrison
2002
7.2
Breaking News
as Bill Dunne
2002
5.0
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
as Vance Wilder Sr.
2002
6.0
Mom's on Strike
as Alan Harris
2002
8.0
Wolf Lake
as Sheriff Matthew Donner
2001
7.7
Second Honeymoon
as George Weston
2001
5.3
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as John F. Kennedy
2000
6.0
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as John F. Kennedy
2000
0.0
Ed
as Peter Evashavik
2000
7.7
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Oliver Tate
2000
7.6
Sharing the Secret
as John Moss
2000
6.3
Hell Swarm
as Kirk Bluhdorn
2000
4.9
Navigating the Heart
as John Daly
2000
6.4
Chump Change
as Simon Sez Simone
2000
3.5
At the Mercy of a Stranger
as John Davis
1999
5.6
The West Wing
as John Hoynes
1999
8.2
Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?
as Self
1999
6.0
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self
1999
4.6
She's All That
as Harlan Siler
1999
6.3
Catch Me If You Can
as Norm
1998
4.7
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
as Self - Otter
1998
7.0
Forever Love
as Alex Brooks
1998
6.8
The King of Queens
as Dr. Faber
1998
7.1
A Very Unlucky Leprechaun
as Howard Wilson
1998
3.7
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families
as Adolf Althoff
1998
0.0
Buried Alive II
as Clint Goodman
1997
5.5
The Legend of Calamity Jane
as John O'Rourke (voice)
1997
6.4
The New Batman Adventures
as Michael Vreeland (voice)
1997
8.0
Sleeping with the Devil
as Dick Strang
1997
7.3
A Holiday for Love
as Jake Peterson
1996
5.7
Buried Secrets
as Clay Roff
1996
5.9
A Very Brady Sequel
as Roy Martin / Trevor Thomas
1996
5.8
Twilight Man
as Jordan P. Cooper
1996
6.7
Midnight Heat
as Tyler Grey
1996
5.0
An Unfinished Affair
as Alex Connor
1996
4.8
Black Sheep
as Al Donnelly
1996
6.1
Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects
as 4-DAC
1995
8.5
Fast Company
as Det. Jack Matthews
1995
0.0
Cybill
as Teddy
1995
5.8
Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead
as Detective McKinley
1995
6.0
🎬
While Justice Sleeps
as Winfield 'Win' Cooke
1994
5.0
Target of Suspicion
as Nick
1994
0.0
A Kiss to Die For
as William Tauber
1993
3.8
Harmful Intent
as Dr. Rhodes
1993
0.0
Shameful Secrets
as Daniel
1993
5.8
Fallen Angels
as Howard Hughes
1993
5.9
Dying to Love You
as Roger Paulson
1993
3.5
🎬
Trial and Error
as Peter Hudson
1993
0.0
Trial & Error
as Peter Hudson
1993
1.0
Mood Indigo
as Dr. Peter Hellman
1993
0.0
Batman: The Animated Series
as Gil Mason (voice)
1992
8.6
Solar Crisis
as Steve Kelso
1992
4.2
Quicksand: No Escape
as Scott Reinhardt
1992
5.6
The Woman Who Sinned
as Michael Robeson
1991
4.7
Charlie Hoover
1991
7.0
Sometimes They Come Back
as Jim Norman
1991
5.9
Drop Dead Fred
as Charles
1991
5.8
Joshua's Heart
as Tom
1990
5.7
Buried Alive
as Clint Goodman
1990
6.6
Little White Lies
as Dr. Harry MacRae
1989
4.2
The Littlest Victims
as Doctor James Oleske
1989
0.0
Speed Zone
as Jack
1989
4.5
🎬
Nikki and Alexander
as Alexanda
1989
0.0
🎬
Just in Time
1988
5.0
Bay Coven
as Jerry Lebon
1987
4.0
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
as Mike Byrd
1987
4.7
Blind Justice
as Jim Anderson
1986
0.0
Fletch
as Alan Stanwyk
1985
6.7
Obsessed with a Married Woman
as Tony Hammond
1985
4.0
Impulse
as Stuart
1984
5.1
Up the Creek
as Bob McGraw
1984
5.7
The Best Legs in Eighth Grade
as Mark Fisher
1984
5.4
The House of God
as Roy Basch
1984
2.3
To Be or Not to Be
as Lt. Andre Sobinski
1983
6.7
Listen to Your Heart
as Josh Stern
1983
0.0
Nature
as Narrator (voice)
1982
7.8
Tucker's Witch
as Rick Tucker
1982
4.0
Bus Stop
as Bo Decker
1982
0.0
A Little Sex
as Michael Donovan
1982
2.9
1941
as Capt. Loomis Birkhead
1979
5.8
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
as Jeff Reed
1979
6.5
Dreamer
as Harold 'Dreamer' Nuttingham
1979
5.3
Animal House
as Eric 'Otter' Stratton
1978
7.0
Almost Summer
as Kevin Hawkins
1978
4.4
Confessions of the D.A. Man
as Howard Goodman
1978
0.0
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
4.5
Mary White
as William L. White
1977
5.0
How the West Was Won
as Curt Grayson
1977
6.9
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
6.0
The War Widow
as Amy's Husband (voice)
1976
5.0
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
as Quentin Beaudine
1976
1.0
The Quest
as Quentin Beaudine
1976
10.0
The Quest
as Quentin Beaudine
1976
6.4
The Hemingway Play
as Wemedge
1976
0.0
The Quest: The Longest Drive
as Quentin Beaudine
1976
5.0
Three for the Road
1975
5.0
The Runaway Barge
as Danny Worth
1975
0.0
The Last Day
as Emmet Dalton
1975
6.2
Petrocelli
as Mike Fisher
1974
7.2
Rhoda
as Michael Stearns
1974
6.2
Remember When
as Warren Thompson
1974
0.0
Magnum Force
as Officer Phil Sweet
1973
7.1
The Magician
as Jerry Purcell
1973
6.7
Hitched
as Clare Bridgeman
1973
6.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
Kung Fu
as Lt. Bill Wyland
1972
7.7
Lock, Stock and Barrel
as Clarence Bridgeman
1971
0.0
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Gerry Collier
1971
6.3
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as John Peterson
1971
6.3
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Zooie Palmer
1971
6.3
Night Gallery
as Henley (segment "Logoda's Heads")
1970
7.8
San Francisco International Airport
as Danny Goodwin
1970
0.0
Medical Center
1969
6.1
Room 222
1969
6.0
How to Commit Marriage
as David Poe
1969
4.8
Trial Run
as Delivery Person
1969
1.0
Here's Lucy
as Peter
1968
6.7
Adam-12
as Leroy
1968
7.0
Hawaii Five-O
as Brent Saunders
1968
7.1
Yours, Mine and Ours
as Mike Beardsley
1968
6.9
Shazzan
1967
7.2
Young Samson & Goliath
as Samson (voice)
1967
5.8
🎬
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
as Joe Hardy
1967
6.0
Divorce American Style
as Mark Harmon
1967
5.6
Ironside
1967
6.8
Space Ghost & Dino Boy
as Jace (Voice)
1966
0.0
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
as Jace (voice)
1966
7.5
🎬
Summer Fun
1966
0.0
Jonny Quest
as Jonny Quest (voice)
1964
8.1
The Farmer's Daughter
as Jimmy
1963
5.0
The Virginian
as Jim Horn
1962
6.4
The Alvin Show
1961
8.3
🎬
Window on Main Street
1961
6.0
Ripcord
as David
1961
6.5
My Three Sons
1960
6.5
Bonanza
as Griff King
1959
7.5
Leave It to Beaver
1957
6.9