J.T. Botka

J.T. Botka is an actor who played a Sikarian in the first season episode . As a background actor he received no credit for his appearance and was identified by the call sheet of the episode.
Born as John Timothy Botka in Massachusetts, he attended King Philip Regional High School and Chamberlayne Jr. College in Boston where he graduated with an Associates degree. He worked as freelance graphic designer and photographer in Boston before he moved to Los Angeles in 1986.
He auditioned for an acting part in but did not land the role. Following his move to Los Angeles, he started to work as an actor with featured and supporting roles in (1989, with Doc Duhame and Marshal Silverman), (1989, with Ray Walston), and an episode of Hardball (1989, with John Carter, Granville Ames, and Nick Dimitri). His first acting work was the Miller Beer television commercial "Think When You Drink" along with .
Other commercials he worked on include ones for Hallmark Cards (1987), Budweiser (1988), Hyundai (1988), Canon Camera (1988), Orville Redenbacher Popcorn (1989), Burger King (1989), McDonald's (1990), Payless Shoes (1990), Blockbuster Video (1990), Chevy S-10 Truck (1990), Lee Jeans (1990), Sprite (1991), GMC Truck (1992), Miller Lite (1992), Bahlsen Chips (1992), and Sprint (1997).
Further acting work includes the television series Amen (1991, with John Hancock), Veronica's Closet (1999, with Kirstie Alley and Wallace Langham), Watching Ellie (2002), (2002-2004, with Enrique Murciano, Pasha Lychnikoff, Rosalind Chao, Clay Wilcox, Jeff Austin, Roxann Dawson, and Brigid Brannagh), and Brotherhood (2007, with Jason Isaacs, Fionnula Flanagan, Len Cariou, and Justin Rodgers Hall), (1995, with David Andrews, Clint Howard, Googy Gress, Max Grodénchik, Brett Cullen, Ned Vaughn, Andy Milder, Geoffrey Blake, Joseph Culp, Kenneth White, Brian Markinson, Steve Rankin, Misty Dickinson, Walter Altman, Greg Bronson, Tory Christopher, and Peter Wick), (1999, with Mark Margolis, Jack Shearer, Marc Lawrence, and Ivy Borg), (2002, with Dina Meyer), (2002, with Rick Worthy, Raymond Cruz, Ethan Dampf, Don Fischer, Michael Cavanaugh, Clint Lilley, Marianne Lewis, Solomon Burke, Jr., Brian Freifield, Ben Hisoler, and Manny Perry), the comedy Employee of the Month (2004, with Jay M. Leggett, Paul Dooley, and Jeremy Fitzgerald), and (2009).
In addition to acting, Botka worked as photo double for Christian Slater and for on (1997, with John Glover, Alex Daniels, Steve Blalock, Mark Chadwick, Dennis Keiffer, Jean-Luc Martin, Jim Palmer, Paul Sklar, Greg Bronson, and Adolphus Hankins), as utility stand-in on (2002), as stand-in for Alessandro Nivola on (2003, with Whitney Hall and Alison Ebbert), and as stand-in for Matt Dillon on the comedy Employee of the Month (2004). He also worked as grip in the camera and electrical department on (2006).
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