Geoffrey Lower

Geoffrey Lower (born March 19, 1964) is an American actor known for playing Reverend Timothy Johnson on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.

He also played Monica's boyfriend Alan in Friends in season one, episode three.^[1]

He most recently was seen HGTV's House Hunters Renovation, in Silver Lake, California. He is presently working as a contractor/carpenter. On this episode he was assisting in the homeowner's renovation of their new spanish bungalow.

Life and career

Born and raised in Casper, Wyoming, Geoffrey, after getting bit by the acting bug while pursuing his pre-law studies at the University of Nebraska, he transferred to the prestigious Juilliard School in NYC, where he gained respect for his stage work. Subsequently, he worked with the Public Theatre there, at the New York Shakespeare Festival and on Broadway with Garson Kanin in "Happy Ending", for which he received a Drama Critics Award. He also performed in the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. Additional stage credits include "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Much Ado About Nothing" with the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival, "Love's Labor Lost" with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival and "The Merchant of Venice" at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, CA.

Lower's contemporary theater credits include "What Doesn't Kill Us" at the McCadden Theatre in Hollywood, "There's One in Every Marriage" at P.R.T.E. and "The Marrieds" at the Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center. In addition to six seasons as the Rev. Timonthy Johnson on the CBS-TV series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993), Lower's television career includes two seasons on "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill" (1990), as well many guest appearances on numerous other TV series, one notable appearance on NBC-TV's "Quantum Leap" as Conferderate officer Lieutenant Montgomery in the episode "The Leap Between The States". His film appearances have placed him alongside a wide array of award-winning colleagues, including Frances McDormand, John Lithgow, Robin Williams, Giancarlo Giannini and Peter Gallagher.