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Tom Butler (actor)
Canadian actor (born 1951) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Butler (born 1 February 1951)[1] is a Canadian television and film actor.
Early life and education
Butler was born in Ottawa, Ontario. In 1974, he graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, Quebec.[1]
Career
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- Stage
Butler has appeared on stage since the 1970s in theatre productions by the Toronto Free Theatre, Theatre Plus, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto Workshop Productions, Young People's Theatre, and Centaur Theatre. He has had roles in such plays as Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Bertolt Brecht's Saint Joan of the Stockyards, Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, Tom Stoppard's Night and Day, George F. Walker's Better Living, and other adaptations including Dead of Winter, and Gods of Money.[1]
- Screen
Butler is perhaps best known for his television role on the science fiction series Sliders as Michael Mallory, the father of Quinn Mallory in the pilot episode, and reprises his role in the season 2 episode "Gillian of the Spirits".[2]
Butler has appeared in a number of theatrical films, including Head Office (1985), Renegades (1989), Ernest Rides Again (1993), Guilty as Sin (1993),[3] and Everything Gone Green (2006).[4] He also appears in Freddy vs. Jason (2003), and the Sonic the Hedgehog film series.[2]
He appears in the television films as well, such as First Target (2000), and the Hallmark Channel film Autumn in the Vineyard (2016).[4] Butler appeared in the television film Hostage Rescue Team (2001) as Special Agent David Nelson.[citation needed]
Butler appeared on television series such as Highlander: The Series, The Commish,[2] The Outer Limits, Stargate SG-1, Smallville, Check It Out!, The Secret Circle, The Killing, and as a recurring character on Gracepoint. In 2013, he starred in an episode of the series Supernatural, playing Jim Myers.[5]
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Filmography
Film
- Drying Up the Streets (1978) – Younger Cop
- Murder by Phone (1982) – Detective Tamblyn
- Head Office (1985) – Security Monitor [3]
- The Climb (1986) – Willy Merkel [4]
- Confidential (1986, Short) – Edmund Eislin [4]
- Martha, Ruth and Edie (1988)
- Milk and Honey (1988) – Steven Wineberg [4]
- Renegades (1989) – Detective Geddles [3]
- Scanners II: The New Order (1991) – Doctor Morse [4]
- Guilty as Sin (1993) – D.A. Heath [3]
- Ernest Rides Again (1993) – Dr. Radnor T. Glencliff [3]
- Red Sun Rising (1994) – Mercenary
- Death Match (1994) – Fighter
- ...First Do No Harm (1997) – Dr Jim Peterson
- Question of Privilege (1999) – Tate Aldridge [4]
- Legs Apart (2000, Short) – Lawyer [4]
- Josie and the Pussycats (2001) – Agent Kelly [4]
- Freddy vs. Jason (2003) – Dr. Campbell [2]
- I Accuse (2003) – Warren Hart [6]
- Miracle (2004) – Bob Allen [4]
- The Score (2005) – JP Martineau [2]
- Snakes on a Plane (2006) – Captain Sam McKeon [4]
- Everything Gone Green (2006) – Ryan's Dad [4]
- Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) – Crane [4]
- Shooter (2007) – President [4]
- That One Night (2008) – Mr. Wilcox
- Crime (2008) – Coach [2]
- The A-Team (2010) – Judge Advocate #1 [4]
- The Dick Knost Show (2013) – Matt [2]
- Primary (2014) – Karl Jaspar [2]
- Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) – WSU University President [4]
- Tomorrowland (2015) – Police Captain [4]
- Working Class Heroes (2015, Short) – Derrick [2]
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) – Vice Chairman Walters [2]
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) – Commander Walters
- She Talks to Strangers (2023) – Larry
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) – Commander Walters [2]
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