Wikipedia / Tom Butler (actor)
Wikipedia / Tom Butler (actor)
Thomas Butler (born 1 February 1951) 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.
Career
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.
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".
Butler has appeared in a number of theatrical films, including Head Office (1985), Renegades (1989), Ernest Rides Again (1993), Guilty as Sin (1993), and Everything Gone Green (2006). He also appears in Freddy vs. Jason (2003), and the Sonic the Hedgehog film series.
He appears in the television films as well, such as First Target (2000), and the Hallmark Channel film Autumn in the Vineyard (2016). Butler appeared in the television film Hostage Rescue Team (2001) as Special Agent David Nelson.
Butler appeared on television series such as Highlander: The Series, The Commish, 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.
Filmography
Film
Drying Up the Streets (1978) Younger Cop
Murder by Phone (1982) Detective Tamblyn
Head Office (1985) Security Monitor
The Climb (1986) Willy Merkel
Confidential (1986, Short) Edmund Eislin
Martha, Ruth and Edie (1988)
Milk and Honey (1988) Steven Wineberg
Renegades (1989) Detective Geddles
Scanners II: The New Order (1991) Doctor Morse
Guilty as Sin (1993) D.A. Heath
Ernest Rides Again (1993) Dr. Radnor T. Glencliff
Red Sun Rising (1994) Mercenary
Death Match (1994) Fighter
...First Do No Harm (1997) Dr Jim Peterson
Question of Privilege (1999) Tate Aldridge
Legs Apart (2000, Short) Lawyer
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) Agent Kelly
Freddy vs. Jason (2003) Dr. Campbell
I Accuse (2003) Warren Hart
Miracle (2004) Bob Allen
The Score (2005) JP Martineau
Snakes on a Plane (2006) Captain Sam McKeon
Everything Gone Green (2006) Ryan's Dad
Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) Crane
Shooter (2007) President
That One Night (2008) Mr. Wilcox
Crime (2008) Coach
The A-Team (2010) Judge Advocate #1
The Dick Knost Show (2013) Matt
Primary (2014) Karl Jaspar
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) WSU University President
Tomorrowland (2015) Police Captain
Working Class Heroes (2015, Short) – Derrick
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) Vice Chairman Walters
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) Commander Walters
She Talks to Strangers (2023) Larry
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) Commander Walters
Television
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