Tom Butler (actor)
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Tom Butler | |
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| Born | Thomas Butler (1951年02月01日) 1 February 1951 (age 74) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1978–present |
Thomas Butler (born 1 February 1951) is a Canadian television and film actor.
He is 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 reprised his role in the season 2 episode Gillian of the Spirits . Butler appeared in Hostage Rescue Team (TV movie, 2001)[1] as Special Agent David Nelson.
Butler has appeared in a number of films, including Renegades (1989), Ernest Rides Again (1993), First Target (2000), Freddy vs. Jason (2003), Everything Gone Green (2006), Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022), and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024).
Butler appeared on such shows 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.[2] In 2016, he appeared in Autumn in the Vineyard for the Hallmark Channel.
Filmography
[edit ]- Drying Up the Streets (1978) as Younger Cop
- Cementhead (1979)
- Murder by Phone (1982) as Detective Tamblyn
- Murder in Space (1985) (TV) as Maj. Kurt Steiner
- Head Office (1985) as Security Monitor
- The Climb (1986) as Willy Merkel
- Confidential (1986) as Edmund Eislin
- Milk and Honey (1988) as Steven Wineberg
- Martha, Ruth and Edie (1988)
- Renegades (1989) as Detective Geddles
- Scanners II: The New Order (1991) as Doctor Morse
- The Diamond Fleece (1992) as Gordon Pritchard
- Guilty as Sin (1993) as D.A. Heath
- Ernest Rides Again (1993) as Dr. Radnor T. Glencliff
- X-Files
- "Colony" (1995) as CIA Agent Ambrose Chapel
- "Ghost in the Machine" (1993) as Benjamin Drake
- Red Sun Rising (1994) as Mercenary
- Death Match (1994) as Fighter
- The Outer Limits (Guest role, episode "Valerie 23", 1995)
- Maternal Instincts (1996) as Dr. Milton Shaw
- The Outer Limits (episode "Mary 25", 1998) as Charlie Bouton
- Question of Privilege (1999) as Tate Aldridge
- First Target (2000) as Senator Jack "JP" Hunter
- Life-Size (2000) as Phil
- Less Apart (2000) as Lawyer
- Josie and the Pussycats (2001) as Agent Kelly
- Freddy vs. Jason (2003) as Dr. Campbell
- I Accuse (2003) as Warren Hart
- Miracle (2004) as Bob Allen
- The Score (2005) as JP Martineau
- Snakes on a Plane (2006) as Captain Sam McKeon
- Everything Gone Green (2006) as Ryan's Dad
- Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) as Crane
- Shooter (2007) as President
- That One Night (2008) as Mr. Wilcox
- Crime (2008) as Coach
- The A-Team (2010) as Judge Advocate #1
- The Killing (2011–2012) (TV) as Mayor Lesley Adams
- Primeval: New World (Guest role, 2012, TV) as Drake
- Fringe (Guest role, episode "Black Blotter", 2012, TV) as Richard
- The Dick Knost Show (2013) as Matt
- Supernatural (2014, TV) as Jim Meyers
- Primary (2014) as Karl Jaspar
- Gracepoint (2014, TV) as Chief Morgan
- Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) as WSU University President
- Tomorrowland (2015) as Police Captain
- Autumn in the Vineyard (2016, TV) as Charles Baldwin
- Chesapeake Shores (recurring role, 2016–2018, TV) as Lawrence Riley
- Loudermilk (recurring role, 2017-2020, TV) as Jack Loudermilk
- Rogue (recurring role, 2017, TV) as Monty Annou
- Salvation (recurring role, 2018, TV) as Speaker Barnes
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) as Vice Chairman Walters
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) as Commander Walters
- She Talks to Strangers (2023) as Larry
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) as Commander Walters
References
[edit ]- ^ Hostage Rescue Team (2001) at IMDb
- ^ "Знаменитий Том Батлер з Оттави: від «Повзунків» до «Надприродного»" [The famous Tom Butler of Ottawa: from "The Crawlers" to "Supernatural"]. ottawaski.com (in Russian).
External links
[edit ]- Tom Butler at IMDb