Tom Butler

Thomas Butler (born 1 February 1951)

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. 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).

Filmography Film

Drying Up the Streets (1978) Younger Cop Murder by Phone (1982) Detective Tamblyn Head Office (1985) Security Monitor 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

+ Year Title Role Notes 1979 Cementhead Bear 2 episodes 1980 Jack London's Tales of the Klondike Floyd Vanderlip Scorn of Women episode 1980–1984 The Littlest Hobo Coach 3 episodes 1985 Murder in Space Maj. Kurt Steiner TV movie 1986 The High Price of Passion Security Man TV movie 1987 Walking on Air Bill Pearson TV movie 1987 Ghost of a Chance Detective Ed Rose TV movie 1989 Day One Captain DeSilva TV movie 1989 Bridge to Silence Attorney McHally TV movie 1989 Small Sacrifices TV miniseries 1990 Hitler's Daughter Dolan TV movie 1992 The Diamond Fleece Gordon Pritchard TV movie 1992 Counterstrike Traeger Episode: "D.O.A." 1993 Ordeal in the Arctic Arnie Macauley TV movie 1993 Judgment Day: The John List Story Michael Linder TV movie 1993 The Commish Pete Dunbar 2 episodes 1993 The X-Files Benjamin Drake Episode: "Ghost in the Machine" 1994 Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad TV movie 1994 Beyond Obsession Jeremy Stevens TV movie 1994 Green Dolphin Beat Roy Maines TV movie 1994 The Disappearance of Vonnie D.A. DeLion TV movie 1994 Against Their Will: Women in Prison Defense Attorney TV movie 1994 Someone Else's Child Bruce Reed TV movie 1995 The X-Files CIA Agent Ambrose Chapel Episode: "Colony" 1995 Falling from the Sky: Flight 174 Pilot Dave TV movie 1995 The Outer Limits Charlie Rogers Episode "Valerie 23" 1995 The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky Mr. McBride TV movie 1996 Maternal Instincts Dr. Milton Shaw TV movie 1996 Robin of Locksley John Prince Sr. TV movie 1997 ...First Do No Harm Dr. Jim Peterson TV movie 1997 Ronnie & Julie Arthur Cappell TV movie 1997 High Stakes Krueger TV movie 1997 Ken Follett's The Third Twin Col. Colonel Logan TV movie 1997 Medusa's Child General Alton TV movie 1997–1998 Poltergeist: The Legacy Frank Karmack 4 episodes 1997–1998 Viper Miles Devonian / Quincy Simon 2 episodes 1998 The Long Way Home Peat Gerrin TV movie 1998 Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story TV movie 1998 Every Mother's Worst Fear Agent Weatherly TV movie 1998 Dead Man's Gun Sheriff Harrigan / William Harris 2 episodes 1998 Animorphs Governor 1 episodes 1998 The Outer Limits Charlie Bouton Episode "Mary 25" 2000 Life-Size Phil TV movie 2000 First Target Senator Jack "JP" Hunter TV movie 2003 A Crime of Passion Thomas Shipman TV movie 2003 A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Lusterr Roger Diamond TV movie 2005 Smallville Lawrence Grady 1 episodes 2006 Blade: The Series Tucker Moffot 2 episodes 2007 Masters of Science Fiction Warren Geslow 1 episode. AKA Stephen Hawkin's Sci Fi Masters 2008 Making Mr. Right Paul Gottman TV movie 2010 One Angry Juror Fitzgerald TV movie 2010 Call Me Mrs. Miracle J.R. Finley TV movie 2011 Goodnight for Justice Judge Aldous Shaw TV movie 2011–2012 The Killing Mayor Lesley Adams Recurring role 2012 Primeval: New World Drake 1 episode 2012 Fringe Richard Episode "Black Blotter" 2013 The Dick Knost Show Matt TV movie 2013 The Toyman Killer Detective Turbinado TV movie 2014 Supernatural Jim Meyers 1 episode 2014 Intruders Brad Zimmerman 3 episodes 2014 Gracepoint Chief Morgan TV miniseries 2015 The Whispers Daniel Goetz 3 episodes 2015 Cedar Cove Buck Saget 9 episodes 2015 The Flash Eric Larkin 2 episodes 2015 Minority Report Senator Tyler Reynolds 2 episodes 2016 Love in Paradise Casey Twain TV movie 2016 Anything for Love Edward TV movie 2016 Zoo Greg Trotter 9 episodes 2016 Autumn in the Vineyard Charles Baldwin TV movie 2016–2018 Chesapeake Shores Lawrence Riley Recurring role 2017 Rogue Monty Annou Recurring role 2017 Damnation Burt Babbage 3 episodes 2017-2020 Loudermilk Jack Loudermilk Recurring role 2018 Morning Show Mystery: Mortal Mishaps Vernon Divoss TV movie 2018 Morning Show Mystery: Murder on the Menu Vernon Divoss TV movie 2018 Hailey Dean Mystery: 2 + 2 = Murder Lucas Dean TV movie 2018 Salvation Speaker Barnes 2 episodes 2019 A Godwink Christmas: Meant for Love Edgar TV movie 2021 Christmas in Tahoe Tim Rhodes TV movie