Tom Butler

Actor Feb 1 (age 75) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 1976–2024 (48 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

Tom Butler is a Canadian television and film actor. He 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) 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) a…

Known For

Film

Sonic the Hedgehog

Vice Chairman Walters

Film

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Commander Walters

Film

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Commander Walters

Film

Shooter

President

Film

Tomorrowland

Police Captain

Film

Fifty Shades of Grey

WSU University President

Film

The A-Team

Judge Advocate #1

Film

Freddy vs. Jason

Dr. Campbell

Filmography

Acting (115)

Movies (80)

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

2024

as Commander Walters

7.6

She Talks to Strangers

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

as Commander Walters

Christmas in Tahoe

as Tim Rhodes

Sonic the Hedgehog

as Vice Chairman Walters

7.3

A Godwink Christmas: Meant For Love

2019

as Edgar

7.2

Morning Show Mysteries: Mortal Mishaps

2018

as Divoss

7.4

Morning Show Mysteries: Murder on the Menu

2018

as Vernon Divoss

6.9

Hailey Dean Mysteries: 2 + 2 = Murder

2018

as Lucas Dean

6.7

Hailey Dean Mysteries: Murder, With Love

as Lucas Dean

Anything for Love

as Edward Benson

Love in Paradise

as Casey Twain

Autumn in the Vineyard

2016

as Charles Baldwin

6.1

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

as WSU University President

Tomorrowland

as Police Captain

The Dick Knost Show

Working Class Heroes

as Derrick

Primary

2014

as Karl Jaspar

5.2

The Toyman Killer

2013

as Detective Turbinado

5.6

Stories We Tell

2012

as Storyteller

7.1

Goodnight for Justice

as Judge Aldous Shaw

The A-Team

as Judge Advocate #1

Call Me Mrs. Miracle

as J.R. Findley

Making Mr. Right

as Paul Gottman

Shooter

as President

Code Name: The Cleaner

2007

as Crane

5.2

Snakes on a Plane

2006

as Captain Sam McKeon

5.5

Everything's Gone Green

2006

as Ryan's Dad

5.4

Distant Drumming: A North of 60 Mystery

2005

as Inspector McKendrick

Miracle

as Bob Allen

Freddy vs. Jason

as Dr. Campbell

I Accuse

as Warren Hart

A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster

as Roger Diamond

A Crime of Passion

as Thomas Shipman

Charging Out Amazon

Josie and the Pussycats

as Agent Kelly

Deadlocked

as Alexander Hampton

Preludes

as Lawyer

Life-Size

2000

as Phil

6.4

First Target

2000

as Sen. Jack 'J.P.' Hunter

4.5

Legs Apart

2000

Question of Privilege

as Tate Aldridge

The Long Way Home

as Pete Gerrin

Every Mother's Worst Fear

as Agent Weatherby

...First Do No Harm

as Dr. Jim Peterson

Ronnie and Julie

as Arthur Cappell

Peacekeepers

as Warrent Officer Stebbens

Robin of Locksley

as John Prince Sr.

Maternal Instincts

as Dr. Milton Shaw

Dead Ahead

as Bryan Loch

The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky

as Mr. McBride

Freefall: Flight 174

as Pilot Dave

Death Match

as Fighter

Green Dolphin Beat

Someone Else's Child

as Bruce Reed

Against Their Will

as Ted Young

Guilty as Sin

as Heath

Ordeal in the Arctic

as Arnie Macauley

Ernest Rides Again

as Dr. Glencliff

Judgment Day: The John List Story

1993

as Michael Linder

4.5

Scanners II: The New Order

as Doctor Morse

Hitler's Daughter

as Dolan

Renegades

as Detective Geddles

The Rocket Boy

as Tony

Day One

as Captain DeSilva

Small Sacrifices

Martha, Ruth & Edie

as Ted Gordon

Milk and Honey

1988

as Steven Wineberg

Walking on Air

1987

as Bill Pearson

Blades of Courage

as Ron Laroche

Confidential

as Edmund Eislin

The Climb

as Willy Merkel

The High Price of Passion

as Security Man

Connection

Head Office

as Security Monitor

Murder in Space

as Maj. Kurt Steiner

Off Your Rocker

as George

Murder by Phone

1982

as Detective Tamblyn

5.2

The July Group

1980

as David

Crossbar

1979

as Steve Catlow

5.0

Television (35)

High Potential

as Henry

The Holiday Shift

as Henry

The Good Doctor

as Jim Ransler

Chesapeake Shores

as Lawrence Riley

Zoo

as Greg Trotter

Minority Report

as Senator Tyler Reynolds

The Flash

as Eric Larkin

Gracepoint

as Chief Morgan

The Secret Circle

as Henry Chamberlain

Fringe

as Richard

The Andromeda Strain

as Colonel Scott Arnold

6.2

Masters of Science Fiction

Painkiller Jane

as Dr. John Roberts

Psych

as Attorney General Maxwell

Blade: The Series

Supernatural

as Harley Jorgeson

The Collector

Dead Like Me

as Thomas Hesburgh Jr.

The Dead Zone

as Judge Wilson

Breaking News

Smallville

as Lawrence Grady

Higher Ground

as Mr. Lipenowski

First Wave

as Sheriff Robey

Cold Squad

Animorphs

as Governor

Stargate SG-1

as Major General Trofsky

8.3

The Third Twin

1997

as Col. Charles Logan

The Sentinel

as Tom Watson

The Outer Limits

as Charlie Rogers

Sliders

as Michael Mallory

Viper

as Quincy Simon

The X-Files

as Drake

Highlander: The Series

as Andrew Ballin

The Commish

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