Tom Butler is a

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television and film actor. He best known for his television role on the

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series '' Sliders'' as Michael Mallory, the father of Quinn Mallory in the

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, and reprised his role in the season 2 episode ''

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''. Butler appeared in ''

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'' (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) and '' Everything Gone Green'' (2006). Butler appeared on such shows as '' Highlander: The Series'', '' The Commish'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Check It Out!'', '' The Secret Circle'', '' The Killing'', and as a recurring character on '' Gracepoint''. In 2013, he starred in 9 seasons of the series «Supernatural», playing Jim Myers.https://ottawaski.com/uk/eternal-1460-znamenytyj-tom-batler-z-ottavy-vid-povzunkiv-do-nadpryrodnogo In 2016, he appeared in '' Autumn in the Vineyard'' for the

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Filmography

*'' 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 *''

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'' (1985) as Security Monitor *'' The Climb'' (1986) as Willy Merkel *''

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'' (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. 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 *''

'' (Guest role, episode " Valerie 23", 1995) *'' Maternal Instincts'' (1996) as Dr. Milton Shaw *''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 *''

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'' (2003) as Warren Hart *''

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'' (2004) as Bob Allen *'' The Score'' (2005) as JP Martineau *''

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'' (2006) as Captain Sam McKeon *'' Everything Gone Green'' (2006) as Ryan's Dad *'' Code Name: The Cleaner'' (2007) as Crane *'' Shooter (President)'' (2007) as President *'' That One Night'' (2008) as Mr. Wilcox *''Crime'' (2008) as Coach *''

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'' (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 *''

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'' (2014, TV) as Jim Meyers *''Primary'' (2014) as Karl Jaspar *'' Gracepoint'' (2014, TV) as Chief Morgan *''

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'' (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 *''

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'' (recurring role, 2017, TV) as Monty Annou *''

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'' (recurring role, 2018, TV) as Speaker Barnes *''

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'' (2020) as Vice Chairman Walters *'' Sonic the Hedgehog 2'' (2022) as Vice Chairman Walters

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