Thomas Butler (born 1 February 1951) is a Canadian 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), Everything Gone Green (2006), Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022), and is set to appear in 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. In 2016, he appeared in Autumn in the Vineyard for the Hallmark Channel.

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