Ron Butler

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Place of Birth Bahamas

Also Known As Ronald Butler, Ronnie Butler

Ron Butler

Biography

Ronald "Ron/Ronnie" Butler, Jr. is a Bahamian-born American television actor, director and comedian who is best known for portraying Oscar, the clever receptionist, on the television series True Jackson, VP, from 2008 to 2011. He often portrays former President Barack Obama in comedy sketches. He has performed with the Atlantic Theater Company for over 20 years. Butler is originally from the Bahamas. He is named after his father Ronnie Butler, Sr., a calypso singer, songwriter, and recording artist. As a child, Butler sometimes performed with his father. Butler grew up partly in the United States (Washington, D.C., Virginia, and the suburbs of Syracuse, New York) and partly in the Bahamas. He attended high school in the Bahamas and graduated magna cum laude from Trinity International University near Chicago, Illinois, receiving a B.A. in History and Economics in 1985. Butler worked as an economic consultant for a law firm based in Washington, D.C., before beginning his acting career. While in Washington, Butler studied acting privately with Vera Katz of Howard University and performed in regional theatre around Washington. Later, he studied with David Mamet, William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, Scott Zigler and Robert Bella of the Atlantic Theater Company. (Wikipedia)

Known For

Actor

2015
2014
The Hungover Games

as President Snowbama

2014
I Didn't Do It

as Mr. Kupchek

2012
Dog with a Blog

as Director

2011
Old Dogs & New Tricks

as Barack Obama

2011
Shameless

as Advisor

2008
Smother

as Friendly Man

2008
2007
The ½ Hour News Hour

as Barack Obama

2006
Torchwood

as Senior Professor

2006
Ugly Betty

as Reporter #2

2005
2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Jordan Shouse

2004
Spartan

as Headquarters Agent

2004
Everyday People

as Ron Harding

2002
Without a Trace

as Mr. Roberts

2001
Crossing Jordan

as Calvin Dobbs

2001
Crossing Jordan

as Lawyer

1991
Homicide

as Rookie

Producer

2016
Funeral Day

as Producer