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Adam Butcher

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Adam Butcher
Born (1988-10-20) October 20, 1988 (age 36)[citation needed]
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present
Websitewww.adam-butcher.com

Adam Butcher (born October 20, 1988) is a Canadian actor. Butcher has an older sister, actress Mandy Butcher.

Career

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In 2004, Butcher starred as a teenage long-distance runner in the drama film Saint Ralph. His guest appeared on the Disney Original show Life with Derek in the episode "Show-Off-Tune", originally aired August 11, 2007, the episode "Allergy Season", originally aired June 16, 2008, and the episode "Just Friends," appearing as the character of Noel.[citation needed]

In 2009, he appeared in Flashpoint in the episode "The Farm". He portrayed the main character in the 2010 film Dog Pound.[citation needed]

Butcher has also appeared in an episode of Falling Skies, a 2011 alien invasion TV series produced by Steven Spielberg and in three Republic of Doyle episodes as a boy named Dylan.[citation needed] In 2012, he played Darcy in the film adaptation of The Lesser Blessed.[1]

He had a small role in the season 1 episode 1 of Bomb Girls as Pvt. Lewis Pine, who briefly courts Gladys Witham (and asks her to marry him) before shipping out overseas. His letters to Gladys show up in later episodes that causes grief between her and her "actual" fiancé James.

In 2014, he appeared in the Rookie Blue season 5 episode "Blink", as well as the web series Long Story, Short opposite Katie Boland.[citation needed]

He starred as Officer Jesse Calvert in the Canadian television show Played in 2013 and also appeared in the 2014 film Debug, which was written and directed by British-born Canadian actor David Hewlett.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Saint Ralph Ralph Walker
2010 Dog Pound Butch
2011 The Bend Jason Campbell
2012 Mirror Mirror Servant #2
The Lesser Blessed Darcy McManus
2014 Wolves Deke
Debug James
2015 Regression Brody
2016 ARQ Cuz
Unless Ring Leader
2021 We're All in This Together Gord

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 Super Rupert Rupert Patterson 6 episodes
2003 The Pentagon Papers Robert Ellsberg - Older TV movie
2005 Terry Chad TV movie
Terminal City Nicky Sampson Main role
2006 Heyday! Terry Fleming TV movie
ReGenesis Jackson Episode: "The Wild and the Innocent"
Angela's Eyes Mike Episode: "Eyes of the Father"
2007 Across the River to Motor City Dom Episode: "Treat Her Right"
2007–2008 Life with Derek Noel 3 episodes
2009 Hellhounds Nikandros TV movie
Overruled! Episode: "Role Play"
Flashpoint Danny Episode: "The Farm"
2010 The Bridge Ron Archibault Episode: "God Bless the Child"
Unnatural History Gunnar Erickson Episode: "Thor's Slammer"
2011 Republic of Doyle Dylan 4 episodes
Falling Skies Farley Episode: "Live and Learn"
Combat Hospital PFC Avery Jenkins Episode: "It's My Party"
2012 Bomb Girls Pvt. Lewis Pine Episode: "Jumping Tracks"
The Listener Ben Episode: "She Sells Sanctuary"
2013 Cracked Jeremy Episode: "White Knight"
Played Officer Jesse Calvert Main role
Long Story, Short Andrew 5 episodes
Murdoch Mysteries Jake Barker Episode: "Murdoch in Ladies Wear"
2014 Rookie Blue Zack Episode: "Blink"
2015 First Response Dermot hayes TV movie
2017 Reign Injured Guardsman / Peasant Episode: "A Grain of Deception"
The Strain Terkel Episode: "Extraction"
2019 Coroner Officer Dowell Episode: "Confetti Heart"
2020 Trickster Cop Episode #1.3
2022 Murdoch Mysteries Norman Bean /
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Episode: "The Write Stuff"

Awards and nominations

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He was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Actor at the 26th Genie Awards in 2006 for Saint Ralph.[2]

References

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  1. ^ DeFore, John (June 12, 2013). "The Lesser Blessed: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Genies nod to the good and the weak". February 9, 2006. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
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