Chris Butler

AEA Member
Chris Butler

(he/him)

Booster in Jitney

Shane in Shane

In five seasons at OSF: Othello in Othello, Walter Lee in A Raisin in the Sun, Griffin in How to Catch Creation, Macduff in Macbeth, Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, and Lymon in The Piano Lesson. Broadway: Noah in 110 in the Shade. Regional: Prospero in The Tempest, Orsino in Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Center LA); Biff in Death of a Salesman (South Coast Repertory); Cassius in Julius Caesar (Santa Cruz Shakespeare); The Lehman Trilogy (Ensemble Theatre); Race (American Conservatory Theater); Stick Fly (Matrix Theatre); Yellowman (Fountain Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Old Globe); Gem of the Ocean, McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and the one person show, Twilight Los Angeles: 1992 (Rubicon Theatre). Television: Women of the Movement, The Good Wife, The Good Fight, True Detective, Criminal Minds, Killing It, Animal Kingdom, Modern Family, Shameless, Superstore, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Law & Order: SVU, Designated Survivor, Rizzoli & Isles, True Blood, King & Maxwell. Film: Play Dead, Rescue Dawn, 30 Nights, Gringo Hunter, Burning Dog, Above the Trees, The Little Death. Awards: 2x LA Ovation, Drama Critics and NAACP. Education: MFA, UC-San Diego; BA, UNC-Chapel Hill.