Actor
Ron Butler
Bahamas
Ronald "Ron/Ronnie" Butler, Jr. is a Bahamian-born American/European-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.
Notable work
8.2Grey's Anatomy (2005)
as Jordan Shouse
8.1How I Met Your Mother (2005)
as Proctor
8.2Shameless (2011)
as Advisor
8.3It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
as Scientist
7.5Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
as Social Worker
7.3Torchwood (2006)
as Senior Professor
4.1The Hungover Games (2014)
as President Snowbama
6.2Spartan (2004)
as Headquarters Agent
7.9Boston Legal (2004)
as Dr. Kohler
Often works with
William H. Macy
3 titles together
Shameless, Spartan, Homicide
Jason George
2 titles together
Grey's Anatomy, Eli Stone
Becki Newton
2 titles together
How I Met Your Mother, Ugly Betty
Brendan Hines
2 titles together
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Secrets and Lies
Lionel Mark Smith
2 titles together
Spartan, Homicide
Natalija Nogulich
2 titles together
Spartan, Homicide
Full filmography · 25
Secrets and Lies
as Gavin
20157.4
I Didn't Do It
as Mr. Kupchek
20147.6
Dog with a Blog
as Director
20127
Shameless
as Advisor
20118.2
Parenthood
as Council Secretary
20107.5
True Jackson, VP
as Oscar
20087.9
Eli Stone
as Jury Foreman
20086.7
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
as Social Worker
20087.5
Torchwood
as Senior Professor
20067.3
Ugly Betty
as Reporter #2
20066.4
Related
as Front Desk Clerk
2005
How I Met Your Mother
as Proctor
20058.1