Adam Butcher

Canadian actor

Adam Butcher
Born	(1988-10-20) October 20, 1988 (age 35) Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Website	www.adam-butcher.com

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

Career

Butcher starred as a teenage long-distance runner in the drama film Saint Ralph (2004). His most current roles were guest appearances 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 movie adaptation of The Lesser Blessed. ^[1]

He had a small role in season 1 episode 1 of Bomb Girls (2012-2013) 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 1 "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 movie Debug, which was written and directed by British-born Canadian actor David Hewlett.

Filmography

Film

2004 - Saint Ralph
2010 - Dog Pound as Butch
2012 - The Lesser Blessed as Darcy McManus
2014 - Debug as James
2016 - ARQ as Cuz
2021 - We're All in This Together as Gord

Television

(2012-2013) - Bomb Girls as Pvt Lewis Pine
2013 - Played
2014 - Rookie Blue
2014 - Long Story, Short (web series)
(2013-2022) - Murdoch Mysteries as Norman Bean/Edgar Rice Burroughs/Jake Barker
2019 - Coroner as Officer Dowell
2017 - The Strain as Terkel

Awards and nominations

He was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Actor at the 25th Genie Awards in 2006 for Saint Ralph.^[2]

References

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