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Portrait of Paul Butler

Acting

Paul Butler

Career

Active from 1973 to 2005, busiest in 1994 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger
GoodWatch score82/100

Characters

1

The characters Paul Butler played, best-known titles first.

Paul Butler as Skouras

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Paul Butler Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 3.0
  • Wholesome
    2.2, average 3.4
  • Wonder
    2.3, average 3.4
  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Cultural Clash 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

41
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

7 titles · average score 68
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
GoodWatch score 79

as Detective

Reign Over Me
Reign Over Me (2007)
GoodWatch score 68

as George Johnson

The Unit
The Unit (2006)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Art Spey

Confess
Confess (2005)
GoodWatch score 38

as Agent Davis

Tadpole
Tadpole (2002)
GoodWatch score 64

as Professor Sherman

100 Centre Street
100 Centre Street (2001)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Willard Bock

State and Main
State and Main (2000)
GoodWatch score 72

as Real Judge

1990s

24 titles · average score 66
Third Watch
Third Watch (1999)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Investigator

The Giraffe
The Giraffe (1999)
GoodWatch score 58

as Lieutenant Lynch

The Insider
The Insider (1999)
GoodWatch score 86

as Charlie Phillips

Vanishing Son III
Vanishing Son III (1994)
GoodWatch score 72

as Estabrook

Vanishing Son
Vanishing Son (1994)
GoodWatch score 66

as Estabrook

Vanishing Son II
Vanishing Son II (1994)
GoodWatch score 70

as Estabrook

Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
GoodWatch score 89

TV show · as Judge Clifford Ramsey

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York (1993)

as Jay Levine

Glengarry Glen Ross
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
GoodWatch score 84

as Policeman

To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger (1990)
GoodWatch score 82

as Gideon

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Judge Edmond Francis / Trial Judge Tyler B. Ashford

The Rookie
The Rookie (1990)
GoodWatch score 44

as Captain Hargate

1980s

7 titles · average score 58
Things Change
Things Change (1988)
GoodWatch score 75

as Gas Station Owner

Crime Story
Crime Story (1986)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Det. Walter Clemmons

Off Beat
Off Beat (1986)
GoodWatch score 46

as Jordan

Crime Story: Pilot
Crime Story: Pilot (1986)
GoodWatch score 79

as Det. Walter Clemmons

Silver Bullet
Silver Bullet (1985)
GoodWatch score 50

as Edgar Rounds

Compromising Positions
Compromising Positions (1985)
GoodWatch score 51

as 2nd Cop

Old Enough
Old Enough (1984)
GoodWatch score 55

as Security Guard

1970s

3 titles · average score 74
Dummy
Dummy (1979)
GoodWatch score 80

as Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs

Buns
Buns (1978)

as Rex's Dad

The Spook Who Sat by the Door
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
GoodWatch score 68

as Do-Daddy Dean