Ross Butler (actor)


Ross Fleming Butler is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Zach Dempsey in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why and as Brett Willis on K.C. Undercover.

Early life

Butler was born in Singapore to a Chinese-Malaysian mother and an English-Dutch father. He moved to the United States when he was four and was raised by his mother in Fairfax, Virginia, a suburb outside Washington, D.C.
He studied chemical and biomolecular Engineering at Ohio State University. However, he was unhappy with the career path and dropped out after a year. He later moved back to Virginia, where he took courses at a community college, before moving out to Los Angeles at the age of 20.

Career

Butler began acting at 21 when his friend paid for his acting class. Afterwards, he got his start with roles in student films and low budget projects. He landed his breakthrough recurring role on the Disney Channel series K.C. Undercover. He also has roles in Disney Channel films Teen Beach 2 and Perfect High.
In 2017, he was cast as Reggie Mantle in Riverdale. He was later cast as Zach Dempsey in 13 Reasons Why. He left the cast of Riverdale due to his commitment to 13 Reasons Why and was replaced by Charles Melton.
In 2019, he played Adult Eugene Choi in the superhero film Shazam!
He also played Trevor, Peter Kavinsky's best friend, in , released in 2020 by Netflix.
In 2020, Butler was announced to be starring alongside Kiernan Shipka in the Quibi series Swimming with Sharks.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music video