Nathin Butler
Australian actor
Nathin Art Butler is an Australian actor, writer and producer. His career has spanned over 300 episodes of television and 15 films in America and Australia, including NCIS: Los Angeles, Hawaii Five-0, General Hospital and Westworld.
Early life
Born in Australia, Butler grew up on a cattle ranch in Queensland. His father worked on the ranch and his mother was a country singer. As a child, Butler was interested in playing guitar and singing. In high school, he participated in many theatrical productions. At age 17, Butler was accepted into National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Career
In 2008, at age 23, Butler moved to Los Angeles to pursue a professional career as a writer and an actor.
Butler's most prominent television roles were that of Dr. Ewen Keenan in General Hospital and as Nick Towne in Hawaii Five-0.
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