Preston Butler III

Preston Butler III is a multi-hyphenate teaching artist who engages in acting, directing, writing and music. He has performed all across the United States as well as internationally in France, Belgium and Scotland. Butler starred as “Kitch” in the West Coast Premiere of Pass Over at ACT Seattle, in which he won Best Actor. In 2021, he made his network television debut as jazz pianist (Kendle Spotnitz) on NCIS. As a recurring character on the Focus on the Family audio series, Adventures in Odyssey, Butler voices Cooper Calhoun. In 2022, Preston narrated The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois for Apple’s celebration of Black History Month and was a part of the award-winning cast for the audiobook of the Action Bible. Most recently, he was in the West Coast Premiere of Confederates by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Nataki Garrett, winner of the prestigious Doris Duke Artist Award. Butler holds an MFA in Acting from CalArts and is a minister at The Father's House Orange County in Brea, CA.