Ross Butler (actor)
Ross Fleming Butler (born May 17, 1990) 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 lived in Jakarta, Indonesia before moving 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. He dropped out after a year  and later moved back to Virginia, where he took courses at a community college. He then moved to Los Angeles at the age of 20. Career. Butler took his first acting class at age 21. 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 had roles in the 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", and left "Riverdale" due  to his commitment to "13 Reasons Why". He would reprise Mantle in "Riverdale"'s 100th episode "The Jughead Paradox" in a scene alongside his successor Charles Melton's portrayal. 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, it was announced that Butler would star alongside Kiernan Shipka in the Quibi series "Swimming with Sharks". The project remained unreleased after the demise of Quibi's platform, but is planned to be released by Roku in the Spring of 2022. Butler  has roles in two upcoming film adaptions: Claudia Tan's "Perfect Addiction" alongside Kiana Madeira and Matthew Notzka and Abigail Hing Wen's "Loveboat, Taipei" opposite Ashley Liao.