Ron Butler

Ronald RonRonnie Butler Jr is a Bahamianborn American television actor director and comedian who is best known for portraying Oscar the clever receptionist on the television series True Jackson VP from 2008 to 2011 He often portrays former President Barack Obama in comedy sketches He has performed with the Atlantic Theater Company for over 20 years Butler is originally from the Bahamas He is named after his father Ronnie Butler Sr a calypso singer songwriter and recording artist As a child Butler sometimes performed with his father Butler grew up partly in the United States Washington DC Virginia and the suburbs of Syracuse New York and partly in the Bahamas He attended high school in the Bahamas and graduated magna cum laude from Trinity International University near Chicago Illinois receiving a BA in History and Economics in 1985 Butler worked as an economic consultant for a law firm based in Washington DC before beginning his acting career While in Washington Butler studied acting privately with Vera Katz of Howard University and performed in regional theatre around Washington Later he studied with David Mamet William H Macy Felicity Huffman Scott Zigler and Robert Bella of the Atlantic Theater Company Wikipedia