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- Full Name
- Eric Stough
- Born
- July 31, 1972
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- Age
- 54 years
- Zodiac Sign
- Leo
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- Nationality
- 🇺🇸 United States
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- Profession
- Actor
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Biography
Eric Stough is 54 years old, an actor, from United States.
Eric "Butters" Stough (, rhymes with 'cow') is an American animator and producer. He is best known as the animation director and a producer on the television series South Park. Born in Evergreen, Colorado, Stough attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and graduated in 1995 with a degree in film.
A longtime friend of Trey Parker, he has worked with him and Matt Stone on most of their projects, including South Park, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Orgazmo, Team America: World Police and the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon. Stough has won five Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on South Park, as well as a Peabody Award. He was the inspiration for the character of Butters Stotch on South Park.
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