Brent Hinkley (born 12 April 1962; age 63) is the actor who played Butch in the Star Trek: Voyager third season episode "Future's End, Part II".
Hinkley's earliest known foray into episode television was a guest spot on Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1986, starring Kate Jackson, with George Murdock, Ray Wise, and Ian Wolfe). Subsequent TV credits include The X-Files (1994, starring Gillian Anderson, directed by Rob Bowman and Seinfeld (1997, starring Jason Alexander). There was also a 1994 episode of seaQuest DSV, in which he, Michael Reilly Burke, Tim Kelleher, and Al Rodrigo were members of a group of commandos; W. Morgan Sheppard also appeared in this episode. In 2001, Hinkley appeared in an episode of The West Wing starring Martin Sheen, with Star Trek: Enterprise star John Billingsley. The following year, he appeared on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and in 2003, appeared in two episodes of Carnivàle, starring Michael John Anderson ,with Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Patrick Bauchau, Toby Huss, K Callan, John Fleck, Diane Salinger and John Savage.
In addition, he has made appearances on such programs as Night Court (starring John Larroquette), 21 Jump Street (with Morgan Woodward), Shannon's Deal (with Miguel Ferrer and Sean Whalen), Contents Bodies of Evidence (starring Jennifer Hetrick), Married... with Children, Coach (with Tony Plana), ER (2001, starring Eriq La Salle), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (starring Paul Guilfoyle, with Cliff DeYoung), and Dragnet (with Erick Avari). He was also a regular on The Preston Episodes, opposite Clive Revill. He has also appeared in many critically-acclaimed feature films during the early 1990s, including Jacob's Ladder (1990), The Silence of the Lambs, Bob Roberts (1992), Falling Down (1993), Ed Wood (1994). Later film credits include Say It Isn't So (2001) and Blood Work (2002).