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Eric Stough

Eric Stough

Producer and actor · Born July 31, 1972 (54) · Evergreen, Colorado, USA

Eric "Butters" Stough (born July 31, 1972) 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Born
July 31, 1972 (54)
From
Evergreen, Colorado, USA
Works as
Producer and actor
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all

What are Eric Stough's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Power.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Ironic 5 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2

Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 0

A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 4

Gentle 1 · Charged 7 · Intense 0

Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 7

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2

A split, not a type: Casual 5 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
7
Tense
5
Melancholic
2
Hopeful
1
Thrilling
1
Other
3

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Eric Stough's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Paramount+ (9).

Subscription and free streaming for Eric Stough's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

14 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Career shape

A full career of 14 titles from 1996 to 2024.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 14: 1 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting2 of 14: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting1 of 14: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing10 of 14: 8 only producing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score89thOther crew3 of 14: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s5 · 3 acting · 4 crew2000s2 · crew2020s7 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Eric Stough's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th3

Shape of the crowd

None of their 11 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser6

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Eric Stough's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles62–85 · median 70 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles31–74 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles83–94 · median 91 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles38–74 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles39–55 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Eric Stough work with?

People who share at least 2 of Eric Stough's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Trey Parker shares the most, 8.

Directors

  • Trey Parker8 titles · 7 as director
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Writers

  • Matt Stone8 titles · 7 as writer
    See all 8 shared titles with Matt Stone
  • Brian Graden7 titles
    See all 7 shared titles with Brian Graden

Actors

  • April Stewart7 titles
    See all 7 shared titles with April Stewart
  • Kimberly Brooks7 titles
    See all 7 shared titles with Kimberly Brooks
  • Adrien Beard8 titles · 6 as actor
    See all 8 shared titles with Adrien Beard
  • Betty Boogie Parker5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Betty Boogie Parker

Composers and editors

Producers

  • Anne Garefino8 titles · 7 as producer
    See all 8 shared titles with Anne Garefino
  • Frank C. Agnone II8 titles · 7 as producer
    See all 8 shared titles with Frank C. Agnone II
  • Bruce Howell7 titles
    See all 7 shared titles with Bruce Howell
  • Daryl Sancton7 titles
    See all 7 shared titles with Daryl Sancton