Billy Butcher

Billy Shakespeare Veronica Butcher
The Boys character
Billy Butcher armed with a crowbar, as portrayed by Karl Urban in the television series The Boys.
First appearance
Last appearanceDear Becky #7 (2020)
Created byGarth Ennis
Darick Robertson
Based onThe Punisher
by Gerry Conway, Ross Andru, & John Romita Sr.
Adapted byEric Kripke
Portrayed by
Voiced byJason Isaacs (in The Boys Presents: Diabolical)
Kay Eluvian
In-universe information
Full nameWilliam J. Butcher
Aliases
  • The Butcher
  • Monsieur Charcutier
  • British Guy
  • The Guy
  • The One in Charge
  • Joe Kessler (season 4)
NicknameBilly
Occupation
WeaponCompound V
Crowbar
Family
SpousesBecky Saunders (comics)
Becca Butcher (television)
Significant othersSusan L. Rayner (comics)
Queen Maeve (television; one-night stand)
NationalityBritish (English)
Abilities

With Compound V:

  • Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, smell, and hearing
  • Poison and Toxin Immunity
  • Regenerative Healing Factor
  • Invulnerability
  • Heat vision (season 3; Temp V)
  • Tumorous tentacles (season 4)

William J. "Billy" Butcher is a fictional character and antihero appearing in the comic book series The Boys, created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. He is the leader of The Boys, a group of CIA-sponsored black ops agents (consisting of Wee Hughie, Mother's Milk, the Frenchman, and the Female) who observe, record and sometimes eliminate superheroes artificially created by the mega-conglomerate Vought. He is the Homelander's archenemy, whom he blames for the rape and death of his wife Becky, while also developing an intense hatred for all superhuman beings. Butcher also appears as one of the main protagonists in the Amazon Prime Video television adaptation of The Boys.

Butcher is primarily portrayed by Karl Urban in the Amazon Prime Video streaming adaptation and its spin-off, Luca Villacis and Josh Zaharia portraying him as a youth in the third season, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan portraying his inner self in the fourth season (as Joe Kessler). Butcher is also voiced by Jason Isaacs and Kay Eluvian in animation.