---
name: "Win Butler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/win-butler"
fi1m_id: "win-butler"
imdb_id: "nm2562869"
tmdb_id: 1087905
wikidata_id: "Q1349573"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "14 April 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:52:03.497766+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Win Butler

## Identity

Win Butler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/win-butler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** win-butler
- **IMDb ID:** nm2562869
- **TMDB ID:** 1087905
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1349573
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win_Butler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349573, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2562869/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1087905

Composer. Born 14 April 1980 in The Woodlands, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 14 April 1980, The Woodlands, Texas, USA
- **Also known as:** Edwin Farnham Butler III, Arcade Fire
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win_Butler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349573, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2562869/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1087905

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Her*](https://film.one/film/her.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Win Butler is an American-Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He co-founded the indie rock band Arcade Fire in Montreal and serves as its lead vocalist.

Butler was born Edwin Farnham Butler III on 14 April 1980. Arcade Fire contributed music to the 2013 film *Her*, with additional credits including the score for *The Box* (2009) and soundtrack work on *The Hunger Games* (2012). He has appeared as himself in documentaries such as *Shut Up and Play the Hits* (2012) and *Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping* (2016), and acted in the short film *Scenes from the Suburbs* (2011).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Her* (2013), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/her.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Arcade Fire - AccorHotels Arena* (2018), Actor
- *Arcade Fire - Everything Now Live* (2017), Actor
- *Arcade Fire 2016-10-31 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience, New Orleans* (2016), Actor
- *Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping* (2016), as Arcade Fire
- *Her* (2013), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/her.md)
- *Arcade Fire Live at Capitol Records 2013* (2013), Actor
- *Here Comes the Night Time* (2013), as Win Butler
- *Scenes from the Suburbs* (2011), as Crossvine Cop 1 / Soldier 2 · Writer
- *Arcade Fire Live at Reading Festival 2010* (2010), Actor
- *The Box* (2009), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Win Butler](https://film.one/media/person/120538/gallery-078ae4bdcca4.jpg) Win Butler — Thejanebradfords, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/WinButlerArcadeFireIreland.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Arcade Fire at the Eurockéennes de Belfort 2011 The making of this document was supported by Wikimedia CH. (Submit your project!) For all the files concerned, p](https://film.one/media/person/120538/gallery-82af4bc994fe.jpg) Arcade Fire at the Eurockéennes de Belfort 2011 The making of this document was supported by Wikimedia CH. (Submit your project!) For all the files concerned, p — Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Arcade_Fire-IMG_7565.jpg/1280px-Arcade_Fire-IMG_7565.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Arcade Fire at the Eurockéennes de Belfort 2011 The making of this document was supported by Wikimedia CH. (Submit your project!) For all the files concerned, p](https://film.one/media/person/120538/gallery-be6eb1607a9d.jpg) Arcade Fire at the Eurockéennes de Belfort 2011 The making of this document was supported by Wikimedia CH. (Submit your project!) For all the files concerned, p — Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Arcade_Fire-IMG_7572.jpg/1280px-Arcade_Fire-IMG_7572.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Arcade Fire first full-band show in two years at Razzamatazz, Barcelona, July 5th 2016.](https://film.one/media/person/120538/gallery-fc455fb238ec.jpg) Arcade Fire first full-band show in two years at Razzamatazz, Barcelona, July 5th 2016. — David Urrea, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Arcade_Fire_at_Razzmatazz_Barcelona2.jpg/1280px-Arcade_Fire_at_Razzmatazz_Barcelona2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Arcade Fire at Manchester Central, Manchester, on Saturday the 11th of December 2010](https://film.one/media/person/120538/gallery-be4dc6804a3e.jpg) Arcade Fire at Manchester Central, Manchester, on Saturday the 11th of December 2010 — Phil King, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Arcade_fire_live_at_manchester.jpg/1280px-Arcade_fire_live_at_manchester.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Arcade Fire at the Eurockéennes of 2007](https://film.one/media/person/120538/gallery-272b5e05d9a4.jpg) Arcade Fire at the Eurockéennes of 2007 — Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Arcade_fire_mg_7193.jpg/1280px-Arcade_fire_mg_7193.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec 2017: Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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