Also in 2010, Butler's Aliens in the Attic co-star Ashley Tisdale invited him to audition for a lead role in the film Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure, a spin-off of Disney's High School Musical franchise that followed the adventures of Sharpay Evans after high school as she tries to get her big break on Broadway.
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In February 2010, Butler landed a recurring role as Jones on the CW series Life Unexpected, Later that year, he guest-starred in episodes of the Disney Channel sitcoms Wizards of Waverly Place and Jonas as well as on CSI: Miami and The Defenders. That same summer, Butler appeared in the starring role of Jordan Gallagher on the popular, but short-lived ABC Family series Ruby & the Rockits, alongside David Cassidy, Patrick Cassidy and his good friend, Alexa Vega. In the movie, his character, along with his family, battles to save their vacation home and the world from an alien invasion.
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In July 2009, Butler starred in 20th Century Fox's family adventure movie Aliens in the Attic portraying Jake Pearson, alongside Ashley Tisdale, Carter Jenkins, Robert Hoffman, Kevin Nealon and Doris Roberts. In March of that year, he appeared in an episode on the short-lived Cartoon Network sitcom, Out of Jimmy's Head, playing the role of Lance in the episode titled "Princess". In February 2008, Butler landed a main role on another Nickelodeon series, Zoey 101, playing James Garrett, the love interest of Jamie Lynn Spears's title character Zoey in the fourth season previously, he guest starred on the same show playing the role of Danifer on the third-season episode "Quarantine". In May 2007, Butler landed a guest starring role on the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana playing the role of Derek Hanson opposite actress Miley Cyrus, and in September of that same year, he portrayed Jake Krandle in the episode "iLike Jake" on the Nickelodeon series iCarly. From that point on, Butler began taking acting seriously as a career. His friend on the show, Lindsey Shaw, introduced him to her manager, Pat Cutler, who signed him and launched his career. In 2005, after working as an extra on several television series, including Unfabulous and Drake and Josh, Butler landed his first regular job as a background actor playing the role of Zippy Brewster for two seasons on Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. He continued his homeschooling until the tenth grade and later passed the CHSPE, the state's high school equivalency diploma exam.Ĭareer 2005–2011: Early career in teen sitcoms īutler attended public school until the seventh grade, when he left to be homeschooled to better accommodate his work schedule. He found that he enjoyed it and soon began taking acting classes. When Butler was thirteen, he was approached by a representative from a background acting management company at the Orange County Fair who helped him get started in the entertainment industry. His maternal great-greatgrandparents, Matti Matinpoika Sillanpää and Liisa Jaakontytär Järvelä, were Finnish immigrants from Ostrobothnia, Finland, who had settled in Wisconsin. He has an older sister, Ashley (born in 1986), who worked as a background actress alongside him on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.
Butler made his Broadway debut in the 2018 revival of The Iceman Cometh and played Tex Watson in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).īutler was born on August 17, 1991, in Anaheim, California, the son of Lori Anne (née Howell), an aesthetician, and David Butler. He gained recognition for starring in The Carrie Diaries (2013–2014) and The Shannara Chronicles (2016–2017). īutler began his career on television, first in roles on the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, most notably on Zoey 101 and later on teen dramas, including recurring parts on The CW's Life Unexpected (2010–2011) and Switched at Birth (2011–2012). Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023. He is best known for portraying Elvis Presley in the musical biopic Elvis (2022), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award, in addition to a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Austin Robert Butler (born August 17, 1991) is an American actor.
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