Austin Butler

At 32 years old, Austin Butler has this physical status:

Austin Robert Butler, born August 17, 1991, is an American actor and singer.

James "Wilke" Wilkerson in the television series Switched at Birth, by Jordan Gallagher on Ruby & The Rockits, Sebastian Kydd in The Shannara Chronicles, Tex Watson in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Wil Ohmsford.

Early life

Butler was born in Anaheim, California, on August 17, 1991, the son of Lori Anne (née Howell), an aesthetician, and David Butler. When he was seven, the two married. Ashley (born in 1986) was his older sister, who appeared as a background actor with him on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.

Butler was 13 when he was approached by a representative from a background acting management firm at the Orange County Fair who aided him in getting him started in the entertainment industry. He discovered that he loved it and soon began taking acting lessons.

Butler did not attend public school until the seventh grade when he decided to be home-schooled to accommodate his work schedule. When he took the CHSPE to complete his formal high school education, he continued his home-schooling until the tenth grade.

Personal life

Butler enjoys making and recording music, and he taught himself guitar at the age of thirteen and piano at sixteen.

Butler was in a relationship with actress Vanessa Hudgens from 2011 to 2020. Butler has been in a friendship with model Kaia Gerber since late 2021.

Butler's mother died of cancer in 2014.

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Career

Butler obtained his first regular job as a background actor on Nickelodeon's Declassified School Survival Guide in 2005, after being an extra on several television shows. Lindsey Shaw, her co-star, introduced him to Pat Cutler, who then signed him and introduced him to powerhouse agent Jackie Lewis, who later launched his career. Butler began seriously acting as a profession from that point.

Butler appeared on the Disney Channel show "iCarly" in May 2007, and in September of the same year, he played Jake Krandle opposite actress Miley Cyrus.

Butler appeared in an episode titled "Princess" in February 2008, and in February 2008, he appeared in another Nickelodeon series Zoey 101, the love interest of Jamie Lynn Spears' title character Zoey, in the fourth season.

Butler appeared in Aliens, the Attic's family adventure film starring Jake Pearson, alongside Ashley Tisdale, Carter Jenkins, Robert Hoffman, Kevin Nealon, and Doris Roberts in July 2009. In the film, his character, as well as his family, fight to protect their vacation home and the planet from an alien invasion.

Butler appeared on the ABC Family film Ruby & the Rockits, alongside David Cassidy, Patrick Cassidy, and his good friend, Alexa Vega, in the same summer.

Butler appeared on Life Unexpected in February 2010. Later this year, he appeared in episodes of the Disney Channel sitcoms Wizards of Waverly Place and Jonas, as well as CSI: Miami and The Defenders.

Butler's Aliens in Attic co-star Ashley Tisdale invited him to audition for a lead role in the Disney's Fabulous Adventure, a spin-off of Disney's High School Musical franchise that follows Sharpay Evans' adventures after high school as she strives to land her first Broadway debut. Butler plays Peyton Leverette, Sharpay's love interest. Butler wrote this week, "I worked with Ashley once and then heard about the film because she called me and said, 'Austin, I want you to come and read for the director for this,' I think you'd be perfect." So, I went and spoke with the producer, and it ended up doing the film." On April 19, 2011, the film was released direct-to-DVD.

He booked Wilke on ABC Family's Switched at Birth in 2011. In the same year, he committed to play Zack Garvey in the Lifetime TV film The Bling Ring, directed by Michael Lembeck, based on a hacker group that threatened the homes of Hollywood's celebrities. On September 26, 2011, the film was released. Butler appeared on NBC's Are You There, Chelsea? in January 2012.

Butler continued to appear in youth-oriented television series, but he gained more fame for his leading roles in The Carrie Diaries and later The Shannara Chronicles, which led to new stage and film production in his early teens.

Butler appeared in The CW's Sex and the City prequel series Sebastian Kyddd, a brooding heartthrob attending the same high school as Carrie Bradshaw. The Carrie Diaries is based on Candace Bushnell's book of the same name and follows Bradshaw's life in the 1980s as a child in New York City. After two seasons, the show was cancelled.

Butler was revealed in April 2014 that he had joined the cast of the play Death of the Author at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. Bradley, a pre-law student with a double major in political science and math, and he is set to graduate from a wealthy university. Bart DeLorenzo's script and written by Steven Drukman are the scripts. Following previews on May 20, 2014, the festival lasted from May 28 to June 29.

Butler appeared in the recurring role of Chase in Arrow's. Willa Holland's character Thea Queen's character was both a DJ and a love interest. He co-starred with Miranda Cosgrove and Tom Sizemore in the 2015 thriller film The Intruders and appeared in Kevin Smith's latest horror-comedy film Yoga Hosers about 15-year-old yoga enthusiasts Colleen McKenzie and Colleen McKenzie. Johnny Depp, Lily-Rose Depp, Harley Quinn Smith, and Haley Joel Osment appeared in the films.

Wil Ohmsford first appeared in The Shannara Chronicles, MTV's television adaptation of Terry Brooks' book The Elfstones of Shannara, in 2016. After two seasons, the show was cancelled.

In The Iceman Cometh, which starred Denzel Washington and David Morse, Butler appeared in his Broadway debut as Don Parritt, the "lost boy." On March 26, 2018, previews of the limited run began, but the show was concluded on July 1, 2018. Per Hilton Als' review of the play "While there are many actors in George C. Wolfe's staging of Eugene O'Neill's breathtaking [...] tragedy, The Iceman Cometh, [...] there is only one actor, Austin Butler."

He appeared in Quentin Tarantino's film Once a Time in Hollywood in 2019 as a fictional representation of Manson Family member Tex Watson. Despite the fact that he had limited screen time, his success has been described as "intense" and "brooding." Butler appeared in Elvis Presley in a biographical film directed by Baz Luhrmann in the same year. He has expressed appreciation to Denzel Washington for his ability to play the role. The film premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 26, the longest at the year's festival; it also opened the Guadalajara International Film Festival on June 10, 2022. Butler's career was lauded, as well as praise from the Presley family. In a few interviews, he even admitted that he didn't sleep for the first two years, citing: "It was the most frightening thing I've ever done." I honestly didn't sleep for about two years, and I didn't do anything else for that time. "It was my life."

Butler will appear in the forthcoming war drama series Masters of the Air. In Jeff Nichols's The Bikeriders, he will appear in Feyd-Rautha, Part Two, and will appear alongside Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer.

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