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. He has an older sister, Ashley (born in 1986), who worked as a background actor 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 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 known for portraying Elvis Presley in the musical biopic Elvis (2022), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA, 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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