Austin Butler
Birthdate: Aug 17, 1991
Birthplace: Anaheim, California, USA
Spotted by a talent scout at the Orange County Fair, Austin Butler (birthname: Austin Robert Butler) studied acting and began to make an impression in multiple Nickelodeon shows. He landed his first significant movie role in the 20th Century Fox family comedy, Aliens in the Attic (2009), with Ashley Tisdale. Cult filmmaker Kevin Smith cast Butler in his 2016 comedy, Yoga Hosers (2016), with Harley Quinn Smith, Lily Rose-Depp, and Johnny Depp.
Austin Butler’s career took a major upswing after an acclaimed 2018 Broadway debut performance in George C. Wolfe’s production of Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh, and casting in Jim Jarmusch’s vampire film, The Dead Don’t Die (2019), closely followed by a standout appearance in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) as the lead killer in the Manson Family, Tex Watson. Shortly after this, Butler was cast as Elvis Presley for Baz Luhrmann’s anticipated biopic, Elvis (2022) with Tom Hanks and Olivia DeJonge.
Butler made a supporting appearance as arch-nemesis Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in director/co-writer/producer Denis Villeneuve’s acclaimed sequel grossing $712 million for Warner Bros., Dune: Part Two (2024), starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Javier Bardem, and Christopher Walken. Butler co-starred with Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy in filmmaker Jeff Nichols’ biker drama, The Bikeriders (2023), premiering at the Telluride film festival and released by Focus Features and Universal Pictures.
Austin Butler joined the cast of filmmaker Ari Aster’s contemporary Western for A24, Eddington (date to be announced), starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Michael Ward, and Clifton Collins.
Personal Details
Raised in Anaheim by parents Lori Anne and David Butler, Austin Butler has one sister, Ashley Butler. Butler’s mother Lori Anne died of cancer in 2014. Austin Butler had a relationship with actor Vanessa Hudgens from 2011 to 2020. He has no children. His height is 6’.
Filmography
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- 2024 | The BikeridersasBenny
The Bikeriders
After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.
- 2024 | Dune: Part TwoasFeyd-Rautha
Dune: Part Two
Paul Atreides unites with the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future.
- 2022 |
- 2019 | Once Upon a Time in HollywoodasTex Watson
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.
Some Facts About Austin Butler
Home Sweet Home: Due to his busy acting schedule, Austin Butler left junior high school in the 7th grade and was home-schooled until the 10th grade, when he passed the California High School Proficiency Exam and graduated two grades early.
Real-Life Figures: Butler made the fairly stark jump of roles from Tex Watson—the lead killer in the Charles Manson family—in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, to rock n’ roll legend, Elvis Presley, in Elvis.
