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Austin Butler
Austin Robert Butler (born August 17, 1991) is an American actor, singer, and model. He is best known for his feature films roles as Jake Pearson in Aliens in the Attic and as Peyton Leverett in the High School Musical spin-off film Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure, as well as for his TV roles as James on Zoey 101, Jordan on Ruby & The Rockits and Jones on Life Unexpected. He currently stars on Switched at Birth playing the role of Wilke since June 27, 2011.[1]In 2022, Butler had a breakout role playing Elvis Presley in the movie Elvis, earning an Oscar nomination.
Early life
Austin Butler was born on August 17, 1991 in Anaheim, California, the son of Lori Anne (née Howell) and David Butler.[2][3][4][5] He has one sibling, an older sister named Ashley (born in 1986), who worked as a background-actor alongside him on Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide.[6][4]
When Butler was 13, 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.[3][4][7][8] He found that he really enjoyed it, and soon began taking acting classes to develop his talent.[3][7][8]
Career
In 2005, after working as an extra on several TV shows, Butler landed his first regular job as a background actor playing the role of Lionel Scranton for two seasons on Nickelodeon’s Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide.[6][7][9] His friend on the show, Lindsey Shaw, introduced him to her manager, Pat Cutler who immediately offered to represent him, and from that point on, Butler began taking acting seriously as a career.[3][7]
Two years later in 2007, after performing in several commercials, Butler landed his first movie role in the short film The Faithful playing the role of a dog, Danny, who later turns into a human being.[citation needed] In May of that year, 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.[6][4][7][9]
In February 2008, Butler landed a recurring role on the Nickelodeon show Zoey 101 playing James Garrett, the love interest of Jamie Lynn Spears’s character Zoey, and in March of that year, he appeared in an episode of Out of Jimmy’s Head playing the role of Lance in the episode titled “Princess”.[6][4][7][9]
In July 2009, Butler starred in 20th Century Fox’s family adventure movie Aliens in the Attic (originally titled They Came From Upstairs), portraying Jake Pearson, alongside Ashley Tisdale, Carter Jenkins, Robert Hoffman, Kevin Nealon, and Doris Roberts.[4][7][9] In the movie, his character, along with his family, battles to save their vacation home and the world from an alien invasion.[4][7] 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.[3][4][9] Butler portrayed the cousin of Alexa’s character Ruby, whom he has a crush on, reasoning that it was because he never grew up with her.
In February 2010, Butler landed a recurring role as Jones on the CW network series Life Unexpected,[3][8][10] and that same month, he appeared in an episode of Wizards Of Waverly Place titled “Positive Alex” where he played Alex’s new crush, George.[3][10] In March of that year, it was announced that Butler had been cast as “Cameron” in a pilot for another CW network show
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