From his beginnings as a juvenile star in series like iCarly or Hannah Montana,  Austin Butler has been earning his fame little by little and has finally found his time to shine, establishing himself as a star thanks to his versatility and acting talent. This week he has just premiered Bikeriders: The Law of the Asphalt, a movie directed by Jeff Nichols (Loving).

It is a film set in the 60s that tells the rise of a motorcycle club in the Midwest, the Vandals. The club goes, over the course of a decade, from being a meeting place for local outsiders to becoming a more sinister gang that threatens the unique way of life of the original group.

However, before the acclaimed film that he has released this week, there was a movie that served as a catapult for Butler to achieve the popularity he has today. And this same year he has released some of the most talked about and highly rated releases of the year.

Austin Butler's career

Austin Butler in 'Elvis'

After playing Tex Watson in Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood (2019) - available on Netflix - Austin Butler waited two years to give us what has been one of the most iconic roles of his career: Elvis Presley.

The actor played the king of rock in Elvis  -available on Max-, a feature film directed by Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) that explores the life and music of the artist through the prism of his relationship with Colonel Tom Parker (Hanks), his enigmatic manager.

Austin Butler in 'Masters of the Air'

The story delves into the complex dynamics between Presley and Parker that span over 20 years, from Presley's rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, in the context of cultural revolution and the loss of innocence in America. At the center of this journey is Priscilla Presley (Olivia DeJonge), one of the most important and influential people in Elvis's life.

Following this, came the historical series from Apple TV+ Masters of the Air, completing the World War II triptych produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman, which also include Band of Brothers (2001) and The Pacific (2010).

Austin Butler in 'Dune: Part 2'

It follows the 100th Bombardment Group (the 'Bloody Hundredth'), recounting how they risked their lives carrying out dangerous bombing raids over Nazi Germany and dealing with icy conditions, lack of oxygen, and the absolute terror of fighting at 25,000 feet.

And last March he premiered Dune: Part 2 -on Max's catalog-, the epic sequel to Denis Villeneuve's film, where he faced the character played by Timothée Chalamet.

It tells the story of what happens after the events of the first part on the planet Arrakis. Young Paul Atreides (Chalamet) joins the Fremen tribe and embarks on a spiritual and martial journey to become a messiah, while trying to avoid the horrible but inevitable future he has witnessed: a Holy War in his name, spreading throughout the known universe...

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