Austin Butler’s career took off in leaps and bounds last year with his role in Elvis, which earned him his first Oscar nomination… but he still sports a charmingly outdated bio on IMDB.
The 31-year-old actor was just 16 when his parents, David and Lori Butler, wrote an adorable ‘mini-biography’ for their son in 2007.
The biography shared a number of details about her son’s early roles in the early 2000s, which comes after Butler opened up about how she would break down in tears every night after her mother’s 2014 death from cancer. .
Bio: Austin Butler’s career has taken off in a big way in the last year with his role in Elvis, which earned him his first Oscar nomination… but he still sports a charmingly outdated bio on IMDB.
The three paragraph bio reveals that Butler was born in Anaheim, California and always loved movies growing up.
They revealed that Butler was 13 years old when he was at the Orange County Fair and was approached by a representative from a background actor management company, who helped him get started in the entertainment industry.
She found that she really enjoyed it and started taking some acting classes. Soon, he landed a fairly permanent job (2005-2007) as a background actor on Nickelodeon’s Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide (2004), and was introduced to his manager by a friend on the show, Lindsey Shaw, who offered to to represent it. From that point on, he considered himself a serious actor,” the biography revealed.
Bio: The three paragraph bio reveals that Butler was born in Anaheim, California and always loved movies growing up.
“His first named character (albeit uncredited) was ‘Toby’ in the Hannah Montana (2006) episode ‘Oops, I Meddled Again’ in 2006 (the girl broke up with him),” the biography added.
They continued with his: ‘First speaking role was in Zoey 101 (2005), as “Dannifer” or “Wrong Danny” (some lines, and a girl poured soda on his shirt). He landed a meatier role in Hannah Montana (2006) in 2007, still a small part, but a lot of fun (a few more lines, and he could throw popcorn at Miley Cyrus).’
The bio added that his big break (relatively speaking) was in 2007, when casting directors began to recognize him from his many, many auditions, and he was given the chance to play the role of “Jake Krandle” on the new Nickelodeon . iCarly series (2007), which should start airing at the end of 2007. The first episode of it is called “iLike Jake”, the biography concludes.
First roles: ‘His first named character (albeit uncredited) was “Toby” in the Hannah Montana (2006) episode “Oops, I Meddled Again” in 2006 (the girl broke up with him),” the bio added.
Speaking: They continued with theirs, ‘First speaking role was in Zoey 101 (2005), as “Dannifer” or “Wrong Danny” (a few lines, and a girl poured soda on his shirt). He got a meatier role in Hannah Montana (2006) in 2007, still a small part, but a lot of fun (a few more lines, and he was able to throw popcorn at Miley Cyrus)’
Butler only appeared in that one episode of iCarly, but he appeared in 10 episodes of Zoey 101.
The biography was credited to ‘David and Lori Butler (Proud Parents)’, written in 2007, years after they were amicably divorced when Butler was just 7 years old.
The actor revealed while hosting Saturday Night Live in December that some of his best memories were watching the show with his mom.
Memories: The actor revealed while hosting Saturday Night Live in December that some of his best memories were watching the show with his mom.
Proud Parents: The biography was credited to ‘David and Lori Butler (Proud Parents)’, written in 2007, years after they were amicably divorced when Butler was just 7 years old.
“Some of my favorite childhood memories are watching SNL with her, and we watched it every week. And even though she had this crippling shyness, when I was with her, she would do anything to make my mom laugh,” he said.
“I do ridiculous faces and voices, I did this ridiculous Gollum impersonation. Goofing around with her is what brought me out of my shell and the core of what got me started in acting,” he continued.
“My mom is no longer with us, but I’ve been thinking about her a lot this week, just imagining how proud she would be of her son, who previously couldn’t order food for me in a restaurant, is now standing on this stage,” said.
Not anymore: ‘My mom is no longer with us, but I’ve been thinking about her a lot this week, just imagining how proud she would be of her son, who couldn’t order food for me in a restaurant before, now he’s standing on this stage ‘, said