Austin Butler

He has been in a long-term relationship with Vanessa Hudgens since 2011. Before Vanessa, he was rumoured to have dated Cody Kennedy in 2007.

During his initial career, he did background acting with his elder sister Ashley, who also attended acting classes. The siblings acted on the show ‘Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide’.

His friend circle comprises of Ashley Tisdale, Alexa Vega, Cater Jenkins, Lindsey Shaw and Lucy Hale. He was also the ring bearer at Alexa Vega and Sean Covel’s wedding.

Austin Robert Butler was born on 17th August, 1991 at Anaheim in California to Lori Anne and David Butler. He has an elder sister, Ashley Butler.

He grew up in his hometown and attended regular school. When he was thirteen, he was spotted by a management company representative at the ‘Orange County Fair’.

The representative helped him procure minor roles in television shows. Gradually he took keen interest in acting and began taking lessons for the same. He left regular school in grade seven and was home-schooled in order to cope with shootings and acting lessons.

At the same time, he also learnt how to play the guitar and piano. The first music instrument he ever held was a violin. However, he learnt the guitar faster and used to play it until his fingers would bleed.

He received home-schooling for three years, and took the California High School Proficiency Exam (CHSPE) in tenth grade formally completing his high school education.

Until 2005, he worked as an extra on shows. Finally, he landed a role as a background actor on Nickelodeon’s ‘Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide’. His colleague and good friend, Lindsey Shaw got him introduced to her manager who agreed to work for him.

His first major break was in the teen hit show ‘Hannah Montana’, where he starred in a guest role, and played the part of Derek Hanson. On the show he got to work with teen star Miley Cyrus, under the Disney banner.

In 2007, he was cast as Jake Krandle on the Nickelodeon show ‘iCarly’ in the episode ‘iLike Jake’. The following year, he landed his first recurring role as James Garrett, on the Nickelodeon family series ‘Zoey 101’.

His role on ‘Zoey 101’ was his breakthrough performance, as offers came pouring in after he gained fame on the show. He played the love interest of the title character of the show in season 4, spanning 9 episodes.

In 2009, Austin Butler was offered the main role in the movie ‘Aliens in the Attic’, under the distribution of 20th Century Fox. It was an adventure movie, where he played the role of Jake Pearson, a dauntless lad who battles with aliens to save his homeland and family.

In 2009, he starred in ABC’s family sitcom ‘Ruby & The Rockits’ as Jordan Gallager in a main role spanning 10 episodes. In the series he plays a teenage boy who has a crush on his cousin and loves playing the guitar. Thus, his viewers got a glimpse of his music skills as well.

In 2010, he accepted a recurring role in the family drama ‘Life Unexpected’. Throughout the year he was spotted on television shows such as ‘Wizards of Waverly’, ‘Jonas’, ‘CSI: Miami’ and ‘The Defenders’.

Soon, he got the main role in ‘Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure’, which was basically a spin-off from the hit movie ‘High School Musical’. In the film he enacted the part of Peyton Leverette’ and received critical acclaim for his performance.

From 2011 to 2012 he acted in ‘Switch at birth’, ‘The Bling Ring’, ‘Are You There, Chelsea?’ and ‘The Carrie Diaries’. During these two years he worked with huge production houses and excellent directors, which in turn helped boost his career further.