Summary

• Austin Butler's career skyrocketed after his role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, leading to major film opportunities and critical acclaim.
• Butler continued his success with roles in Elvis and Dune: Part Two, receiving high praise and impressive Rotten Tomatoes scores.
• His upcoming film, The Bikeriders, alongside Tom Hardy, is expected to maintain his winning streak with an early 86% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Austin Butler’s casting in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood greatly transformed his career, setting him on a path that has only seen him grow as a versatile actor and movie star. Austin Butler got his start in the business on TV, having memorable appearances throughout the 2000s and early 2010s on shows like Zoey 101, Switched at Birth, and The Carrie Diaries. However, it wasn’t until Quentin Tarantino cast him in 2019’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood that Butler got his big break.

His biggest movie role to date at the time, Butler joined Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s cast as Tex Watson, a menacing Manson Family member who organized what was meant to be the killing of Sharon Tate. Butler’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood role put him in front of the eyes of a much larger audience pool and industry talent, with the Tarantino feature even earning a Best Picture Oscar nod in 2020. Following this transformative role, which saw his character go up against Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt in the film’s climax, Butler’s career was never the same – and remains more optimistic than ever.

Austin Butler Hasn't Done A Bad Movie Or Show Since Joining Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

All three of these movies have been subject to massive critical and audience acclaim, with Butler receiving increasing praise for his performance with each one.

It may be difficult to believe that Austin Butler’s next movie after Tarantino’s acclaimed film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was Elvis, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in 2023. Butler playing Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic brought his career to even bigger heights, with Hollywood’s new leading man then going to receive a substantial, complex role as the villainous Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in Denis Villeneuve’s 2024 sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two. All three of these movies have been subject to massive critical and audience acclaim, with Butler receiving increasing praise for his performance with each one.

Of the six movies he was in before Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Austin Butler only appeared in one that wasn’t deemed “Rotten” on Rotten Tomatoes: Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure, the 2011 spinoff of Disney’s High School Musical movies. Butler had significant roles in some well-received TV shows before that time, such as The Carrie Diaries and The Shannara Chronicles, but nothing that rivals the acclaim of his 2024 war drama series Masters of the Air. Since appearing in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Butler has only taken part in critically acclaimed hit movies and TV shows.

Austin Butler's Next Movie After Dune 2 Already Sounds Like A Winner

After Dune: Part Two gave Butler a career-high Rotten Tomatoes score of 93% from critics, his next movie is positioned to maintain his winning streak. Butler’s next film is The Bikeriders, opposite Tom Hardy, which made its festival debut at Telluride in August 2023 but won’t be released in theaters to audiences until June 21, 2024. The Bikeriders, which stars Butler as an outlaw motorcycle club member named Benny in the 1960s, already boasts an early 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes from 35 reviews. Though this number is expected to adjust slightly post-release, it’ll likely continue Austin Butler’s great movie streak after Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Source: Rotten Tomatoes