Austin Butler Net Worth: His ‘Elvis’ Salary Revealed

The popular star Austin Butler who portrayed the role of Elvis Parsley in the famous singer’s biopic has immensely impressed the audience with his incredible performance. The actor had put in extreme levels of hard work to perfect his role in the biopic and amazed the audiences eventually. The 31-year-old actor has been working in the industry ever since he was young, but his efforts have been recognized and paid off only recently after his stint as “Elvis”. Austin Butler net worth currently stands at $4M after he earned $70,000 from the movie ‘Elvis’.

His net worth has left us impressed. The actor who has fairly struggled to get popular roles today has a whopping net worth that will leave you all amazed! The salary that he earned for his role as “Elvis” has finally been revealed and we’re in shock for real to know how good the amount is! We’ve unveiled Austin’s net worth and “Elvis” salary in this article, read on to know!

Who is Austin Butler?

Austin Butler is an American actor who was born in Anaheim, California on August 17, 1991. Along with acting, he enjoys singing as well. Austin has worked in multiple shows and films in the past two decades. Along with that, he has also done theatre and modeling and recorded songs in his voice. The actor rose to fame after portraying the role of famous American singer “Elvis Presley” in the singer’s biography which was released recently in the year 2022. 

The actor who was hardly recognized until now has won immense appreciation from audiences and critics for perfecting the role of Elvis. He has also been nominated for the Academy Awards for the “Best Actor” category and even went on to win Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama.

How Much is the Net Worth of Austin Butler?

Despite facing struggles and hardships to land everlasting roles in films and shows, Butler managed to build an impressive net worth for himself. Austin Butler’s current net worth is said to be $4 Million. In his early career, he used to earn only $10,000- $15,000 per episode but his salary per episode slightly kept increasing over time. Austin reportedly earned $250,000 for his role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. His current salary is estimated to be around $70,000-$1,00,000 per episode on average.

How Much Money Did Austin Butler Make For Elvis?

The breakthrough performance of Austin as Elvis stunned the audiences and how! Be it the body language, the accent, or the voice, the actor did everything he could to perfect the role. People got highly confused about how he managed to sing in the exact voice of the singer. For the film that got an Oscar nomination, Elvis was paid a whopping amount of $700,000! 

Austin Butler’s Career 

Austin has also worked in numerous television shows and films before appearing as “Elvis Presley” in the biopic Elvis.

Television Career

Austin’s first extended role was in Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide as Lionel Scranton which aired on Nickelodeon. After that, he landed the role of Derek Hanson opposite Miley Cyrus in the famous teen show Hannah Montana. He went on to play such guest roles and side characters in several shows like “Zoey 101,” “Ruby & the Rockits,” “Life Unexpected,” “The Carrie Diaries,” and “The Shannara Chronicles.” 

In 2011, he landed a lead role as Zack Garvey in the Lifetime TV television movie called The Bling Ring. One of his biggest roles was in the year 2013 when he was approached to play the role of Sebastian Kydd on the “Sex and the City” prequel series “The Carrie Diaries.”

Film Career

In 2009. Austin first appeared in a feature film “Aliens in the Attic” alongside Ashley Tisdale. He further acted with Tisdale in the High school musical spinoff film “Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure”. He played a prominent role in “The Intruders,” a horror film that came back in 2015. In 2018, he also starred in the Netflix film “Dude”.

It was in 2019 when he grabbed roles in two great films by renowned filmmakers. He starred in Quentin Tarantino’s alternate-history dramedy “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and Jim Jarmusch’s zombie comedy “The Dead Don’t Die”.

His most valuable performance and the most recognized role in the film “Elvis” which was released in the year 2022 earned him appreciation and accolades from across the world. He landed the role after singing the rendition of “Unchained Melody” wearing a bathrobe in the audition video which highly left a mark on the director Baz Luhrmann’s mind that there’s something unique about him.

He is also going to be a part of Dune Part 2, which is an upcoming movie co-starring Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Timothée Chalamet, and several other talented actors.