Austin Butler is an Academy Award nominated actor from Anaheim, California. He grew up in close proximity to both Disneyland and Knox Berry Farm, where he would go on a regular basis with his mother and sister. He was "discovered" at 13 years old and began acting on Nickelodeon and Disney Channel for a number of years before graduating to more serious roles. Butler has had roles on "Ruby and the Rockits", "The Carrie Diaries", and "The Shannara Chronicles". After his Broadway debut in 2018, his love of acting was reinvigorated from working alongside Denzel Washington and soon after the play closed, Butler would audition and inevitably prep for his largest role to date... click here to learn more about Mr. Butler.
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Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman produced the streamer’s high-flying hit
“Masters of the Air” launched with more viewers in its opening weekend than any Apple TV+ series ever has, according to the streamer. Though an exact number of viewers was not made available, that puts the epic war miniseries launch above other high-profile original titles like “Hijack,” “The Morning Show” and “Severance.”Remarkably, following the premiere of “Masters of the Air,” viewership across all of Apple TV+ climbed by 65% worldwide when compared to the previous seven-day period. The streamer also maintained double-digit growth across more than 100 territories.
“Masters of the Air” is currently debuting new episodes, with its sixth installment premiering on Friday, Feb. 23. The finale will bow on the streamer on March 15.
“Masters of the Air” is executive produced by Steven Spielberg for Amblin Television, as well as Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman for Playtone. Amblin’s Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey serve as co-executive producers, along with Playtone’s Steven Shareshian, series writer John Orloff and Graham Yost.
Adapted from Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name, the miniseries dramatizes the wartime ventures of the 100th Bomb Group, who performed dangerous aviation raids over Nazi Germany. The series boasts a deep ensemble that includes Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Nate Mann, Rafferty Law, Barry Keoghan, Josiah Cross, Branden Cook and Ncuti Gatwa.
The miniseries has drawn strong critical praise since its launch, with Variety chief TV critic Aramide Tinubu writing that the production is “massive, beautifully rendered and a reminder that war is murderous, gruesome and horrifically human.”
Austin Butler is an Academy Award nominated actor from Anaheim, California. He grew up in close proximity to both Disneyland and Knox Berry Farm, where he would go on a regular basis with his mother and sister. He was "discovered" at 13 years old and began acting on Nickelodeon and Disney Channel for a number of years before graduating to more serious roles. Butler has had roles on "Ruby and the Rockits", "The Carrie Diaries", and "The Shannara Chronicles". After his Broadway debut in 2018, his love of acting was reinvigorated from working alongside Denzel Washington and soon after the play closed, Butler would audition and inevitably prep for his largest role to date... click here to learn more about Mr. Butler.