Age: 34
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Austin Robert Butler (born August 17, 1991) is an American actor. Butler began his career on television, first in roles on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, most notably on Zoey 101 (2007–2008), and later on teen dramas, including recurring parts on The CW's Life Unexpected (2010–2011) and Switched at Birth (2011–2012). He gained recognition for starring in The Carrie Diaries (2013–2014) and The Shannara Chronicles (2016–2017). Butler made his Broadway debut in the 2018 revival of The Iceman Cometh and portrayed Tex Watson in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). Butler gained wider prominence for his portrayal of Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's Elvis (2022), for which he won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023. He has since starred as Gale Cleven in the war drama miniseries Masters of the Air (2024) and Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in the science fiction film Dune: Part Two (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Austin Butler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Austin Butler
Patera Silk
for Patera Silk in The Book of the Long Sun
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The Book of the Long Sun is a science fiction series set aboard the Whorl, a massive generation starship launched from Urth generations ago. The story follows Patera Silk, a priest in the city-state of Viron, who receives a divine revelation from the mysterious Outsider that compels him to save his struggling manteion (temple/school) from closure. As Silk embarks on this mission, he undergoes a profound personal transformation, moving from a naive and devout religious servant to a complex figure capable of navigating political intrigue, criminal underworlds, and moral ambiguity The narrative explores themes of religious enlightenment, personal growth, and the nature of identity within a technologically advanced yet socially stratified society. The Whorl is populated by two types of beings - "bios" (humans) and "chems" (robots), and is nominally ruled by electronic "Gods of Mainframe"3. Silk's journey becomes increasingly complex as he uncovers the mysteries of the Whorl, confronts the political machinations of the Ayuntamiento (city government), and ultimately plays a crucial role in the potential liberation and understanding of the ship's purpose
