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- Austin Butler as Elvis Presley. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood's Butler plays the King of Rock 'n' Roll in Baz Luhrmann's flashy film, Elvis. The film chronicles the musician and actor's rise to stardom over two decades, including his meteoric ascension to icon status and all the controversy that went with it.
- Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker. Oscar-winning actor Hanks plays Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis' incomparable manager. The film is told from the perspective of the highly influential music mogul and examines his relationship with Elvis over two decades.
- Olivia DeJonge as Priscilla Presley. Australian actress DeJonge plays Elvis' wife, Priscilla, in the film — who was married to the King of Rock 'n' Roll from 1967 to 1973.
- Dacre Montgomery as Steve Binder. Stranger Things' actor Montgomery plays the rebellious director and producer Steve Binder, best known for his work on the hour-long Elvis concert on NBC.
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In the Baz Luhrmann Elvis cast, Butler plays the lead, Elvis Presley, the legendary singer from Tennessee who starts off as a talented up-and-coming artist that explodes onto the music scene to become one of the most prominent figures of all time and a true cultural icon. Butler's most recognizable role to date is as Wil Ohmsford in The Shannara Ch...
Hanks plays Colonel Tom Parker, the controversial manager of Elvis Presley, who gets his hooks into the singer at an early age and remains with him throughout the entirety of his career, creating opportunity while also manipulating the singer's career. No stranger to playing real-life roles, Hanks is a multi-Academy Award-winning actor known for hi...
Olivia DeJonge plays Elvis' first and only wife Priscilla Presley in the Baz Luhrmann Elvis cast, who first met the singer while he was in the Army, stationed in Germany. The couple was eventually married in 1967 just as Elvis began his Hollywood career. They had a daughter, Lisa Marie, before divorcing in 1973, although Priscilla would later becom...
Roxburgh plays Elvis's father, Vernon Presley, who would become Elvis' financial manager, helping to take care of affairs at Graceland and traveling with his son to help manage his career alongside Colonel Tom Parker. An Australian native, Roxburgh has been featured in numerous film and TV projects, notably Mission: Impossible II, The League of Ext...
Thomson plays Elvis Presley's mother Gladys Presley in the Baz Luhrmann Elvis cast. Gladys came from a poor background and had a very close relationship with her son, which was believed to be in part to the fact that Elvis had been born a twin, but his brother was stillborn. She suffered from alcoholism and struggled with Elvis' rise to fame, which...
Kelvin Harrison Jr. as B.B. King: Harrison plays legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Famer B.B. King in the Baz Luhrmann Elvis cast, the American blues singer-songwriter known as "The King of the Blues" who befriended Elvis in his early days as an up-and-coming musician. Harrison Jr. has been in a number of well-known projects throughout his career thu...
There have been many actors to play Elvis in the past. However, in the Baz Luhrmann Elviscast, the actor that gave what may go down as the definitive performance of the "King of Rock" in a biopic is Austin Butler. Taking on such an iconic role is a daunting task for a young and relatively unknown actor, but Butler's performance captured the necessa...
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Jun 24, 2022 · Here's how the stars of Elvis —including Butler as Elvis and Olivia DeJonge as Priscilla—compare to their real-life counterparts. 1. Austin Butler as Elvis Presley. Warner Bros; Getty...
Jun 25, 2022 · From Olivia DeJonge as Priscilla Presley to Austin Butler as the King himself, see all of the cast—and their real-life counterparts—here.
Jun 24, 2022 · What does the cast of Elvis look like compared to their counterparts? See photos of the real Priscilla Presley, Tom Parker and Elvis himself.
May 26, 2022 · See the cast of Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" starring Austin Butler next to the real-life people they're playing, from Elvis and Priscilla Presley to B.B. King.
Jun 27, 2022 · From Olivia DeJonge as Priscilla Presley to Austin Butler as Elvis Presley, see all of the cast of ‘Elvis’ and their real-life counterparts here.
