Austin Williams (actor)

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Austin Williams
Born (1996-11-13) November 13, 1996 (age 25)
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present

Austin Williams is an American soap opera actor. In 2005, Austin was cast in the film The Good Shepherd , which starred Matt Damon, as the young version of Damon's character Edward Wilson. In October 2007, he was cast in the role of Shane Morasco on One Life to Live , a role that continued until January 2012. In 2008, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award for "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actor Age Ten or Younger" for his role as Henry Clayton in the 2007 film Michael Clayton .

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In 2012, at the 33rd Young Artist Awards, Austin was nominated for his performance in A Gifted Man and won for his performance in One Life to Live . [1]

Filmography

Film
YearFilmRoleNotes
2006 The Good Shepherd Young Edward Wilson
2007 The Girl Next Door Ralphie 'Woofer' Chandler
Michael Clayton Henry Clayton
2008 Home Movie Jack Poe
Phoebe in Wonderland Tommy
2010 Burning Palms Nicholas Pinter
2013 Blood Ties Young Chris Pierzynski
Sugar Ronnie
2014 Henry & Me Jack (voice) [2]
Television guest spots
YearTitleRoleEpisodes
2006 Sensing Murder Kirk Neufeld"Random Killer"
2007–12 One Life to Live Shane Morasco 227 episodes
2008 Law & Order Billy Bo9ne"Angelgrove"
2009 Rescue Me Male Student"Play"
2011 A Gifted Man Steven Tucker"In Case of Exposure"

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2008Young Artist AwardBest Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actor Age Ten or YoungerMichael ClaytonNominated
2009Young Artist AwardOutstanding Young Performers in a TV Series
(shared with Eddie Alderson, Kristen Alderson, Camila Banus and Carmen LoPorto)
One Life to LiveNominated
Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young ActorNominated
2010Young Artist AwardBest Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actor 13 and UnderNominated
2012Young Artist AwardBest Performance in a Daytime TV Series - Young Actor
(shared with Andrew Trischitta)
Won
Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 14-17A Gifted ManNominated

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References

  1. "33rd Annual Young Artist Awards" . Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  2. Genzlinger, Neil (18 September 2014). "A Down Yankees Fan Gets a Pinstripes Pick Me Up". The New York Times . Retrieved 11 March 2017.