Austin Williams (actor)

Last updated
Austin Williams
Born (1996-11-13) November 13, 1996 (age 27)
OccupationActor
Years active2005–2015

Austin Williams (born November 13, 1996 in New York City, New York) 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 .

Contents

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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matt Damon</span> American actor (born 1970)

Matthew Paige Damon is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes' most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Wilkinson</span> English actor (1948–2023)

Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson was an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. In 2005, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keir Dullea</span> American actor (born 1936)

Keir Atwood Dullea is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and its 1984 sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact. His other film roles include David and Lisa (1962), Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) and Black Christmas (1974). Dullea studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. He has also performed on stage in New York City and in regional theaters; he has said that, despite being more recognized for his film work, he prefers the stage.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sydney Pollack</span> American filmmaker and actor (1934–2008)

Sydney Irwin Pollack was an American film director, producer, and actor. Pollack is known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films. Over his forty year career he received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and six BAFTA Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Malcolm-Jamal Warner</span> American actor (born 1970)

Malcolm-Jamal Warner is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his role as Theodore Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992), which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 38th Primetime Emmy Awards. He is also known for his roles as Malcolm McGee on the UPN sitcom Malcolm & Eddie (1996–2000), and Dr. Alex Reed in the sitcom Reed Between the Lines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frank Langella</span> American actor (born 1938)

Frank A. Langella Jr. is an American actor known for his roles on stage and screen. He eschewed the career of a traditional film star by making the stage the focal point of his career, appearing frequently on Broadway. He has received numerous accolades including four Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Alan Grier</span> American comedian and actor (born 1956)

David Alan Grier is an American comedian and actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, Grier gained popularity playing multiple roles in the American sketch comedy television series In Living Color (1990–1994) and Reverend Leon Lonnie Love on the Fox comedy series Martin (1993–1997). In 2004, Grier was ranked no. 94 on Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Logan Lerman</span> American actor (born 1992)

Logan Wade Lerman is an American actor. He appeared in commercials in the mid-1990s, before starring in the series Jack & Bobby (2004–2005) and the movies The Butterfly Effect (2004) and Hoot (2006). Lerman gained further recognition for playing the title character in the Percy Jackson film series, d'Artagnan in 2011's The Three Musketeers, starred in the coming-of-age dramas The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), Indignation (2016) and The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017), and had major roles in the 2014 films Noah and Fury. In 2020, he returned to television with the series Hunters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Hawkes (actor)</span> American actor

John Hawkes is an American actor. He is the recipient of two Independent Spirit Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Damon Wayans Jr.</span> American actor and comedian (born 1982)

Damon Kyle Wayans Jr. is an American actor and comedian. He starred as Brad Williams in the ABC sitcom Happy Endings, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012, and as Coach in the Fox sitcom New Girl. In 2014, he starred in the comedy film Let's Be Cops, and provided the voice of Wasabi in Big Hero 6.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jesse Plemons</span> American actor (born 1988)

Jesse Plemons is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and achieved a breakthrough with his role as Landry Clarke in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights (2006–2011). He subsequently portrayed Todd Alquist in season 5 of the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2012–2013) and its sequel film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019). For his role as Ed Blumquist in season 2 of the FX anthology series Fargo (2015), he received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination and won a Critics' Choice Television Award. He received a second Emmy nomination for his performance in "USS Callister", an episode of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror (2017).

Zachary Mills is an American former actor. He is known for his roles in the films, Hollywoodland (2006), Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007), Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008), and Super 8 (2011).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jake T. Austin</span> American actor (born 1994)

Jake Toranzo Austin Szymanski, known professionally as Jake T. Austin, is an American actor. Beginning his career as a child actor at the age of seven, Austin is best known for his role as Max Russo on the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place, and as the voice of Diego on the Nickelodeon animated series Go, Diego, Go!. Austin was also the original actor who portrayed Jesus Foster on the ABC Family family/teen drama series The Fosters. His feature film credits include co-starring roles in Hotel for Dogs, New Year's Eve, Rio and The Emoji Movie.

<i>Out of Jimmys Head</i> American live-action/adult animated teen sitcom

Out of Jimmy's Head is an American live-action/animated teen sitcom created by Tim McKeon and Adam Pava for Cartoon Network. It is based on the network's 2006 film Re-Animated, and is the first live-action/animated television series produced by Cartoon Network. The series was produced by Cartoon Network Studios and Brookwell McNamara Entertainment. The creators, Tim McKeon and Adam Pava, were originally writers for other Cartoon Network shows such as Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, before creating Weighty Decisions, a short on the network's Sunday Pants anthology series. They were also writers on the Nickelodeon animated series, As Told by Ginger.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Graham Phillips (actor)</span> American actor and singer

Graham David Phillips is an American actor and singer. Beginning his acting career at the age of nine, Phillips is known for a variety of television, film, and stage roles; as Zach Florrick on the CBS series The Good Wife, Ben Tennyson in the film Ben 10: Race Against Time, and Evan Goldman in the Broadway musical 13, as well as a leading role in the independent film Staten Island Summer. He has also appeared in films such as Blockers and XOXO and in the recurring television roles of Nick St. Clair in Riverdale and Nate in Atypical. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2019 with The Bygone.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Colin Ford</span> American actor (born 1996)

Colin Lee Ford is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Josh Wheeler in Daybreak, Joe McAlister in Under the Dome, the voice of Jake on Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Mikey on Can You Teach My Alligator Manners?, which earned him a Young Artist Award, young Sam Winchester in Supernatural and Dylan Mee in the family film We Bought a Zoo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tucker Albrizzi</span> American actor (born 2000)

Tucker Albrizzi is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Tyler Duncan on Big Time Rush, Jake on Good Luck Charlie, Randall Snyder on American Vandal and Colin McConnell on A.P. Bio. He has appeared in the movies I Am Number Four, Bridesmaids, Sicko, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, and ParaNorman.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jared S. Gilmore</span> American actor

Jared Scott Gilmore is an American actor and Twitch streamer. He is best known for his role in the series Once Upon a Time as Henry Mills.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Paul Ruttan</span> Canadian actor

John Paul Ruttan is a Canadian actor who is best known for RoboCop and This Means War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Griffin Gluck</span> American actor (born 2000)

Griffin Alexander Gluck is an American actor. Gluck began his career as a child actor in comedy films such as Just Go with It (2011) and Why Him? (2016). He had his first leading role as a comatosed teenager in the drama series Red Band Society (2014–2015) and gained acclaim for playing a young film prodigy in the Netflix mockumentary series American Vandal (2017–2018) and the main antagonist Gabe / Dodge in the Netflix horror series Locke & Key (2020–2022). He also had further leading roles in comedy films Big Time Adolescence (2019), Tall Girl (2019) and its 2022 sequel, and North Hollywood (2021), and appeared in the second and final season of the Freeform thriller anthology Cruel Summer (2023).

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.