Austin Zajur

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Austin Zajur
Born (1995-08-12) August 12, 1995 (age 28)
Mexico
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present

Austin Zajur (born August 12, 1995) is a Mexican-born American actor known for his lead roles in films such as Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Fist Fight , and television shows such as Kidding , Mythic Quest and Point of Honor. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life

Zajur was born on August 12, 1995 in Mexico. His father Michel Zajur was born in Mexico, to a family of Lebanese-Syrian descent. His father is also the president and CEO of the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. [4] [5]

Career

Zajur began his acting career at the age of 11 on the set of the miniseries John Adams , where he played the guest role of Militiaman / Boston Local. As a child actor, he would spend his days traveling back and forth to New York from Richmond. At 20, he took a leap of faith and moved to New York to focus on his acting career. [6]

In 2010, he appeared in the educational animated children's television series Wonder Pets! , where he played the voice role as Monkey in third season and episode sixteen: "Happy Mother's Day/Save the Sun Bear". [7] [8]

In 2011, Zajur played the role such as young You in the first season, episode four of The Six. [9]

In 2014, Zajur appeared in episode nine of the season two of The Carrie Diaries as Dorrit's Punk Friend. [10]

In 2015, Zajur played the character of Cadet in the television film Point of Honor. [11] He played the role the Teen Gang Member in the period drama series Turn: Washington's Spies , starring Jamie Bell as Abraham Woodhull. [12] Also appeared in the series Evil Kin as Stanford Clark in season three, episode 11: "Broken Bond". [13]

In 2016, Zajur appeared in the period medical drama series Mercy Street , as Drunk Yankee in season one, episode 2: "The Haversack". [14] Zajur made his film debut in director Kieran Valla's Delinquent, where he played the role such as Carter. [15] [16] He played the role of Blair in "Ghost Confessions", the episode twelve of the eighth season of A Haunting . [17]

In 2017, Zajur had basically just moved to Manhattan when he got a call from his agent, saying he was going to Atlanta for a table read for the film Fist Fight with Ice Cube, Charlie Day and Tracy Morgan, he headed to Los Angeles to work on more projects. [18] [19] [20] In the 2017 short film, Stag, he played the character of Robbie. He played the role of Son in the web series CollegeHumor Originals and also played Austin in Vanoss Superhero School. [21]

In 2018, Zajur appeared on TV shows Speechless as Dorky Friend #1. He played the role as Sal in the 2018 short film The Day of Matthew Montgomery alongside Jesse Bradford and Brianna Thorne. He has worked with Jim Carrey in the comedy-drama series Kidding as Diego. [22] [23]

In 2019, Zajur starred in the horror film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark , which was released on August 23, 2019, where he played role of Charlie "Chuck" Steinberg, alongside Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Austin Abrams, Gabriel Rush and Natalie Ganzhorn. He played of the role the Band Member #2 in the series Labeled. [24]

In 2021, Zajur plays Dan Bonavure in the drama film The Fallout starring Jenna Ortega and Maddie Ziegler. [25] He played the role of Gideon, the fifth episode of the first season of Cruel Summer . [26]

In 2022, Zajur played the role of Eric French in the 2022 film Student Body. He also appeared as Blockchain Coltrane in the comedy film Clerks III alongside Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Trevor Fehrman and Jason Mewes. [27]

Personal life

Since 2019, Zajur is in a relationship with actress Harley Quinn Smith. [28] [29] [30]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016DelinquentCarter
2017 Fist Fight Neil
StagRobbieShort film
2018The Day of Matthew MontgomerySalShort film
2019 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Chuck Steinberg
Countdown Brock McMastersUncredited
2021 The Fallout Dan Bonavure
2022Student BodyEric French
Clerks III Blockchain Coltrane
2023Fool’s ParadiseMosquito Boy/Stand In
TBARobberyBillyShort film; post-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 John Adams Militiaman / Boston Local2 episodes
2010 Wonder Pets! MonkeyEpisode: "Happy Mother's Day/Save the Sun Bear"
2011The SixYoung YouEpisode: "The Six Girls You'll See Back Home"
2014 The Carrie Diaries Dorrit's Punk FriendEpisode: "Under Pressure"
2015Point of HonorCadetTelevision movie; uncredited
Turn: Washington's Spies Teen Gang MemberEpisode: "Men of Blood"
Evil KinSanford ClarkEpisode: "Broken Bond"
2016 Mercy Street Drunk YankeeEpisode: "The Haversack"
A Haunting BlairEpisode: "Ghost Confessions"
2018SpeechlessDorky Friend #1Episode: "N-E-- NEW Y-- YEAR'S E-- EVE"
Kidding DiegoEpisode: "The New You"
2019LabeledBand Member #2Television short
2020Swiss and Lali Hijack HollywoodHarlanMain role
2021 Cruel Summer GideonEpisode: "As the Carny Gods Intended"

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 CollegeHumor Originals SonEpisode: "IF Hand Turkeys Were Real"
Vanoss Superhero School Austin3 episodes

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