Greg Austin (actor)

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Greg Austin
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Born (1992-08-02) 2 August 1992 (age 31)
Bournemouth, England
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present
Notable work Class , Mr Selfridge

Gregory Paul Austin (born 2 August 1992) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Travis Leich in Amazon Prime's Hunters and Charlie Smith in the BBC's Doctor Who spin-off Class . [1]

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Early life

Austin grew up in Bournemouth, England, [2] and has three sisters. [3] Before becoming an actor, he started off as a dancer, studying modern, ballet, tap and street dance, which got him into musical theatre. After this, he studied at Arts Educational in London, where he finished his musical theatre degree in 2013.

Career

From 2014 to 2016 Austin starred as the young Gordon Selfridge in ITV's Mr Selfridge , [4] a job he got even before finishing his theatre degree. [3] He also appeared as Rufus Barton in one episode of Law & Order: UK . [5]

In 2015 Austin appeared in the short film Into the Surf.

In 2016 Austin was cast in the BBC Three Doctor Who spin-off Class as Charlie Smith, an alien [6] who falls in love with his classmate Matteusz. [7] At first Austin didn't know his character was alien: when he read the script he presumed that Charlie was a bit socially inept and might have mild Asperger's syndrome, an interpretation that helped him to have a different way of looking at things and to get an alien perspective. [6]

In 2017, he starred in a popular Wrigley's chewing gum commercial and appeared in series 5 of ITV's Endeavour as Rufus Barton.

In 2018 and 2020 Austin reprised his role as Charlie in several audio plays by Big Finish. [8] He then appeared briefly as a "synth" in the Channel 4 series Humans.

In 2019, he had a guest lead role on Stephen Poliakoff's Summer of Rockets , which premiered on BBC2 on 22 May 2019.

In 2020, he played a lead role in Hunters , airing on Amazon Prime, as Travis Leich, a fanatical young Nazi enforcer.

Filmography

TV series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Law & Order: UK Rufus BartonGuest role (1 episode)
2014–2016 Mr Selfridge Gordon SelfridgeMain cast (30 episodes)
2016 Class Charlie SmithMain cast (8 episodes)
2018 Endeavour [9] Kit Hutchens/Rufus BartonGuest Role (2 episodes)
2018 Humans [10] RolandGuest role (1 episode)
2019 Summer of Rockets Anthony Shaw
2020–2023 Hunters Travis LeichMain cast (15 episodes)
2023 Wreck Joseph MurphySeason 2

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Backing UpShort film
2015Into the SurfSebastianShort film
2019After the WarFreddy

Audio

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018–2023 Class Charlie Smith8 episodes

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