Austin Williams is an American
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), l ...
. 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
Shane Morasco is a fictional character from the daytime soap opera, '' One Life to Live''.
Storylines
Gigi initially befriends Viki Davidson (Erika Slezak) in 2007 when both women are working at the Bonjour Café in Paris, Texas. Despite being ...
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
''Michael Clayton'' is a 2007 American legal thriller film written and directed by Tony Gilroy in his feature directorial debut and starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, and Sydney Pollack. Clooney plays lawyer Michael Clayto ...
''.
In 2012, at the
33rd Young Artist Awards
The 33rd Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the Young Artist Association, honored excellence of young performers between the ages of 5 to 21 in the fields of film, television, theater and music for the year 2011. Nominees were announced ...
, Austin was nominated for his performance in ''
A Gifted Man
''A Gifted Man'' is an American fantasy medical drama television series that premiered on CBS on September 23, 2011. The series is about a talented but self-absorbed surgeon (Patrick Wilson) who starts questioning his purpose in life when he is v ...
'' and won for his performance in ''
One Life to Live''.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
American male soap opera actors
American male child actors
American male voice actors