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Austin Crute (born October 24, 1995) is an American actor best known for his roles in the Netflix series '' Daybreak'' and the films ''
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They/Them Singular ''they'', along with its inflected or derivative forms, ''them'', ''their'', ''theirs'', and ''themselves'' (also ''themself'' and ''theirself''), is a gender-neutral third-person pronoun derived from plural they. It typically occu ...
''.


Biography

Crute was born into a religious family, the son of a pastor in
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. In 2011–2012, at age 15, Crute appeared as a contestant on the reality competition '' Majors & Minors'' and subsequently, the musical album which arose out of the show. He graduated high school from Greater Atlanta Christian School in 2014. He graduated from
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in 2018. He portrayed Alan in the 2019 coming of age film ''Booksmart'',
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's directorial debut and Wesley Fists in the post-apocalyptic
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series ''Daybreak''. He previously had a guest appearance as "Black
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" in an episode of the FX series ''
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. Crute is gay, and played
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characters in ''Booksmart'', ''Daybreak'', ''
They/Them Singular ''they'', along with its inflected or derivative forms, ''them'', ''their'', ''theirs'', and ''themselves'' (also ''themself'' and ''theirself''), is a gender-neutral third-person pronoun derived from plural they. It typically occu ...
'' and ''
The Greatest Hits The Greatest Hits may refer to: * ''The Greatest Hits'' (3 Doors Down album), 2012 * ''The Greatest Hits'' (Amii Stewart 2005), 2005 * ''The Greatest Hits'' (Australian Crawl album), 2014 * ''The Greatest Hits'' (Baby Bird album), 1997 * ''The ...
''. As a recording artist, Crute has released the track "Ungodly".


Filmography


Film


Television


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crute. Austin 1995 births Living people American male television actors American gay actors New York University alumni American male film actors 21st-century American male actors LGBTQ people from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Norcross, Georgia African-American LGBTQ people 21st-century African-American people 21st-century American LGBTQ people Greater Atlanta Christian School alumni