Austin Zajur (born August 12, 1995) is an American actor known for his lead roles in films such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', and television shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''Point of Honor.''

Early life

Zajur was born on August 12, 1995, in the United States. His father Michel Zajur was born in

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, to a family of Lebanese-

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n descent. His father is also the president and CEO of the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Career

Zajur began his acting career at the age of 11 on the set of the miniseries ''

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'', 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. In 2010, he appeared in the educational animated children's television series ''

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'', where he played the voice role as Monkey in third season and episode sixteen: "Happy Mother's Day/Save the Sun Bear". In 2011, Zajur played the role such as young You in the first season, episode four of ''The Six''. In 2014, Zajur appeared in episode nine of the season two of ''

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'' as Dorrit's Punk Friend. In 2015, Zajur played the character of Cadet in the television film ''Point of Honor''. He played the role the Teen Gang Member in the period drama series '' Turn: Washington's Spies'', starring

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. Also appeared in the series ''Evil Kin'' as Stanford Clark in season three, episode 11: "Broken Bond". In 2016, Zajur appeared in the period medical drama series ''

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'', as Drunk Yankee in season one, episode 2: "The Haversack". Zajur made his film debut in director Kieran Valla's ''Delinquent'', where he played the role such as Carter. He played the role of Blair in "Ghost Confessions", the episode twelve of the eighth season of ''

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''. In 2017, Zajur had basically just moved to

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when he got a call from his agent, saying he was going to

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for a table read for the film ''

'' with

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and

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, he headed to

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to work on more projects. 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''. 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

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and Brianna Thorne. He has worked with

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in the comedy-drama series ''

'' as Diego. In 2019, Zajur starred in the horror film ''

'', which was released on August 23, 2019, where he played role of Charlie "Chuck" Steinberg, alongside

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, Michael Garza,

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, Gabriel Rush and Natalie Ganzhorn. He played of the role the Band Member #2 in the series ''Labeled''. In 2021, Zajur plays Dan Bonavure in the drama film '' The Fallout'' starring

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and

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. He played the role of Gideon, the fifth episode of the first season of '' Cruel Summer''. 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 ''

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'' alongside

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, Trevor Fehrman and

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Personal life

Since 2019, Zajur is in a relationship with actress

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. The couple announced their engagement on March 23, 2025. https://people.com/kevin-smith-daughter-harley-quinn-smith-engaged-to-austin-zajur-11702079

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zajur, Austin Living people American male film actors American male television actors 21st-century American male actors American actors of Mexican descent American people of Lebanese descent American people of Syrian descent 1995 births