David Austin (born 1967) is a New Zealand-based actor.
Biography
Austin's family moved to New Zealand when he was 8 months old and settled in the Auckland suburb of Manurewa. He left school at 15, serving an apprenticeship in Fitting at the Otahuhu Railway Workshops. During the nineties David worked in various jobs, including shoe repair, carpentry and anodising. In 2004, Austin quit full-time work to study Multimedia at
SAE Institute
The SAE Institute (SAE, formerly the School of Audio Engineering and the SAE Technology College) is a private for-profit college with campuses and facilities, including licensed franchise operations, in 50 cities in 20 countries. It was founde ...
in Auckland and set up his own web design business the following year. In 2007, he took up acting, becoming the frightening face of New Zealand road safety
in a series of ads on intersections
and in 2009 played Medicus in the
Starz
Starz (stylized as STARZ since 2016; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Lions Gate Entertainment, and is the flagship property of parent subsidiary Starz Inc. Programming on Starz consis ...
series ''
Spartacus: Blood and Sand''.
David Austin is also a songwriter, musician and producer. He has released several solo projects as well as material with his former band Stark Raven. David Austin appears as the guest bassist on The Feckers
[http://www.thefeckers.net] song (and also appears in the subsequent video) "Music Keeps Me Sane". David has written and recorded with The Feckers members Chris Szkup and Richard Anderson on several songs that appeared on his solo album "A Changing Sky", as well as demos that exist of other unreleased Austin-Szkup-Anderson songs.
References
External links
Official Website*
LTNZ "Spin the wheel" advertisement
New Zealand male film actors
Living people
1967 births
People from Manurewa
New Zealand male television actors
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