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Nick Austin
Nicholas Samuel Austin (Born April 2nd, 1994) is an American commercial actor and model from Southbridge, Massachusetts. Austin rose to prominence in late 2017, after landing a national commercial for Carnival Cruise Line that aired during the historic 2018 Winter Olympic Games on NBC. While living in Florida, Austin continued his successful year, appearing in various advertisement campaigns. After a series of personal setbacks in 2019, Austin made a return in 2020. Coming off his near year and a half hiatus, he quickly found himself back to work. Austin has worked with well known companies such as Carnival Cruise Line, Entenmann's, ViacomCBS, KPMG, Walmart and Weber Grills. He began acting at the age of 20, and attended Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School in Charlton, MA.

Early Life
Nick Austin was born on April 2nd, 1994 in Worcester, Massachusetts and raised in the nearby town of Southbridge, Massachusetts. He comes from a Greek and Scottish background. Austin attended Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School, upon graduation in 2012, he received the class comedian superlative, which he credits "led him to pursue a career as an actor". After high school he began to take classes at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, where he earned his associates degree in general studies in the summer of 2014. Upon completion of his degree, Austin had plans to further his education at a satellite campus of Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University in Hartford, Connecticut. and become an airline pilot. While pursuing his studies, he worked at Sherwin-Williams. A young and lost Austin, later decided to enroll in Nichols College for the 2015 spring semester. He withdrew after the first day of classes and never finished his bachelors degree.

Career
Austin's career began in Providence, Rhode Island as an unpaid extra on the feature film Bleed for This, an epic biopic about boxer Vinny Paz. The opportunity came to Austin while he was in Providence working at Providence College with his boxing trainer, when he heard about the film needing extras for a large scene at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. With the bulk of Austin's early work coming from being an extra on films, Upstate New York was the next stop for him where he met a local casting director and acting coach. The then 22 year old started to find, his way into the audition room. Austin booked his first commercial for a regional health insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut. Heavily involved with classes and coaching, Austin found his way for another regional ad in Roanoke, Virginia. In July of 2017 Austin left his job at the paint company and embraced his career as an actor. With experience under his belt, he left home to south Florida. Within his first 3 weeks after signing with his agent, he landed his first national commercial in Miami, Florida. Several successful projects and a year down the road, Austin left Florida back to Massachusetts where he fell into a decline. After taking the the rest of 2018 off and the entire year of 2019, Austin established himself again in 2020. When Austin was working at the University of Connecticut for UPS as a seasonal helper, he gained his confidence and composure back. The year started off well for Austin with work in New York City and later discovering his way to Dubai for a feature film. Austin's stated his influence comes from Latin artist Nicky Jam because of "the way he carries himself and his career".

Personal Life
Nick Austin has been involved with the sport of boxing since he was 15. He once held a Connecticut real estate license. Austin is a strong supporter of the US Armed Forces, and his brother serves in the United States Marine Corps. In late 2018 Austin went into a deep Depression, lasting for for over a year.