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Austin Haynes (actor)

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Austin Haynes
Born (2008-07-03) 3 July 2008 (age 16)
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
OccupationActor
Years active2017–present

Austin Haynes (born 3 July 2008)[1] is a British child actor. He is best known for playing Thomas in The Railway Children Return (2022).[2]

Early life

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Austin Haynes was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire.[3]

Career

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Haynes is a British actor who started acting at the age of seven.

Haynes landed his first cast TV role within a year of taking up acting, in popular BBC1 drama The A Word, where he plays the role of Olly Chapman. Since then, Haynes has worked consistently in film and television.

Haynes is a keen guitarist and his first breakthrough role was busking on the streets in the Co-op advert for Christmas in 2020 to Oasis' "Round Are Way" with younger brother, Rocco.[4][5]

He has filmed an array of different TV roles in many well known productions such as Gentleman Jack, Dodger, Andy and the Band, Ted's Top Ten, All Creatures Great And Small,[1][6] and Channel 4's Somewhere Boy, BAFTA nominated for best drama.

His films include comedy heist The Duke, where he starred alongside Jim Broadbent and Dame Helen Mirren, crime film The Pure and the Damned, Iniquity and The Boys in the Boat, for MGM, a sweeping story about a 1930s American rowing team where he plays the role of Joe Rantz's grandson, directed by George Clooney.[6] The film had its worldwide premiere in December 2023.

Haynes's first pivotal leading role was released in the summer of 2022, for StudioCanal's The Railway Children Return,[7] where he filmed alongside Jenny Agutter, Sheridan Smith, John Bradley and Sir Tom Courtenay. Haynes plays Thomas, the grandson of Agutter's character, in the family adventure about a group of children evacuated to the Yorkshire countryside during the Second World War.

In November 2022, he was awarded 'Yorkshire's Young Achiever of the Year' for 'Contribution to the Arts'.[8]

Haynes went on to complete filming on upcoming feature film Jackdaw for Anton Productions, working alongside Thomas Turgoose, Jenna Coleman and Oliver Jackson-Cohen and BBC's The Power of Parker, working alongside Conleth Hill, George Costigan and Sian Gibson.

In 2024, Haynes appeared in series 2 of The Responder, alongside Martin Freeman and Adam Nagaitis.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2019 Downton Abbey Yorkshire Boy
2020 Co-op Round Are Way Busker Boy
The Duke Scruffy Little Boy
2021 Iniquity Young Michael
Ali & Ava Aiden Riley
2022 The Pure and the Damned Young Isaac
Youthless Jud
The Railway Children Return Thomas
2023 The Boys In The Boat Joe Rantz Grandson
Jackdaw Geordie Boy
TBA Giant Trev In production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2017 The A Word Olly Chapman 2 episodes
2018 The Tempest Sailor TV special
2019 The Feed Brother Episode #1.2
Gentleman Jack Pit Boy Episode: "Most Women Are Dull and Stupid"
2020 Last Tango in Halifax School Boy Episode #5.2
2020, 2022 All Creatures Great And Small Joseph / Andrew Simmonds 2 episodes
2021 Ted's Top Ten Keevan Griffiths 2 episodes
The Irregulars Urchin Episode: "Chapter Four: Both the Needle and the Knife"
2022 Dodger George Minnow 2 episodes
Andy and the Band Leo Episode: "Detention Break"
Somewhere Boy Teenage Danny 2 episodes
2023 The Power of Parker Ryan Slater 3 episodes
2024 Supercars of Wakey Jack Chittenden
The Responder Danny Episode #2.1
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References

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  1. ^ a b "Meet the 13-year-old from Leeds starring in The Railway Children Return and whose TV and film credits include All Creatures Great and Small, Gentleman Jack, The Duke and The A Word". yorkshirepost.co.uk. 20 June 2022.
  2. ^ "The Railway Children: meet the cast of youngsters bringing back beloved classic". HELLO!. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  3. ^ Hammond, Grace (20 June 2022). "Meet the 13-year-old from Leeds starring in The Railway Children Return and whose TV and film credits include All Creatures Great and Small, Gentleman Jack, The Duke and The A Word". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Meet the real-life Leeds brothers behind the Round Are Way cover". Radio X. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Austin Haynes in All Creatures as Andrew Simmonds". Articulate Drama School & Casting Agency. 13 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b "The Railway Children Return To New George Clooney Movie – A Young Yorkshire Actor's Star Is Rising". Yorkshire Times. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  7. ^ "The Railway Children: meet the cast of youngsters bringing back beloved classic". HELLO!. 15 July 2022.
  8. ^ Yorkshires Young Achiever of the Year