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Austin Basis

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Austin Basis
Selected scenes of AUSTIN BASIS in "Winning Time" (HBO), "Homeland" (Showtime), "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (HBO), "Beauty And The Beast" (The CW), "Lucifer" (Netflix/FOX), "The Fear We Share", "How To Get Away With Murder" (ABC), and "Life Unexpected" (The CW). Featuring onscreen highlights with Viola Davis, Larry David and Claire Danes, among others.
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Austin Lee Basis was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York in a little beach community called Sea Gate, at the end the famous Coney Island boardwalk. His mother, Shari, was a teacher for over 30 years, and his father, Arthur, has managed a meat-distribution company for almost 20 years. He has a younger brother, Jeremy, who is also a teacher.

From a very young age Austin felt at home in the limelight, entertaining people and making them laugh - but actually dreamed of playing major league baseball as a catcher for the New York Mets! Once it was clear that biology and genetics were teaming up to prevent that from happening, Austin turned his focus to... becoming a doctor! Eventually, even that became an elaborate form of procrastination.

Throughout Austin's childhood he performed in plays, usually musical comedies, despite his lack of singing ability. From his first role as "The Sun" in the kindergarten play to the title role of Dracula in a Junior High School production of "Young Dracula" to the Dentist in a summer camp version of "Little Shop of Horrors" to the part of Stanley in "Brighton Beach Memoirs" - his first full production in college - Austin's future was being mapped out before his eyes.

Austin went on to Major in Theater at Binghamton University. He performed in the title roles of "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead" and "I Hate Hamlet" among others, in addition to several original productions. He continued his training and education at the Actors Studio Drama School, where he received an MFA in Acting.

Soon after graduating, Austin became a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. There he had the privilege to work with the likes of Al Pacino, Faye Dunaway, and Estelle Parsons; and under the tutelage of Ellen Burstyn, Harvey Keitel, Arthur Penn, and Lee Grant.

Austin was a struggling actor in New York for a couple of years. He worked as a bartender, a bouncer, a busboy, a cater-waiter, and a substitute teacher to make a living, all the while - taking classes to hone his audition skills, working "in Session" at the Actors Studio, and performing in a slew of independent & student films, and Off-Off Broadway plays. He also co-created and performed in an improv & sketch comedy show called "Mmm...Comedy" that ran for 7 months.

Austin's television debut was in the Comedy Central film Porn 'n Chicken (2002). His break came in 2004 when he was cast in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001). Austin then landed a role in a Warner Brothers TV pilot for FOX called Spellbound (2004) with Christine Baranski, Barry Bostwick and Dave Annable. He soon moved out to LA for good and began making a living as an actor.

Austin has since appeared on numerous television shows, among them: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006), Supernatural (2005) and Life on Mars (2008). His diverse film credits include Dorian Blues (2004), Boxboarders! (2007), American Zombie (2007), My Sassy Girl (2008), and The Other End of the Line (2007)
  • traveling as far as India to shoot them.


He enjoys a successful commercial career as well, appearing in spots for Toys 'R' Us, Wendy's, Dr. Pepper, State Farm, and Burger King. He also plays Benjamin Bankes the Pig in the Ad Council's "Feed the Pig" campaign.

Austin enjoys drawing and writing poetry.
BornSeptember 14
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  • Awards
    • 8 wins & 6 nominations

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Alvin, Midge & the writers of 'The Gordon Ford Show' (from Season 5, Episode 3 of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel")
Austin Basis with Viola Davis, Aja Naomi King and Liza Weil from "How To Get Away With Murder" (Episode #303 - "Always Bet Black")
Production still from the series finale of "Life Unexpected" with Erin Karpluk, Austin Basis, Austin Butler, Reggie Austin, Britt Robertson, Kris Polaha, Ksenia Solo, Shiri Appleby & Kerr Smith
Claire Danes and Austin Basis in Homeland (2011)- Season 8, Episode 6 “Two Minutes” (March 15, 2020) | Photo by SHOWTIME
Kristin Kreuk, Jay Ryan, and Austin Basis in Beauty and the Beast (2012)
Austin Basis as David O. Selznick in "First Oscar"
Austin Basis in The Other End of the Line (2007)
Jesse Metcalfe and Austin Basis in The Other End of the Line (2007)
Kristin Kreuk, Ted Whittall, Jay Ryan, Austin Basis, and Nicole Gale Anderson in Beauty and the Beast (2012)
Austin Basis in Beauty and the Beast (2012)
Austin Basis in Life Unexpected (2010)
Kristin Kreuk, Sendhil Ramamurthy, and Austin Basis in Beauty and the Beast (2012)

Known for

Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
8.7
TV Series
  • Alvin
Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan in Beauty and the Beast (2012)
Beauty and the Beast
7.0
TV Series
  • J.T. Forbes
Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
8.8
TV Series
  • Waiter
Shiri Appleby, Kristoffer Polaha, and Britt Robertson in Life Unexpected (2010)
Life Unexpected
7.5
TV Series
  • Matthew 'Math' Rogers

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    • Post-production
    • Short
  • Daruma
    • Thomas
    • Post-production
  • Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
    • Alvin
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Kanashimi (2023)
    Kanashimi
    • Adam
    • Short
    • 2023
  • Reasonable Doubt (2022)
    Reasonable Doubt
    • Leland Hurwitz
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Tikhon Zhiznevskiy in First Oscar (2022)
    First Oscar
    • David O. Selznick
    • 2022
  • John C. Reilly and Quincy Isaiah in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022)
    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
    • Converse Shoe Exec
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Ryan Eggold in New Amsterdam (2018)
    New Amsterdam
    • Howard Rosenbaum
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Sorry Charlie Miller (2021)
    Sorry Charlie Miller
    • Larry Leventhal
    • Police Officer Willie
    • Newscaster #1 (voice) ...
    • Podcast Series
    • 2021
  • Solve: The Podcast (2019)
    Solve: The Podcast
    • Benji Morelli
    • Podcast Series
    • 2020
  • Eileen Grubba, Nick Nelsen, Adam W. Karwowski, Alexander Yellen, Austin Basis, and Tobias Forrest in Dead End Drive (2020)
    Dead End Drive
    • Oscar
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Ming-Na Wen, Clark Gregg, Iain De Caestecker, Nick Blood, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, and Elizabeth Henstridge in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
    Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
    • Russell Feldman
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington in Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
    Little Fires Everywhere
    • Principal Peters
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Claire Danes in Homeland (2011)
    Homeland
    • Lonnie
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Brittany Ishibashi, Colleen Basis, Marc Chenail, Austin Basis, Olivia Kuan, Malinda Zehner Guerra, Miles Crawford, Farley Crawford, and Dan Teicher in The Fear We Share (2019)
    The Fear We Share
    • Man
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Jay Hernandez and Perdita Weeks in Magnum P.I. (2018)
    Magnum P.I.
    • Robert Fraser
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Space Cadets (2018)
    Space Cadets
    • Y-4U
    • TV Series
    • 2018

Writer

  • Brittany Ishibashi, Colleen Basis, Marc Chenail, Austin Basis, Olivia Kuan, Malinda Zehner Guerra, Miles Crawford, Farley Crawford, and Dan Teicher in The Fear We Share (2019)
    The Fear We Share
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Austin Basis in Not Your Buddy (2017)
    Not Your Buddy
    • writer
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Robin Thomas, Jane Edith Wilson, Austin Basis, Josh Taub, Ethan David Haile, Dave Maulbeck, Kelly Victoria, and Jacob Lear in Dracula Goes to Camp (2017)
    Dracula Goes to Camp
    • creator
    • TV Movie
    • 2017
  • Bernie's Wonder Years (2016)
    Bernie's Wonder Years
    • written by
    • TV Movie
    • 2016

Producer

  • Eileen Grubba, Nick Nelsen, Adam W. Karwowski, Alexander Yellen, Austin Basis, and Tobias Forrest in Dead End Drive (2020)
    Dead End Drive
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Brittany Ishibashi, Colleen Basis, Marc Chenail, Austin Basis, Olivia Kuan, Malinda Zehner Guerra, Miles Crawford, Farley Crawford, and Dan Teicher in The Fear We Share (2019)
    The Fear We Share
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Austin Basis in Not Your Buddy (2017)
    Not Your Buddy
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Robin Thomas, Jane Edith Wilson, Austin Basis, Josh Taub, Ethan David Haile, Dave Maulbeck, Kelly Victoria, and Jacob Lear in Dracula Goes to Camp (2017)
    Dracula Goes to Camp
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2017
  • Bernie's Wonder Years (2016)
    Bernie's Wonder Years
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2016

Videos8

Demo Reel - AUSTIN BASIS
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Demo Reel - AUSTIN BASIS
The Other End of the Line: Trailer
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The Other End of the Line: Trailer
My Sassy Girl
Trailer 1:45
My Sassy Girl
American Zombie
Trailer 1:27
American Zombie
Beauty And The Beast
Trailer 0:21
Beauty And The Beast
The Fear We Share
Trailer 1:01
The Fear We Share
Boxboarders!
Trailer 2:17
Boxboarders!
OM Trailer
Trailer 0:57
OM Trailer

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    • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
  • Born
    • September 14
    • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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    • Jeremy Basis(Sibling)
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