David Austin (actor)

David Austin
Born David Mark Austin
(1967-01-19) 19 January 1967
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

David Austin is a New Zealand-based actor.

Biography

David'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 David quit full-time work to study Multimedia at SAE Institute 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[1] in a series of ads on intersections[2] and in 2009 played Medicus in the Starz series Spartacus:Blood and Sand.

References

  1. ↑ Leask, Anna (5 April 2009). "Stunt driver's wheel of misfortune". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Leask, Anna (5 April 2009). "Ghoulish demeanour lands roles". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

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