{{Short description|British actor (born 2008/09)}} {{for|politician|Austin Haynes (politician)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox person |name = Austin Haynes |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|13|2022|06|20}} |birth_place = Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |alma_mater = |occupation = Actor |years_active = 2017–present }}
'''Austin Haynes''' (born {{birth based on age as of date|13|2022|06|20|noage=1}}) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Thomas in the film ''The Railway Children Return'' (2022), and on television as Tom McKinney in ''Unforgivable'', Fredo in ''Adolescence'', young Danny in ''Somewhere Boy'' and Andrew Simmonds in ''All Creatures Great and Small''.
== Early life == Austin Haynes was born in {{birth based on age as of date|13|2022|06|20|noage=1}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-06-20 |title=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 |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/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-3733327 |access-date= |website=yorkshirepost.co.uk |language=}}</ref> in Leeds, West Yorkshire.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hammond |first=Grace |date=20 June 2022 |title=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 |work=Yorkshire Post |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/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-3733327 |url-status= |access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref> Haynes is the older brother of Rocco Haynes, also an actor.
== Career == Haynes landed his first cast TV role in the BBC1 drama ''The A Word'' (2017), where he plays the role of Olly.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC One - The A Word, Series 2, Episode 6 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09jj488 |website=BBC |access-date=25 March 2025}}</ref>
He 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet the real-life Leeds brothers behind the Round Are Way cover |url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/liam-gallagher/co-op-christmas-ad-oasis-real-brothers-leeds/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=Radio X |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-10-13 |title=Austin Haynes in All Creatures as Andrew Simmonds |url=https://www.articulatesdc.com/blog/general/austin-haynes-in-all-creatures-as-andrew-simmonds/ |access-date= |website=Articulate Drama School & Casting Agency |language=}}</ref> The ad went on to win several awards, including "Best Casting Featuring Children" at the Casting Directors Association Awards 2021, at BAFTA.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Basonquet |first=Theo |date=13 September 2021 |title=Best Casting Featuring Children Award |url=https://www.backstage.com/uk/magazine/article/winners-of-uks-2021-casting-directors-association-awards-73963/}}</ref>
He has appeared in a variety of different TV roles in many well-known productions, including ''Gentleman Jack'', ''Dodger'', ''Andy and the Band'', ''Ted's Top Ten'', ''All Creatures Great And Small'',<ref name=":0" /><ref name="yorkshiretimes.co.uk">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The Railway Children Return To New George Clooney Movie – A Young Yorkshire Actor's Star Is Rising |url=https://www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/The-Railway-Children-Return-To-New-George-Clooney-Movie--A-Young-Yorkshire-Actor- |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=Yorkshire Times}}</ref> and Channel 4's ''Somewhere Boy'', BAFTA-nominated for best drama.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
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'' (2023), for MGM, a story about a 1930s American rowing team, where he plays the role of Joe Rantz's grandson,<ref>{{Cite web |title='George was fun!' Teen actor in George Clooney's film The Boys in the Boat |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/24045236.bradford-drama-school-teen-george-clooney-film-boys-boat/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226191146/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/24045236.bradford-drama-school-teen-george-clooney-film-boys-boat/ |archive-date=2024-02-26 |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |date=13 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> directed by George Clooney.<ref name="yorkshiretimes.co.uk"/>
Haynes's first major leading role was released in the summer of 2022, for StudioCanal's ''The Railway Children Return'', alongside Jenny Agutter, Sheridan Smith, John Bradley, and Tom Courtenay.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-15 |title=The Railway Children: meet the cast of youngsters bringing back beloved classic |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20220715145350/the-railway-children-cast-exclusive-interview/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=HELLO! |language=en}}</ref>
Haynes went on to complete filming on feature film ''Jackdaw'' <ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Jasmine |date=2023-12-01 |title='Jackdaw' Trailer — Oliver Jackson-Cohen Speeds Towards Revenge |url=https://collider.com/oliver-jackson-cohen-jackdaw-trailer/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> 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.
Early 2024, Haynes completed filming on boxing biopic ''Giant'', with Pierce Brosnan, again appearing alongside younger brother Rocco.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-19 |title=Everything we know about boxing biopic Giant |url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/giant-movie-release-date-cast-prince-naseem-083559460.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANAql9R750PXHiqcvWpiBVEAQHzI3wWnoSrUxB7Srej5cfaUMUuqkLbzTkL7NlsvI-NiLyF6gz5BGoBfTGSH6uKPLfOBiTiB8y1I56ktjjXPLHf18UPCUFSk8h4BONNKKSF2v8A3q2ZhJ2QYVYa1dKZksHZpdyPBUXMBvhPXKAZF |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=uk.movies.yahoo.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> Sylvester Stallone and Braden Aftergood are among the executive producers through Balboa Productions.
In the summer of 2024, Haynes was cast in ''Adolescence'', a four-part limited crime drama told in a real-time, using a one-shot style, with Stephen Graham and Ashley Walters. Phillip Barantini directs and Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, and Plan B Entertainment produced the series for Netflix.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stephen Graham and Ashley Walters lead ambitious Netflix crime drama Adolescence {{!}} Radio Times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/stephen-graham-ashley-walters-adolescence-newsupdate/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=www.radiotimes.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Later that year he landed smaller roles in ''Mission Impossible : The Final Reckoning''; comedy series ''Here We Go'' and ''The Power of Parker'' Series 2, before landing a leading role in Jimmy McGovern's ''Unforgivable'', alongside Anna Friel, Anna Maxwell Martin, David Threlfall and Bobby Schofield.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unforgivable cast and creator Jimmy McGovern on the drama about a family dealing with the devastating aftermath of an act of abuse |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/unforgivable-cast-creator/ |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-11 |title=BBC's Liverpool-set crime drama with Adolescence star looks gripping |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/843690/bbc-liverpool-set-crime-drama-adolescence-star-gripping/ |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=HELLO! |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Amin |first=Meghna |date=2025-07-12 |title='Challenging' BBC drama featuring Adolescence star confirms release date |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/challenging-bbc-drama-featuring-adolescence-35545841 |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=Daily Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-15 |title=Everything We Know About The New "Devastating" Child Abuse Jimmy McGovern BBC Drama, ‘Unforgivable’ |url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/tv/a65415702/everything-we-know-about-the-new-devastating-child-abuse-jimmy-mcgovern-bbc-drama-unforgivable/ |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=Esquire |language=en-GB}}</ref> Haynes performance was met with critical acclaim with The Guardian praising the “faultless performances” <ref>{{Cite news |last=Mangan |first=Lucy |date=2025-07-24 |title=Unforgivable review – Jimmy McGovern’s mesmeric new drama is even better than Adolescence |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/24/unforgivable-review-jimmy-mcgoverns-mesmeric-new-drama-is-even-better-than-adolescence |access-date=2025-08-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and the Daily Express referring to the drama as 'the best BBC drama available to watch'.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Harrowing' film is 'absolute best BBC drama' available to watch now {{!}} TV & Radio {{!}} Showbiz & TV {{!}} Express.co.uk |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/2091312/best-bbc-drama-film-unforgivable-tv/amp |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=www.express.co.uk}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |2019 |''Downton Abbey '' |Yorkshire Boy | |- |rowspan="2"|2020 |''Co-op Round Are Way'' |Busker Boy | |- |''The Duke'' |Scruffy Little Boy | |- | rowspan="2" |2021 |[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17676584/?ref_=nm_flmg_c_12_act ''Iniquity''] |Young Michael | |- |''Ali & Ava'' |Aiden Riley | |- | rowspan="3" |2022 |[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16316778/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_5_act ''The Pure and the Damned''] |Young Isaac | |- |''Youthless'' |Jud | |- |''The Railway Children Return'' |Thomas | |- |rowspan="2"|2023 |''The Boys In The Boat'' |Joe Rantz Grandson | |- |''Jackdaw'' |Geordie Boy | |- | rowspan="2" |2025 |''Mission Impossible : The Final Reckoning'' |Student | |- |''Good Boy'' |Boy | |- |2026 |''Giant'' |Trev | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable"|Notes |- |2017 |''The A Word'' |Olly Chapman |2 episodes |- |2018 |''The Tempest'' |Sailor |TV special |- |rowspan="2"|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 |- |rowspan="2"|2021 |''Ted's Top Ten'' |Keevan Griffiths |2 episodes |- |''The Irregulars'' |Urchin |Episode: "Chapter Four: Both the Needle and the Knife" |- |rowspan="3"|2022 |''Dodger'' |George Minnow |2 episodes |- |''Andy and the Band'' |Leo |Episode: "Detention Break" |- |''Somewhere Boy'' |Teenage Danny |2 episodes |- |2023, 2025 |''The Power of Parker'' |Ryan Slater |4 episodes |- |rowspan="2"|2024 |''Supercars of Wakey'' |Jack Chittenden | |- |''The Responder'' |Danny |Episode #2.1 |- |2025 |''Adolescence'' |Fredo |2 episodes |- |2025 |''Here we go'' |Ryan |Episode #3.3 |- |2025 |''Unforgivable'' |Tom McKinney |TV Film |- |2025 |''Play for Today : Special Measures'' |Callum |Episode #1.4 |}
== Recognition and awards == In November 2022, Haynes was awarded 'Yorkshire's Young Achiever of the Year', for Achievement in the Arts.<ref>{{cite web | title=Meet our 2022 Yorkshire young achiever award winners: | website= Yorkshire Young Achievers Foundation | date=30 April 2023 | url=http://www.yorkshireyoungachievers.co.uk/current-award-winners.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620144711/http://www.yorkshireyoungachievers.co.uk/current-award-winners.html | archive-date=20 June 2023 | url-status=dead | access-date=15 March 2025}}</ref>
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