in pursuit
of truth
and beauty
Originally from
California,
Austin Hayden
moved to Sydney
in 2018.
He has acted in
numerous theatre,
television, film, and
online projects in
the US, UK, and .
Australia
His work in film and TV has seen him work with award-winning directors Andy Stewart (Split and INK) and Keir Siewert (Wasteland 26, In Deep, Jesse Functions, Moscow, and Let's Have a Threesome). He starred in the BBC pilot Second Opinion; and he worked alongside Garry Marshall and Martin Kove in the Quan Phillips film Devil’s Knight. His films have been screened at the prestigious Cannes and Sitges film festivals, among many others.
Austin was awarded a Best Acting Award at the Edinburgh 48-hour Film Festival for his work in Let’s Have a Threesome (Dir. Keir Siewert).
His theatre credits include Rent (Roger) at the Perth Theatre in Scotland, Spring Awakening (Melchior) at Bonar Hall, Three Sisters (Andrei) at Oran Mor Theatre, Damn Yankees (Rocky) at the Covina Valley Playhouse, Tom Sawyer (Mr. Walters) at the Excalibur Theater in Hollywood, a highly-praised run of Jean-Paul Sartre's Dirty Hands (Hugo) at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and he recently completed a short season of the Sam Shepard classic True West at Flight Path Theatre in Sydney (directed by Georgina Symes) that drew praise for his "astounding performance" and "alarming honesty" (Broadway World), and that led John Shand of Sydney Morning Herald to write that "Hayden's ferocious performance won't be quickly forgotten."
He is currently in rehearsals for his starring role (Slim) in the Patti Smith and Sam Shepard co-authored absurdist and surrealist romp, Cowboy Mouth, at Flight Path Theatre (March '24).