Austin Noah Abrams (born September 2, 1996) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Ron Anderson in the fifth and sixth seasons of the television series '' The Walking Dead'' (2015–2016), as Ethan Daley in ''

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'' (since 2019) and as Dash in ''

Dash & Lily ''Dash & Lily'' is an American romantic comedy television series created by Joe Tracz and based on the young adult novel series ''Dash & Lily's Book of Dares'' by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. The 8-episode series premiered on Netflix on Novem ...

'' (2020). He has also appeared in films such as ''

The Kings of Summer ''The Kings of Summer'' is a 2013 American independent coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and starring Nick Robinson, Moisés Arias, Gabriel Basso, and Nick Offerman. The film premiered under its original title ''Toy's ...

'' (2013), ''

Paper Towns ''Paper Towns'' is a novel written by John Green, primarily for an audience of young adults, and was published on October 16, 2008, by Dutton Books. The novel is about the coming-of-age of the protagonist, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen and his search fo ...

'' (2015), ''

Brad's Status ''Brad's Status'' is a 2017 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike White and starring Ben Stiller, Austin Abrams, Michael Sheen, Jenna Fischer, and Luke Wilson. It premiered on September 9 at the 2017 Toronto International Film F ...

'' (2017), ''

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark ''Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'' is a series of three collections of short horror stories for children, written by Alvin Schwartz and originally illustrated by Stephen Gammell. In 2011, HarperCollins published editions featuring new art ...

'' (2019) and '' Chemical Hearts'' (2020).

Early life

Abrams was raised in

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, and is the son of Lori and Bradley Abrams, who are doctors. He is Jewish. Abrams began taking acting lessons when he was five years old, and started appearing in theater productions at the age of nine. His first film role was in ''

Ticking Clock ''Ticking Clock'' is a 2011 American mystery action thriller film directed by Ernie Barbarash. The film stars Cuba Gooding Jr., with a supporting cast of Neal McDonough, Nicki Aycox and Austin Abrams. The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the U ...

''.

Career

Austin is known for playing Ron Anderson in the

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television series '' The Walking Dead'' during its fifth and sixth seasons. In 2017, he co-starred in Kyle Wilamowski's film ''

All Summers End ''All Summers End'' is a 2017 American drama film directed and written by Kyle Wilamowski. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Kaitlyn Dever, Austin Abrams, Beau Mirchoff, Paula Malcomson and Annabeth Gish. Plot Conrad (Sheridan), Hunter (Abrams) and ...

'', playing Hunter Gorski, a scruffy 16-year-old who pays little attention to his best friend Conrad's first love. In 2017, Abrams starred as Troy in the comedy-drama ''

''. Abrams portrayed Jackson Barber on ''

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'' in 2018. In 2019, he had a major role in the horror book adaptation ''

'', and in 2020, he was the lead in the Amazon teen romance film '' Chemical Hearts''. He also played the main role in the Netflix series ''

''. Since 2019, Abrams has portrayed Ethan in ''

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abrams, Austin 1996 births 21st-century American male actors Actors from Sarasota, Florida American male child actors American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors Jewish American male actors Living people Male actors from Florida Place of birth missing (living people)