Austin Crute (born October 24, 1995) is an American actor and singer best known for his roles in the Netflix series '' Daybreak'' and the films ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Biography

Crute was born into a religious family, the son of a pastor in

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. In 2011–2012, at age 15, Crute appeared as a contestant on the reality competition ''

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'' and subsequently, the musical album which arose out of the show. He graduated high school from Greater Atlanta Christian School in 2014. He graduated from

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in 2018. He portrayed Alan in the 2019 coming of age film ''Booksmart'',

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's directorial debut and Wesley Fists in the post-apocalyptic

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series ''Daybreak''. He previously had a guest appearance as "Black

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" in an episode of the FX series ''

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. Crute is openly gay, and played

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characters in ''Booksmart'', ''Daybreak'', and ''

''. As a recording artist, Crute has released the track "Ungodly".

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crute. Austin 1995 births Living people American male television actors American gay actors American gay musicians New York University alumni American hip hop singers American male film actors 21st-century American male actors LGBT people from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Norcross, Georgia LGBT African Americans 21st-century African-American people 21st-century American LGBT people Greater Atlanta Christian School alumni