Austin Kingsley Swift (born March 11, 1992) is an American actor, who has been in films such as ''Live by Night'' (2016) and ''I.T.'' (2016). He is the younger brother of singer-songwriter

Taylor Swift Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bor ...

, and has appeared in or produced her music videos. Swift currently manages Taylor's film projects and

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Early life

Austin Kingsley Swift was born on March 11, 1992, at

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. His father, Scott Archie Swift, is a financial advisor at

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, and his mother, Andrea Gardner Swift ( Finlay), is a former homemaker who had previously worked as a

mutual fund A mutual fund is a professionally managed investment fund that pools money from many investors to purchase securities. The term is typically used in the United States, Canada, and India, while similar structures across the globe include the SICAV i ...

marketing executive. His older sister,

, is a singer-songwriter. His maternal grandmother,

Marjorie Finlay Marjorie Moehlenkamp Finlay (October 5, 1928June 1, 2003) was an American opera singer and television personality. She is best known as the maternal grandmother of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. A coloratura soprano, Finlay performed concert, op ...

, was an opera singer. Swift's paternal great-great-grandfather was an

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immigrant entrepreneur and community leader who opened several businesses in

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

in the 1800s. Swift moved from

Wyomissing, Pennsylvania Wyomissing is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough was established on July 2, 1906. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,114, compared to 10,461 at the 2010 census. The growth was significantly larger betwe ...

, to

Hendersonville, Tennessee Hendersonville is the largest city in Sumner County, Tennessee, on Old Hickory Lake. The population was 61,753 at the 2020 census. Hendersonville is the fourth-largest city in the Nashville metropolitan area after Nashville, Murfreesboro, an ...

, with his family at a young age.

Education and career

Swift graduated from the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...

in 2015, where he studied film and had roles in plays such as ''

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'' and ''

Six Characters in Search of an Author ''Six Characters in Search of an Author'' ( it, Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore, link=no ) is an Italian play by Luigi Pirandello, written and first performed in 1921. An absurdist fiction, absurdist metatheatrical, metatheatric play about th ...

''. During college, he transferred to

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...

, but eventually transferred back to

for the completion of his studies. He interned at

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, where his responsibilities included making and sending out screeners. He made his film debut in the 2016 thriller '' I.T.'' starring

Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brendan Brosnan (; born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor and film producer. He is best known as the fifth actor to play secret agent James Bond in the Bond film series, starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 (''GoldenEye'', ''Tomorrow ...

. Swift has also appeared in ''

Live by Night ''Live by Night'' is a crime novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, published in 2012. It won a 2013 Edgar Award for novel of the year. Plot summary By 1926, Prohibition in the United States gives rise to an endless network of underground ...

'',

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's political drama ''Embeds'', sitcom ''

Still the King ''Still the King'' is an American sitcom created by Travis Nicholson, Potsy Ponciroli and Billy Ray Cyrus. The series stars Billy Ray Cyrus, Joey Lauren Adams, Madison Iseman, Travis Nicholson, Lacey Chabert and Leslie David Baker. The series ...

'', and

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's ''Cover Versions''. In 2019, he starred in the indie movie ''

Braking for Whales ''Braking for Whales'' is a 2019 American comedy-drama film directed by Sean McEwen and starring Tammin Sursok and Tom Felton. Sursok co-wrote the screenplay with McEwen. Cast *Tammin Sursok as Star Walker *Addie Hoppers as Young Star *Tom F ...

'', originally titled ''Whaling'', written by

Tammin Sursok Tammin Sursok (born 19 August 1983) is a South African-born Australian actress and singer. She is known for her roles on television as Dani Sutherland on ''Home and Away'', Colleen Carlton on ''The Young and the Restless'', and Jenna Marshall ...

and her husband Sean McEwen, and in the horror thriller ''

We Summon the Darkness ''We Summon the Darkness'' is a 2019 American horror thriller film directed by Marc Meyers and written by Alan Trezza. The film stars Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson, Maddie Hasson, Amy Forsyth, Logan Miller, Austin Swift, and Johnny Knoxvil ...

'', directed by

Marc Meyers Marc Meyers is an American feature film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his fourth feature film ''My Friend Dahmer'' and the previous '' How He Fell in Love''. His first feature film was ''Approaching Union Square''. Based on h ...

Filmography

Film

Television

Music video

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swift, Austin 1992 births 21st-century American male actors Living people American male film actors American male television actors American people of Italian descent American people of Scottish descent American people of German descent Male actors from Nashville, Tennessee People from Wyomissing, Pennsylvania University of Notre Dame alumni Taylor Swift