Austin Haynes (born ) 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 in Leeds, West Yorkshire. 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.
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. The ad went on to win several awards, including "Best Casting Featuring Children" at the Casting Directors Association Awards 2021, at BAFTA.
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, and Channel 4's Somewhere Boy, BAFTA-nominated for best drama.
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, directed by George Clooney.
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.
Haynes went on to complete filming on feature film Jackdaw 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. 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.
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. Haynes performance was met with critical acclaim with The Guardian praising the “faultless performances” and the Daily Express referring to the drama as 'the best BBC drama available to watch'.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2019Downton Abbey Yorkshire Boy2020Co-op Round Are WayBusker BoyThe DukeScruffy Little Boy2021IniquityYoung MichaelLead roleAli & AvaAiden Riley2022The Pure and the DamnedYoung IsaacYouthlessJudLead roleThe Railway Children ReturnThomasLead role2023The Boys In The BoatJoe Rantz GrandsonJackdawGeordie Boy2025Mission Impossible : The Final ReckoningStudentGood BoyBoy2026GiantTrevTBATwo Kids Casey MoltonLead
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2017The A WordOlly Chapman2 episodes2018The TempestSailorTV special2019The FeedBrotherEpisode #1.2Gentleman JackPit Boy Episode: "Most Women Are Dull and Stupid"2020Last Tango in HalifaxSchool Boy Episode #5.22020, 2022All Creatures Great And SmallJoseph / Andrew Simmonds2 episodes; Guest lead2021Ted's Top TenKeevan Griffiths2 episodes; Guest leadThe IrregularsUrchin Episode: "Chapter Four: Both the Needle and the Knife"2022DodgerGeorge Minnow2 episodesAndy and the BandLeoEpisode: "Detention Break"; Guest leadSomewhere BoyTeenage Danny3 episodes; Lead role 2023, 2025The Power of ParkerRyan Slater4 episodes2024Supercars of WakeyJack ChittendenLead roleThe ResponderDannyEpisode #2.12025AdolescenceFredo2 episodes2025Here we goRyanEpisode #3.32025UnforgivableTom McKinneyTV Film; Lead role2025Play for Today : Special MeasuresCallum Episode #1.4; Lead roleTBAWrong Move Jack
Recognition and awards In November 2022, Haynes was awarded 'Yorkshire's Young Achiever of the Year', for Achievement in the Arts.
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