Austin Williams
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SOAP STAR STATS
Austin Williams (Shane, OLTL)
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Vital Statistics
- Birthdate:
- November 13, 1996
- Star Sign:
- Scorpio
- Years On Show:
- October 2007-present
THE 411
Austin Williams started showing everyone that he was someone very special when, at the age of 2, he started to spell words and could identify five-digit numbers. Two years later, he had taught himself to read. He scored 99.9 percent on an IQ test while in the first grade.
His first movie role was The Good Shepherd. He was cast by director Robert De Niro to play the movie's star, Matt Damon, as a child in flashbacks. The following year, he scored the role of the son of George Clooney's character in Michael Clayton.
In the fall of 2007, he was cast as OLTL's Shane, the son of Gigi Morasco and Rex Balsom. (Rex learned he was a father when Shane was 10.) As of March 2009, Shane is battling leukemia in a moving front-burner story.
Despite his busy work schedule, Williams enjoys doing plenty of kid stuff. He likes skateboarding and playing baseball, basketball and, of course, video games. His father is an athletic director and often coaches Williams and his friends.
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Four Random Facts
—His grandfather is a retired Battalion Chief of the New York City Fire Department.
—His sister, Amber Joy Williams, is also an actress.
—He skipped the second grade.
—His mother was a prosecutor in the Brooklyn District Attorney's office. But when Williams was born, she found that being a mom was so much more rewarding, and didn't return to work.
OTHER ROLES
TV Roles
LAW & ORDER (Billy Boone, 2008)
LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN (Boy, 2005-'07)
SENSING MURDER (Kirk Neufeld, 2006)
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (Kid, 2005-'06)
RESCUE ME (Soldier, 2009)
LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN (Boy, 2005)
Film Roles
Burning Palms (Nicholas Pinter, 2009)
Home Movie (Jack Poe, 2008)
Phoebe in Wonderland (Tommy, 2008)
Michael Clayton (Henry Clayton, 2007)
The Girl Next Door (Ralphie "Woofer" Chandler, 2007)
The Good Shepherd (young Edward Wilson, 2006)
