Jake T. Austin
Jake T. Austin
Jake Austin Szymanski, known professionally as Jake T. Austin, is an American actor. Beginning a career as a child actor at the age of seven, Austin is a five-time Young Artist Award nominee, best known for his role as Max Russo on the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place, and as the voice of Diego on the Nickelodeon animated series Go, Diego, Go!. Austin was also the original actor to portray Jesus Foster on the ABC Family family/teen drama...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth3 December 1994
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
It is important to always love what you do and do what you love. This is my mentality towards my career and my personal life.
A general message to "everyone" on the planet would go something along the lines of, "Make Love, Not War."
Accepting new challenges makes me come alive.
It's important to have a fallback and other activities that keep you interested. I started acting when I was about nine or 10 years old. My father was a midtown firefighter so I always wanted to be a firefighter, but then acting came along. I have to have a plan B.
'The Glass Menagerie' by Tennessee Williams is a great play. I had to read it for school when I was younger, but I started writing scripts after that. That's what got me into writing.
Being receptive to what is happening around me gives me inspiration and feeds my desire to create.
I always feel a bit vulnerable when I begin a new project, especially when I am playing a character with either a troubled past or unique personality.
My best feature would have to be my hair. That sounds so cliche - but my hair is like a separate entity.
I stay active and choose to associate myself with like-minded people.