# Austin Haynes (actor)

Austin Haynes (born 2008 or 2009) is a British child actor. He is best known for playing Thomas in the film The Railway Children Return (2022), and on television as young Danny in Somewhere Boy (2022), and Andrew Simmonds in All Creatures Great and Small.

## Early life

Austin Haynes was born in 2008 or 2009 in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

## Career

Haynes landed his first cast TV role in the BBC1 drama The A Word (2017), where he plays the role of Olly Chapman.
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, includings 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 Sir 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.
In 2024, Haynes completed filming on boxing biopic Giant, with Pierce Brosnan.
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.

## Recognition and awards

In November 2022, Haynes was awarded "Yorkshire's Young Achiever of the Year", for Achievement in the Arts.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2019 | Downton Abbey | Yorkshire Boy |
| 2020 | Co-op Round Are Way | Busker Boy |
| 2020 | The Duke | Scruffy Little Boy |
| 2021 | Iniquity | Young Michael |
| 2021 | Ali & Ava | Aiden Riley |
| 2022 | The Pure and the Damned | Young Isaac |
| 2022 | Youthless | Jud |
| 2022 | The Railway Children Return | Thomas |
| 2023 | The Boys In The Boat | Joe Rantz Grandson |
| 2023 | Jackdaw | Geordie Boy |
| 2025 | Giant | Trev |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | The A Word | Olly Chapman | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | The Tempest | Sailor | TV special |
| 2019 | The Feed | Brother | Episode #1.2 |
| 2019 | Gentleman Jack | Pit Boy | Episode: "Most Women Are Dull and Stupid" |
| 2020 | Last Tango in Halifax | School Boy | Episode #5.2 |
| 2020, 2022 | All Creatures Great And Small | Joseph / Andrew Simmonds | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Ted's Top Ten | Keevan Griffiths | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | The Irregulars | Urchin | Episode: "Chapter Four: Both the Needle and the Knife" |
| 2022 | Dodger | George Minnow | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Andy and the Band | Leo | Episode: "Detention Break" |
| 2022 | Somewhere Boy | Teenage Danny | 2 episodes |
| 2023 | The Power of Parker | Ryan Slater | 3 episodes |
| 2024 | Supercars of Wakey | Jack Chittenden | |
| 2024 | The Responder | Danny | Episode #2.1 |
| 2025 | Adolescence | Fredo | 2 episodes |