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Austin Crute (born October 24, 1995) is an American actor and singer best known for his roles in the Netflix series Daybreak and the films Booksmart and They/Them.

Biography

Crute was born into a religious family, the son of a pastor in Norcross, Georgia. In 2011–2012, at age 15, Crute appeared as a contestant on the reality competition Majors & Minors and subsequently, the musical album which arose out of the show. He graduated high school from Greater Atlanta Christian School in 2014. He graduated from New York University in 2018. He portrayed Alan in the 2019 coming of age film Booksmart, Olivia Wilde's directorial debut and Wesley Fists in the post-apocalyptic Netflix series Daybreak. He previously had a guest appearance as "Black Justin Bieber" in an episode of the FX series Atlanta.

Crute is openly gay, and played LGBTQ characters in Booksmart, Daybreak, and They/Them.

As a recording artist, Crute has released the track "Ungodly".

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2019 Booksmart Alan
2022 Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. Khalil
Tankhouse Jack
They/Them Toby
2024 The Greatest Hits Morris Martin Film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Atlanta Justin Bieber Episode: "Nobody Beats the Biebs"
2018 Orange Is the New Black Lamar Episode: "Sh*tstorm Coming"
2019 Daybreak Wesley Fists Main role
2020 Trinkets Marquise 3 episodes
2021 Call Your Mother Lane Main role
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