Austin Nichols
Biography
Austin Nichols is an American actor and director who was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and grew up in Austin, Texas. He got his start after he slipped into a party at the Sundance Film Festival, where a manager signed him, and he later earned an English degree from the University of Southern California in 2002. Early guest roles on television and small films such as Holiday in the Sun (2001) led to his big break in 2002 on Six Feet Under. He then appeared in The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Wimbledon (2004), and had a role in Glory Road (2006). On television he became known as Julian Baker in One Tree Hill, a part he played as a series regular, and he also led John from Cincinnati as John Monad and played Spencer Monroe in The Walking Dead. He directed two episodes of One Tree Hill.
46years old
Turns 47 on April 24in 193 days
- Born Ann Arbor
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 24 years2001 to 2025
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Big break
Nichols got into acting by crashing a party at the Sundance Film Festival, where a manager signed him. He moved to Los Angeles and studied at the University of Southern California, earning a degree in English in 2002.
Getting ready for a role
For the role, Nichols learned tennis from scratch and was trained by Pat Cash to look professional. Cash was taken aback by his skill and called him "our star pupil."
Getting ready for a role
Nichols was cast as John Monad in John From Cincinnati, a surfing drama from David Milch. His character is a stranger who turns up without warning in a quiet surfing town, and Nichols practiced surfing daily for three months to prepare.
Getting ready for a role
In Glory Road, Nichols was one of the few white players on Don Haskins' team. He trained heavily to master 1960s basketball for the role and said he had never been so sore.
Austin Nichols movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Austin Nichols shares two films with Billy Bob Thornton, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Billy Bob Thornton's page
Dennis Quaid's page
Mickey Rourke's page
Sigourney Weaver's page
Sam Neill's page
Xander Berkeley's page
Roland EmmerichDirector, 1 film, 2004
All films by Roland Emmerich
Richard LoncraineDirector, 1 film, 2004
All films by Richard Loncraine
James GartnerDirector, 1 film, 2006
All films by James Gartner
Box office
What Austin Nichols's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$703 million
8 of the 11 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 11 films: 8 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$553M78.6% of the total
- 2$65M9.2% of the total
- 3$43M6.1% of the total
- 4$42M5.9% of the total
- 5$1.4M0.2% of the total
- 6$382K0.1% of the total
- 7$64K0.0% of the total
- 8$9K0.0% of the total
