Austin Swift
{{short description|American actor (born 1992)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Austin Swift
| birth_name = Austin Kingsley Swift
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|3|11|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = West Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| alma_mater = University of Notre Dame
| occupation = {{hlist|Producer|actor}}
| years_active = 2016–present
| relatives = {{plainlist|
- Taylor Swift (sister)
- Marjorie Finlay (grandmother)
}}
}}
Austin Kingsley Swift (born March 11, 1992){{cite news|url=https://www.etonline.com/news/184356_taylor_swift_wishes_brother_austin_happy_24th_birthday_with_adorable_throwback_pic|title=Taylor Swift Wishes Brother Austin Happy 24th Birthday With Adorable Throwback Pic|work=Entertainment Tonight|first=Meredith B.|last=Kile|date=March 11, 2016|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=March 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330072450/https://www.etonline.com/news/184356_taylor_swift_wishes_brother_austin_happy_24th_birthday_with_adorable_throwback_pic|url-status=live}} is an American producer, businessman, and former actor who has appeared in films such as Live by Night and I.T. (both 2016). The younger brother of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, he has appeared in or produced several of her music videos, and manages elements of her music licensing for multimedia uses.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-movie-songs-synchs-1989-super-pets/ | title=How a Kid Flick Got Taylor Swift to Remake a Previously Off-Limits Song | last=Knopper | first=Steve | magazine=Billboard | date=August 17, 2022 | access-date=August 28, 2023 | archive-date=August 18, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818070027/https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-movie-songs-synchs-1989-super-pets/ | url-status=live }}
Swift was born in West Reading, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2015, studying film and acting in plays. He interned at Lionsgate and made his film debut in the 2016 thriller I.T. Swift has appeared in various films and TV shows, including Embeds, Still the King, Cover Versions, Braking for Whales, and We Summon the Darkness.
Early life
Austin Kingsley Swift was born on March 11, 1992, at Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pennsylvania. His father, Scott Swift, is a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch, and his mother, Andrea Gardner Swift ({{née}} Finlay), is a former homemaker who had previously worked as a mutual fund marketing executive. His maternal grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, was an opera singer.{{Cite web|date=September 17, 2015|title=Taylor Swift stammt aus dem Freistaat|url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/taylor-swift-stammt-aus-dem-freistaat|access-date=August 27, 2021|website=BR24|language=de|archive-date=December 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231210129/https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/taylor-swift-stammt-aus-dem-freistaat,74u30ctj64uk4dtr6mukgd1h68w0|url-status=live}} Swift's mother is of Scottish and German descent; and his father is of Scottish and English descent with distant Italian ancestry.{{Cite news |first=Gabriel |last=McKay |authorlink= |title=Taylor Swift Edinburgh: Is star the real queen of Scotland? |newspaper=The Herald |date=July 6, 2023 |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/23623229.taylor-swift-edinburgh-star-real-queen-scotland/ |via= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201171031/https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/23623229.taylor-swift-edinburgh-star-real-queen-scotland/ |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |access-date=February 3, 2024 |url-status=live }} Swift's paternal great-great-grandfather, Charles Carmine Antonio Baldi, was an Italian immigrant entrepreneur and community leader who opened several businesses in Philadelphia in the 1800s.{{Cite web|last=Vadala|first=Nick|title=Taylor Swift ancestor's home added to Philly Register of Historic Places|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/celebrities/taylor-swifts-great-great-grandfathers-home-added-to-philadelphia-register-of-historic-places-20170714.html|access-date=January 15, 2021|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=July 14, 2017 |archive-date=May 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525020227/https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/celebrities/taylor-swifts-great-great-grandfathers-home-added-to-philadelphia-register-of-historic-places-20170714.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=July 25, 2017|title=Taylor Swift's Great-Great-Grandfather's Philly Home Gets Historic Landmark Status|url=https://apnews.com/article/c8cba53f9c3d4c3aba3c656f95141fad|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=AP NEWS|archive-date=May 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522084847/https://apnews.com/article/c8cba53f9c3d4c3aba3c656f95141fad|url-status=live}} Swift moved from Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, to Hendersonville, Tennessee with his family at a young age.{{Cite news|last=Diu|first=Nisha Lilia|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/8421110/Taylor-Swift-interview-I-wont-do-sexy-shoots.html|title=Taylor Swift: 'I won't do sexy shoots'|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=April 3, 2011|access-date=April 17, 2012|location=London|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506063028/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/8421110/Taylor-Swift-interview-I-wont-do-sexy-shoots.html|archive-date=May 6, 2013}}
Swift graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2015,{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/taylor-swifts-brother-austin-swift-on-her-rise-to-stardom/|title=Austin Swift on Big Sis Taylor's Rise to Stardom and Finding Support at Notre Dame After Their Mom's Cancer Diagnosis|work=People|first=Melody|last=Chiu|date=September 23, 2016|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=March 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330083223/https://people.com/celebrity/taylor-swifts-brother-austin-swift-on-her-rise-to-stardom/|url-status=live}} where he studied film and had roles in plays such as Dead Man's Cell Phone and Six Characters in Search of an Author. He transferred to Vanderbilt University but eventually transferred back to University of Notre Dame to complete his studies.{{cite web | url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/austin-swift-5-things-to-know-about-taylor-swifts-brother/ | title=Who is Austin Swift? 5 Things to Know About Taylor Swift's Brother | date=April 10, 2018 | access-date=October 30, 2022 | archive-date=October 30, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030005603/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/austin-swift-5-things-to-know-about-taylor-swifts-brother/ | url-status=live }}
Career
Swift interned at Lionsgate, where his responsibilities included making and sending out screeners.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/06/austin-swift-is-finding-his-own-path-to-the-limelight|title=Austin Swift (Yes, Brother of Taylor) Is Finding His Own Path to the Limelight|first=Josh|last=Duboff|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=June 1, 2017|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=December 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222122558/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/06/austin-swift-is-finding-his-own-path-to-the-limelight|url-status=live}} He made his film debut in the 2016 thriller I.T. starring Pierce Brosnan. Swift has also appeared in Live by Night, Megyn Kelly's political drama Embeds,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/01/austin-swift-embeds-megyn-kelly|title=Austin Swift, Taylor's Brother, Gets Political in Megyn Kelly's New Television Series|first=Josh|last=Duboff|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=January 18, 2017|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=July 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706135250/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/01/austin-swift-embeds-megyn-kelly|url-status=live}} sitcom Still the King,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/news/a46758/austin-swift-still-the-king-clip/|title=Watch Austin Swift Shut Down Miley Cyrus's Dad on 'Still the King'|first=Alyssa|last=Bailey|date=July 21, 2017|magazine=Elle|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403120859/https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/news/a46758/austin-swift-still-the-king-clip/|url-status=live}} and Todd Berger's Cover Versions. In 2019, he starred in the indie movie Braking for Whales, originally titled Whaling, written by Tammin Sursok and her husband Sean McEwen,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/austin-swift-whaling-movie|title=Taylor Swift's Brother Austin Swift Is Starring in the Movie "Whaling"|first=Suzannah|last=Weiss|magazine=Teen Vogue|date=August 6, 2017|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403104759/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/austin-swift-whaling-movie|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/08/166775/taylor-swift-brother-austin-movie-whaling|title=Taylor Swift's Brother Austin Just Scored A Movie Role|first=Kaitlin|last=Reilly|work=Refinery29|date=August 7, 2017|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403133427/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/08/166775/taylor-swift-brother-austin-movie-whaling|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thewrap.com/taylor-swift-austin-tammin-sursok-whaling/|title=Taylor Swift's Brother Austin Swift Joins 'Pretty Little Liars' Star's Road-Trip Comedy 'Whaling' (Exclusive)|first=Ryan|last=Gajewski|work=TheWrap|date=August 4, 2017|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403120905/https://www.thewrap.com/taylor-swift-austin-tammin-sursok-whaling/|url-status=live}} and in the horror thriller We Summon the Darkness, directed by Marc Meyers.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/alexandra-daddario-keean-johnson-starring-we-summon-darkness-1140133|title=Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson to Star in Horror Thriller 'We Summon the Darkness' (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=September 5, 2018|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403104738/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/alexandra-daddario-keean-johnson-starring-we-summon-darkness-1140133|url-status=live}}
Personal life
Since 2022, Swift has been in a relationship with model Sydney Ness.{{cite web|author=Kelsie Gibson|url=https://people.com/music/who-is-sydney-ness-austin-swift/|title=Who Is Austin Swift's Girlfriend? All About Sydney Ness|website=People.com|date=February 12, 2024|access-date=September 7, 2024|archive-date=September 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908063511/https://people.com/music/who-is-sydney-ness-austin-swift/|url-status=live}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2016
| I.T. | Lance | |
| 2016
| Mayweather | |
| 2018
| Cover Versions | Kirk | |
| 2019
| J.T. | |
| 2019
| Ivan | Co-producer |
| 2020
| Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions | {{N/A}} | Executive Producer |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2017
| Embeds | Colin | 2 episodes |
| 2017
| Tyler | Episode: "Showcase Showdown" |
=Music video=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Artist(s) ! Role ! Note(s) ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| 2009
|"The Best Day" | rowspan="3" |Taylor Swift | rowspan="3" |Himself | rowspan="3" |(archive footage) |
| 2019 |
| rowspan="2" |2021 |
| "I Bet You Think About Me"
| Taylor Swift featuring Chris Stapleton | {{N/A}} | As producer; directed by Blake Lively |
References
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Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American people of Italian descent
Category:American people of Scottish descent
Category:American people of German descent
Category:American people of English descent
Category:Male actors from Nashville, Tennessee
Category:People from Wyomissing, Pennsylvania