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Austin Miller Profile |
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Birth Date: June 7, 1976
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Birth Place: Alvin, Texas, USA
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Birth Name: Austin Miller
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Height: 6'0"
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Biography |
Austin Miller (born June 7, 1976) is an American actor,
dancer, and singer, known for television and stage
performances. He played the part of Hawk in the soap opera
Days of Our Lives, performed as the lead in the Hairspray
musical in both a national tour and a Las Vegas production,
and in 2007 was a second place finalist on the televised
competition Grease: You're the One that I Want!.
Miller was raised in the small town of Alvin, Texas
(population 21,000), to a conservative Catholic family.
Miller started performing at the age of 7, graduating from
Alvin High School in 1994. He studied dance in Houston, and
then briefly attended Texas's Baylor University on a vocal
scholarship, where he joined Delta Tau Delta fraternity. But
he dropped out to join a Las Vegas show, "Enter the Night,"
later performing in Starlight Express. The 19-year-old
Miller then went on a national tour with the Grease musical,
playing the character of Kenickie (Rizzo's boyfriend, played
by Jeff Conaway in the film). He also performed in Smokey
Joe's Cafe, playing the character of Michael, and the
National Tour of "Victor/Victoria".
After various musical theatre roles, he moved to Los
Angeles, obtaining a part as a minor character, Hawk, on the
popular soap opera Days of Our Lives, and also being cast in
some small movie roles. He then auditioned for and won a
principal role in a nationally touring production of
Hairspray. He also took on the same role in the short-lived
Las Vegas production of Hairspray, which ran from
February-June 2006 at the Luxor Hotel.
Though he had performed in the national tour of Grease, when
he auditioned for the same role on Broadway, he was turned
down as not "blue collar" enough. At the audition, however,
he heard of and applied for the upcoming televised
competition, Grease: You're the One that I Want! whose
winners were to be cast in the lead roles of Danny and Sandy
in the next Broadway production. Thousands of applicants
were considered, with a few dozen then chosen to go to a
"Grease Academy" bootcamp for one week. Miller proceeded
through that step as well, and in 2007 was chosen to be one
of the 12 contestants to go on to the live show, where
call-in votes by the viewing audience were combined with
judges' opinions to eliminate a different contestant each
week. Miller had the nickname of "Hot Danny" on the show,
and was often referred to as one of the veterans, since he
has extensive stage experience but was competing against
other contestants with much less. On both the February 11
and February 18, 2007 broadcasts one of the judges, only
producer David Ian, named Miller as the "best Danny of the
night." On March 18, 2007, Miller was named as one of the
two finalists in the competition with "Slacker Danny" Max
Crumm. On March 25, 2007, Crumm was declared the final
winner.
According to a March 29, 2007 interview in the Houston
Chronicle, Miller is currently in negotiation for his next
project, which may be a television drama series. |
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Other Information |
Played in Smokey Joe's Café.
Played in Victor/Victoria.
Played Link Larkin in the Broadway Hit "Hairspray" |
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