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Austin Nichols (born April 24, 1980) is an American actor.
The son of a 10-time water skiing champion, Nichols was
raised in Austin, Texas, where he became a successful
competitive water skier himself. However, he injured his
shoulder and was forced to retire.
Shortly afterwards, Nichols moved to Los Angeles,
California, to pursue a career in acting. He has appeared in
many guest spots on television shows such as CSI, Six Feet
Under, and Deadwood, and has appeared in several film roles,
notably the 2004 blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, in
which he played an academic and romantic rival to Jake
Gyllenhaal's main character. In Wimbledon, a film also
released in 2004, Nichols played an arrogant American tennis
pro opposite Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany. Signed to a
rare holding deal with HBO, he is currently starring in his
own series, John from Cincinnati.
Austin Nichols was born on April 24, 1980 in Ann Arbor,
Michigan in the United States, but moved to Austin, Texas
before he was a year old. He was named after Austin,
Nichols, the distilling company that makes Wild Turkey
Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. His father David Nichols
is a radiologist and his mother Kay Nichols is a
professional trick water skier, becoming a national champion
ten times and internationally once. He has one older sister,
Ashley.
Nichols was raised on Lake Austin and attended Cassis
Elementary School. While at McCallum High School, he played
basketball, but was "absolutely awful". Instead, Nichols was
a competitive water skier, and represented the U.S. Junior
Water Ski Team in the Pan-American Championships in 1997. He
was also on the Junior U.S. Olympic Water Skiing team. At
age thirteen, he was ranked third in the world. He had
intended to become a professional water skier until he
injured his shoulder in Florida, and was forced to give it
up. He moved to Los Angeles after high school, where he
currently lives.
Besides his acting career, Nichols maintains a strong
interest in film. He keeps a film log for every film he
sees, saying "I take it to the movies and write down who
does the music, edits, directs, and how long the film is."
According to an interview in 2003 with Claire Oswalt, an
ex-girlfriend, Nichols watches an average of 20 movies a
week. He especially admires Hal Ashby, Sam Fuller, and John
Ford. In addition to his interest in film, Nichols also
enjoys golf, tennis, and horseback riding.
Nichols dated artist Claire Oswalt for seven years, before
breaking off their engagement in 2004. The breakup was
apparently bitter; he has mentioned in an interview he was
living out of his car and sleeping on friends' couches for
some time afterwards.
Nichols has been close friends with fellow actor Jake
Gyllenhaal since the two met on the set of The Day After
Tomorrow in 2004. Nichols said in one interview, "I've
learned a ton from Jake. He's a really sharp guy. He told me
everything about acting, the business, girls, life.". |
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