- Born
- Birth nameAustin Don Nichols
- Height6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)
- Austin Nichols was raised in Austin, Texas until the age of eighteen, when he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 2002 with a degree in creative writing. His role in Six Feet Under led to films like The Day After Tomorrow, Wimbledon, and Glory Road. Then after playing Morgan Earp on Deadwood, David Milch asked Austin to play the title role in his new series, John From Cincinnati. Nichols has been on a string of hit cable shows. Ray Donovan, Bates Motel and The Walking Dead.
- IMDb mini biography by: sergmcqueen and Tony Lightfoot
- ParentsDavid NicholsKay Nichols (Vermeulen)Kay Nichols
- RelativesAshley Nichols(Sibling)
- His mother, Kay (Vermeulen) Nichols, was a professional trick water skier. His father, David Nichols, is a radiologist.
- He is of Dutch (from his maternal grandfather), English, Swiss-German, German, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh descent.
- He graduated at the University of Southern California.
- His favorite singer is Bob Dylan.
- He has one older sister named Ashley.
- [on David Milch] David is pretty much clinically insane. He's a lunatic. It's sometimes very difficult to be around him, and other times it's just the greatest thing ever. You have to stay on your toes.
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