Austin Lyon

Austin Bradley Lyon (born June 30, 1989) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his character On the Television series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and his role in the 2015 film The Diary of a Teenage Girl, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.

Career

After moving to Los Angeles, California in 2013 to pursue acting, Lyon was immediately cast in various television series and films such as The Goldbergs, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Divergent and Mortdecai.

In 2014 it was announced that Lyon was joining the cast of the upcoming American biographical film Miles Ahead, directed by Don Cheadle and based on the life of jazz musician Miles Davis. He gladly accepted the role of Dave Reed in the new movie Goat a memoir by Brad land turned movie.

Personal life

Lyon was born in Blue Springs, Missouri. In an interview in 2014, Lyon said he left a job at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company to pursue acting. He mentioned that if someone had told him he'd actually be able to act in film and TV, he would have "called you crazy," also expressing that "acting is probably not the smartest career choice."

Filmography

External links

• Austin Lyon at Rotten Tomatoes