Austin Miller 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, Link Larkin in the Hairspray musical in
Los Angeles, first national tour and Las Vegas production, and in was
on the televised competition Grease: You're the One that I Want!,
"Trip of Love" Trip of Love the multimillion-dollar stage spectacular
in New York City, and has subsequently become a television and film
writer and producer at Rocklin/Faust, while building a lifestyle brand
"The Gentleman Caller" The Gentleman Caller.Miller was raised in the
small town of Alvin, Texas (population ,), to a conservative Catholic
family. Miller started performing at the age of , graduating from
Alvin High School. He studied dance in Houston and under the tutelage
of Patsy Swayze Patsy Swayze, 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 -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 the character, Hawk, on the popular soap opera Days of Our
Lives, and also being cast in some small movie roles. He played Link
Larkin in the First National touring production of Hairspray. He also
took on the same role in the short-lived Las Vegas production of
Hairspray, which ran from Februaryâ€"June at the Luxor Hotel.
Currently Austin starred in / as Adam in Trip of Love, the
multimillion-dollar spectacle at Stage in New York City. Currently
Austin is developing "The Gentleman Caller" - a lifestyle
entertainment brand.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 was chosen to be one of the 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. On both the February and February , broadcasts one of the
judges, influential producer David Ian, chose Miller as the "best
Danny of the night." On March , , Miller was named as one of the two
finalists in the competition, and was told that there was only a %
difference in voter opinion between him and the other finalist,
"Slacker Danny" Max Crumm.
television and stage performances. He played the part of Hawk in the
soap opera Days of Our Lives, Link Larkin in the Hairspray musical in
Los Angeles, first national tour and Las Vegas production, and in was
on the televised competition Grease: You're the One that I Want!,
"Trip of Love" Trip of Love the multimillion-dollar stage spectacular
in New York City, and has subsequently become a television and film
writer and producer at Rocklin/Faust, while building a lifestyle brand
"The Gentleman Caller" The Gentleman Caller.Miller was raised in the
small town of Alvin, Texas (population ,), to a conservative Catholic
family. Miller started performing at the age of , graduating from
Alvin High School. He studied dance in Houston and under the tutelage
of Patsy Swayze Patsy Swayze, 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 -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 the character, Hawk, on the popular soap opera Days of Our
Lives, and also being cast in some small movie roles. He played Link
Larkin in the First National touring production of Hairspray. He also
took on the same role in the short-lived Las Vegas production of
Hairspray, which ran from Februaryâ€"June at the Luxor Hotel.
Currently Austin starred in / as Adam in Trip of Love, the
multimillion-dollar spectacle at Stage in New York City. Currently
Austin is developing "The Gentleman Caller" - a lifestyle
entertainment brand.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 was chosen to be one of the 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. On both the February and February , broadcasts one of the
judges, influential producer David Ian, chose Miller as the "best
Danny of the night." On March , , Miller was named as one of the two
finalists in the competition, and was told that there was only a %
difference in voter opinion between him and the other finalist,
"Slacker Danny" Max Crumm.
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