Austin Drage

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Austin Drage
Born Austin Leigh Drage
June 29, 1986 (1986-06-29) (age 21)
Leytonstone, London

Austin Drage (born June 29, 1986, London) is a British singer/songwriter and actor.

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[edit] Early life

He was born at Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone and still lives in the area to this day. He has one brother. He first sang at age 8 and he records his proudest moment as "singing at his grandmother's funeral". He has a dog named Poppy and three budgies. He attended Highams Park and Heathcote schools.

[edit] Career

Austin's first acting job was in Snatch alongside Brad Pitt and Jason Statham in 2000 where he appeared as one of the travellers on the caravan site. He then went on to appear in TV programmes such as Casualty and The Bill.

Austin is a singer, songwriter, DJ and dancer and to date he has appeared at hundreds of venues either as part of former band, 5Boyz, or solo. Austin lists 'All Right Now' by Free as his favourite song and notes that his musical influences include the likes of The Killers, Bon Jovi, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Guns N' Roses and Lionel Richie.

He appeared in the Channel 4 production Boys will be Girls which attempted to create a girl band from a group of males. The theme of the show was that by dressing and performing as women, they could attempt to fool the public. Austin is openly gay[1]

On the 1 September episode of The X Factor, Austin was briefly shown passing the initial round in to Boot Camp. On The Xtra Factor he was seen again, although he did not make it through to the last 24 acts. He was not identified in dialogue in either show.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Songs

  • Happy Now
  • Breakdown
  • Out Of My Head

[edit] External links

  1. ^ http://www.dnamagazine.com.au/articles/news.asp?news_id=4076
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NAME Drage, Austin Leigh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION English actor, songwriter, singer
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Leytonstone, London
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH