SAG-AFTRA, AEA

Watch/Listen Now: 

• The star-studded Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration ("Someone in a Tree") on Broadway.com, Spring 2020
• "Democracy" music video from the Off-Broadway new musical Soft Power (get the full cast album HERE!), Spring 2020
• Guest star in the webseries Assisted Living the Series (episode 1), Spring 2020
• Podcast of Durra Leung's new short play "Not That Difficult", Summer 2020
• Podcast of the family musical story series  "What Will She Do Next", episode 105 - Xun Guan", Fall 2020
   

Upcoming:

• Recurring role on an upcoming new Netflix series
• Supporting role in a family feature film
• A national hand modeling commercial
• Several virtual readings, podcasts, benefit concerts, and more...
   

Recent Highlights:   

• The lead role in the new musical Shanghai Sonatas in the UDel Master Players Concert Series, Winter 2020 - watch the trailer!
• A principal role in the NYC premiere of Soft Power at The Public Theater Off-Broadway, Fall 2019
• A principal role in the Paint Your Wagon revisal at The Muny, Summer 2019

• "It is Austin Ku who steals the show" - Jan Nargi, BROADWAYWORLD.COM 
• "He's the funniest thing onstage" - Louise Kennedy, BOSTON GLOBE 
• "A find" - David C. Nichols, LOS ANGELES TIMES
• "It's refreshing to hear Austin Ku's natural voice" - Steven Winn, SF CHRONICLE 
• "An expert storyteller" - Madeleine Marshall, DC METRO THEATER ARTS
• "A standout" - Deb Miller, DC METRO THEATER ARTS

• Nominee, Supporting Actor in a Musical - Philadelphia-area Barrymore Award
• Nominee, Supporting Actor in a Musical (Large Theater) - New England-area IRNE Award
• Nominee, Lead Actor in a Musical (Medium Theater) - BroadwayWorld Boston Award
• Recipient, Supporting Actor in a Musical - Bay Area Dean Goodman Choice Award
• Recipient, Lead Actor in a Musical - WISE Foundation Award

I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where I grew up playing violin, then piano and choir, which led to the school musicals and plays.  

I went to Rice University, where I studied opera but kept doing the school musicals and plays, and also some modeling.

Then I went to UC Berkeley School of Law, yet I couldn't stop doing the school musicals and plays, modeling and a few commercials.

I became a lawyer, but had a lot more fun doing regional musicals and plays, modeling and commercials, and a little film.

So I went to The Boston Conservatory, where I got a theater degree while doing musicals and plays, modeling and commercials, film and TV too.

Now I live in NYC, and I make my living doing musicals and plays, modeling and commercials, and film and TV. ...and hand modeling.

I still play the violin. I also love cooking and all things food-related.