Biography: Austin Haynes is a British child actor best known for playing Thomas in The Railway Children Return (2022). Austin landed his first cast TV role within a year of taking up acting, in popular BBC1 drama The A Word, where he plays the role of Olly Chapman. Since then Austin has worked consistently in film and television. Austin is a keen guitarist and his first breakthrough role was busking on the streets in the iconic Co-op advert for Christmas in 2020 to Oasis' Round Are Way with younger brother, Rocco.