- Celebrity Ambassador for Breakthrough T1D (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation).
- Austin is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio (since 2002), active in both New York and Los Angeles. There he's worked with Al Pacino, Faye Dunaway and Estelle Parsons; and under the guidance of Ellen Burstyn, Martin Landau, Harvey Keitel, Arthur Penn, Barbara Bain, Sandra Seacat, Lee Grant, Penny Allen, and Lou Antonio.
- Austin won the Morty Gunty Memorial Award when he was a senior, graduating Midwood High School at Brooklyn College.
- Austin's uncle, Howard Basis, animated the opening sequence for "Reading Rainbow" and was responsible for adding the wings to the TriStar Pictures Pegasus in the filmed logo from the 1980's. He was also on the team of animators behind "Schoolhouse Rock!".
- In March of 2023, Austin was honored as a "distinguished alumnus" of Mark Twain Intermediate School For The Gifted And Talented in Brooklyn, NY and inducted into their Hall of Fame.
- Colleen Basis, Austin's wife, is a well-known acting coach and teacher.
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