Jake Austin Szymanski, known professionally as Jake T. Austin, is an American actor and voice actor, who began his career as a child actor at the age of seven. He is a five-time Young Artist Award nominee, best known for his role as Max Russo in the Disney Channel Original Series Wizards of Waverly Place. He also voiced Bluz in Season 2 of Happy Monster Band and portrayed Christopher "Chris" Kapahala in Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board. Additionally, he starred in the Freeform drama series The Fosters for the first two seasons before leaving the show.
Outside of Disney, Austin is well-known for playing Bruce in the 2009 DreamWorks comedy film Hotel for Dogs. He also voiced Diego in Seasons 1–3 of the Nick Jr. series Go, Diego, Go!, Fernando in the Blue Sky's Rio films, the titular character of the 2013 computer-animated film Khumba, and Alex in the 2017 Sony Pictures animated film The Emoji Movie.
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