Austin (Season 16)

Austin is the head actor on Down to Film and is later promoted to executive producer. Despite being the show's head actor, he can't really act at all.

Personality
Austin is somewhat neurotic, tending to become overwhelmed fairly easily and succumb to panic attacks or depressive episodes. He's also a bit of a control freak, although not to a malevolent extent.

Austin needs everyone around him to be happy and cooperative, so he's often the first to jump in and try to solve disputes between crew members. However, despite his good intentions, his attempts to help often tend to make things worse.

History
In S16E01, Austin rallies the crew to try and work around the writer's strike, taking something of a leadership position (much to Henry's chagrin). His solution to the strike is to hold a brainstorming session and try to collect episode ideas from the various crew members.

Later in the episode, Austin walks in on OT and Josh fighting and tries to help mediate. He helps the two of them figure out which crew members to fire, and which to keep.

In the next episode, Austin volunteers to work with OT in his attempts to come up with a new episode for the show, hoping to make sure the new producer doesn't go off the rails. He fails miserably, and OT quickly devolves. Austin becomes frustrated and eventually ends up snapping and shouting at OT. OT responds by calling Austin a bad actor. At this point, Austin seemingly has a mental breakdown and runs out of the room screaming.

In S16E03, Austin is shown to be in the middle of an existential crisis, OT's harsh words from the previous episode having stuck with him. He snaps at Henry when the director criticises his performance, then rushes off to the bathroom to cry. Evan finds him, and inadvertently gives him a pep talk. Austin decides that to prove his worth as an actor, he will put on an experimental performance for the entire crew.