Austin had guest roles on "Celebrity Deathmatch" and Seasons 4 and 5 of CBS's "Nash Bridges", where he played San Francisco Police Department Inspector Jake Cage. He has appeared on "V.I.P" and "Dilbert". His motion picture debut was in a supporting role as Guard Dunham in the 2005 remake of "The Longest Yard". Austin had his first starring film role, as Jack Conrad, a dangerous convict awaiting execution in a Salvadoran prison, who takes part in an illegal deathmatch game that is being broadcast to the public in the 2007 action film "The Condemned".