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Jake Toranzo Austin Szymanski (born December 3, 1994; age 29), known professionally as Jake T. Austin, is an American actor. Beginning his career as a child actor at the age of seven, Austin is a five-time Young Artist Award nominee, best known for his role as Max Russo on the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place, and as the voice of Diego on the Nickelodeon animated series Dora the Explorer in the Seasons 4-5 episodes Dora and Diego to the Rescue!, Dora Saves the Mermaids, and Dora Saves Three Kings Day. He also voiced him on Go, Diego, Go! from Seasons 1-3. Austin was also the original actor who portrayed Jesus Foster on the ABC Family family/teen drama series The Fosters.
His career began in 2002 when he appeared in commercials. A year later, he appeared in his first credited acting role as Kid 1698 in a comedy sketch on The Late Show With David Letterman. In 2003, he landed his first major role – voicing Diego, the cousin of Dora, on the hit Nickelodeon animated series Dora the Explorer in the episode Dora and Diego to the Rescue! (aired on September 6, 2005). He continued to voice Diego on the spin-off series, Go, Diego, Go!, for the first three seasons.