Jonathon Young
{{see also|Jonathan Young (disambiguation)}}
{{short description|Canadian actor|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jonathon Young
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|5|8}}
| birth_place = Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
| education = Studio 58
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1996–present
| partner = Amy Rutherford
| children = Azra Young (Died 2009)
| website =
}}
Jonathon Young (born May 8, 1973) is a Canadian actor known for his role of Nikola Tesla on the SyFy show Sanctuary. Appearances include The Fog, Eureka, and Stargate Atlantis. Young is a well-respected stage actor.{{cite news|last=Lederman|first=Marsha|date=June 23, 2013|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/the-role-of-jonathon-youngs-life/article12754565/|title=The role of Jonathon Young's life|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|accessdate=June 24, 2013}} He is the co-founder of Electric Company Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Early life
Born on May 8, 1973, in Richmond Hill, Ontario, he was raised in Vernon, British Columbia, along with his brother and sister. Their father was a school teacher who started a community theatre in Armstrong, British Columbia.{{cite web |url= http://artsalive.ca/en/eth/actor/jy_interview.html |title= Interview with Jonathon Young |publisher= ArtsAlive.ca |date= March 2006 |accessdate= May 1, 2011}} At a "Q&A" after the play No Exit,{{citation needed|date=September 2011}} Young told the audience that his father often brought him and his sister to watch him act and that this is where his love for theatre began. Becoming an actor was never a choice, but rather just something he knew he was going to do.
Career
Young is a graduate of the Studio 58 theatre school at Langara College, Vancouver, British Columbia.{{cite web |url= http://www.electriccompanytheatre.com/company/electricians/23.html |title= Jonathon Young |publisher= Electric Company Theatre |accessdate= May 1, 2011 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110710181039/http://www.electriccompanytheatre.com/company/electricians/23.html |archivedate= July 10, 2011 }}{{cite web |title= Alumni |url= http://www.langara.bc.ca/studio58/alumni.html |publisher= Studio 58 |accessdate= May 1, 2011 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110218175844/http://www.langara.bc.ca/studio58/alumni.html |archivedate= February 18, 2011 }} In 1996 he co-founded Electric Company Theatre along with fellow Studio 58 alumni Kim Collier, David Hudgins, and Kevin Kerr.{{cite web |title= Mission/History |url= http://www.electriccompanytheatre.com/company/mission-history.html |publisher= Electric Company Theatre |accessdate= May 1, 2011 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110828094729/http://www.electriccompanytheatre.com/company/mission-history.html |archivedate= August 28, 2011 }} He is a multiple Jessie Richardson Theatre Award winner. His play Palace Grand was commissioned for production by Vancouver's PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in 2008.
Young has collaborated with the contemporary dance theatre company Kidd Pivot, first in the award-winning "Betroffenheit" (premiered 2015, co-created by Young and choreographer and dancer Crystal Pite), then in "Revisor" (2019), which is a dance interpretation of Nikolai Gogol's play The Government Inspector.
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1996
| data-sort-value="Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue, The" | The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue | Eddie | |
| 1997
| data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits | Billy | Television series, 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|1998
| Sherman | |
| Principal Takes a Holiday
| Librarian | |
| rowspan="1"|1999
| Hugh | |
| rowspan="5"| 2000
| Trixie | Gas attendant | |
| Chain of Fools
| Poetry reader | |
| Blacktop
| Young gas attendant | |
| Hollywood Off-ramp
| | Television series, 1 episode |
| Rocky Times
| | |
| rowspan="4"|2001
| Stinky | |
| Da Vinci's Inquest
| Lucas Ross | Television series, 1 episode |
| Head Over Heels
| Agent Guy | |
| Suddenly Naked
| Waiter | |
| rowspan="4"|2002
| Leonard | Television series, 1 episode |
| Jeremiah
| Edgar Weston | Television series, 1 episode |
| Breaking News
| Artie Walsh | Television series, 1 episode |
| Taken
| Slide | Television mini-series, 1 episode |
| 2003
| data-sort-value="Guy Thing, A" | A Guy Thing | Bachelor Party Guy | |
| rowspan="2"|2004
| Jerry | Television series, 1 episode |
| data-sort-value="Bear Named Winnie, A" | A Bear Named Winnie
| Macray | |
| rowspan="4"|2005
| data-sort-value="Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The" | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Duncan | |
| data-sort-value="Score, The" | The Score
| Benny | |
| data-sort-value="Fog, The" | The Fog
| Dan the weatherman | |
| Terminal City
| Jimmy Crib | Television series, 4 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2007
| data-sort-value="Road to Loudenvielle, The" | The Road to Loudenvielle | Narrator | |
| Nightwatching
| Visscher | |
| rowspan="5"|2008
| data-sort-value="Englishman's Boy, The" | The Englishman's Boy | John Dawe | Television mini-series |
| Eureka
| Dr. Ethan Edison | Television series, 1 episode: Bad to The Drone. |
| Control Alt Delete
| Sanderson | |
| Stargate: Atlantis
| Dr. Parrish | Television series, 2 episodes: Remnants and Runner. |
| Sanctuary
| Television series, 17 episodes |
| 2009
| Lloyd | |
| 2012
| Ernest Harding | Television series, 1 episode: Invention Convention. |
| 2014
| Larry Owens | Episode 5 |
| 2015
| Impastor | Det. Hyde | Television series, 2 episodes: Genesis, On The Third Day... |
| 2021
| data-sort-value="Flash, The" | The Flash | Dr. Olsen | Television Series, 1 episode: Rayo de Luz |
Dance / Theatre
| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |
| 2015
| Betroffenheit | Actor and Writer |
| 2019
| Revisor | Writer |
| 2023
|An Undeveloped Sound |Writer and Director |
| 2023
| Assembly Hall | Writer and Director |
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|0949727}}
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Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Male actors from Ontario