Jonathon Young
Known for Acting · 23 credits
- Born
- 1973-05-08 (age 53)
- Place of birth
- Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Jonathan Young
Biography
Jonathon Young is a Canadian actor best known for his role of Nikola Tesla on the SyFy show Sanctuary. Appearances include The Fog, Eureka, and Stargate Atlantis. Jonathon is a well-respected stage actor. He is the co-founder of the Electric Company Theatre in Vancouver, Canada in which he is also the artistic director, playwright and a frequently acts.
He was raised in British Columbia, along with his brother and sister. Their father was a school teacher who also started a community theatre in Armstrong, British Columbia. At a Q&A after "No Exit", Jonathon Young said 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.
Jonathon is a graduate of the Studio 58 theatre school at Vancouver’s Langara College. In 1996 he co-founded the Electric Company Theatre along with fellow Studio 58 alumni Kim Collier, David Hudgins, and Kevin Kerr. He is a three-time winner of the Jessie Richardson Award. His play Palace Grand was commissioned for production by Vancouver’s PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in 2008.
Young is married to actor/director Kim Collier.
Known For
TV Shows (8)
Movies (15)
The Fog
2005
as Dan The Weatherman
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
2005
as Duncan
Antitrust
2001
as Stinky
Nightwatching
2007
as Visscher
A Guy Thing
2003
as Bachelor Party Guy
Trixie
2000
as Gas Attendant
Chain of Fools
2001
as Poet Reader
Alien Trespass
2009
as Lloyd
Firestorm
1998
as Sherman
Eadweard
2015
as Eakins
Principal Takes a Holiday
1998
as Librarian
Christmas Icetastrophe
2014
as Neil
Revisor
2020
as Revisor (voice)
Control Alt Delete
2010
as Sanderson
Betroffenheit from Sadler's Wells
2017
as Performer
About Jonathon Young
Jonathon Young is a Canadian actor best known for his role of Nikola Tesla on the SyFy show Sanctuary. Appearances include The Fog, Eureka, and Stargate Atlantis. Jonathon is a well-respected stage actor. He is the co-founder of the Electric Company Theatre in Vancouver, Canada in which he is also the artistic director, playwright and a frequently acts. He was raised in British Columbia, along with his brother and sister. Their father was a school teacher who also started a community theatre in Armstrong, British Columbia. At a Q&A after "No E… With 23 credits spanning from 1995 to 2020, Jonathon Young has appeared in 15 films and 8 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jonathon Young Movies
- The Fog (2005) — as Dan The Weatherman
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) — as Duncan
- Antitrust (2001) — as Stinky
- Nightwatching (2007) — as Visscher
- A Guy Thing (2003) — as Bachelor Party Guy
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