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Jonathon Young

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathon Young, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
In Canada
Movie/TV Credits:
20
First Appeared:
In the movie Firestorm 1998-01-08
Latest Project:
Movie Revisor 2020-05-24
Known For
Poster of Impastor
Poster of Sanctuary
Poster of Eureka
Poster of Stargate Atlantis
Filmography
Movie Revisor Revisor (voice) 2020-05-24
Movie Betroffenheit from Sadler's Wells Performer 2017-05-07
Movie Eadweard Eakins 2015-02-28
Series Impastor Detective Hyde 2015-07-15
Movie Christmas Icetastrophe Neil 2014-12-20
Movie Control Alt Delete Sanderson 2010-04-23
Movie Alien Trespass Lloyd 2009-04-03
Series Sanctuary Nikola Tesla 2008-10-03
Movie Nightwatching Visscher 2007-09-06
Series Eureka Dr. Ethan Edison 2006-07-18
Movie The Fog Dan The Weatherman 2005-10-14
Movie The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Duncan 2005-06-01
Series Stargate Atlantis Dr. Parrish 2004-07-15
Movie A Bear Named Winnie Macray 2004-12-12
Movie A Guy Thing Bachelor Party Guy 2003-01-17
Series Taken Unknown 2002-12-02
Movie Antitrust Stinky 2001-01-11
Movie Chain of Fools Poet Reader 2001-03-03
Movie Trixie Gas Attendant 2000-06-28
Movie Firestorm Sherman 1998-01-08