Benny Young

Last updated

Benny Young
Born
Robert Young
Nationality Scottish
Occupation Actor

Robert "Benny" Young is a Scottish film, television and stage actor.

Contents

In 2009, Young toured with the National Theatre of Scotland production Be Near Me . [1]

In 2013 Young appeared in the West End production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the Duchess Theatre. [2]

Young appeared in the Edinburgh International Festival 2018 in the production of David Greig's Midsummer. [3]

In 2018 Young played Sir Simon Fraser in the Netflix original film Outlaw King , which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2018. [4] In autumn 2023, he played Moon in the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh and Pitlochry Festival Theatre production of Peter Arnott's Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape. [5]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976Nosey DobsonPC MacLean
1981 Chariots of Fire Rob Liddell
1981–1982 Maggie Colin ScottTV series
1985 White Nights Flight Engineer
1985 Out of Africa Minister
1985 The Girl in the Picture Ron
1986 Captive Psychologist
1994 Funny Man Max Taylor
2013National Theatre Live: MacbethScottish Doctor
2018 Outlaw King Sir Simon Fraser
2018 Wild Rose Judge
2021 Shetland James PérezTV series

Theatre

YearTitleRoleTheatreDirectorNotes
1 - 5 May 2014Love with a Capital 'L' John Reith Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Hamish Pirieplay by Tony Cox
4 - 14 October 2023Group Portrait in a Summer LandscapeMoon Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh David Greig play by Peter Arnott
5 March - 3 May 2025 Death of a Salesman Charley Trafalgar Theatre Andy Arnold play by Arthur Miller

References

  1. ↑ "Be Near Me at the Donmar Warehouse". Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui".
  3. ↑ Wyver, Kate (6 August 2018). "Midsummer review – joyful tale of wild sex and terrible hangovers". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Outlaw King , retrieved 12 November 2018
  5. ↑ Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape Theatre Programme, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh & Pitlochry Festival Theatre, September 2023


Flag of Scotland.svg Crystal Clear app Login Manager 2.png

This article about a Scottish actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.