Jonathon Young

See also: Jonathan Young (disambiguation)

Jonathon Young
Born	(1973-05-08) May 8, 1973 (age 52) Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Education	Studio 58
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Partner	Amy Rutherford
Children	Azra Young (Died 2009)

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. ^[1] 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, ^[1] 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. ^[2] At a "Q&A" after the play No Exit,^{[ citation needed ]} 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. ^{[3] [4]} In 1996 he co-founded Electric Company Theatre along with fellow Studio 58 alumni Kim Collier, David Hudgins, and Kevin Kerr. ^[5] He is a multiple Jessie Richardson Theatre Award winner. ^[3] His play Palace Grand was commissioned for production by Vancouver's PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in 2008. ^[3]

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

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Firestorm	Sherman
2000	Trixie	Gas attendant
	Chain of Fools	Poetry reader
	Blacktop	Young gas attendant
2001	Antitrust	Stinky
	Head Over Heels	Agent Guy
	Suddenly Naked	Waiter
2003	A Guy Thing	Bachelor Party Guy
2005	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Duncan
	The Score	Benny
	The Fog	Dan the weatherman
2007	The Road to Loudenvielle	Narrator
	Nightwatching	Visscher
2008	Control Alt Delete	Sanderson
2009	Alien Trespass	Lloyd
2015	Eadweard	Eakins
2021	Hollywood.Con	Wedding Guard/El Jade's Zombie Wedding Attendee

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue	Eddie	Television film
1997	The Outer Limits	Billy	Television series, 2 episodes
1998	Principal Takes a Holiday	Librarian	Television film
1999	You Know My Name	Hugh	Television film
2000	Hollywood Off-ramp		Television series, 1 episode
	Rocky Times		Television film
2001	Da Vinci's Inquest	Lucas Ross	Television series, 1 episode
2002	Mysterious Ways	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
2004	Life As We Know It	Jerry	Television series, 1 episode
	A Bear Named Winnie	Macray	Television film
2005	Terminal City	Jimmy Crib	Television series, 4 episodes
2008	The Englishman's Boy	John Dawe	Television mini-series
	Eureka	Dr. Ethan Edison	Television series, 1 episode: "Bad to The Drone"
	Stargate: Atlantis	Dr. Parrish	Television series, 2 episodes: "Remnants" and "Runner"
	Sanctuary	Nikola Tesla	Television series, 17 episodes
2012, 2022	Murdoch Mysteries	Ernest Harding	Television series, 2 episodes: "Invention Convention", "Pendrick's Planetary Parlour"
2014	Intruders	Larry Owens	Television series, 1 episode: "The Shepherds and the Fox"
2015	Impastor	Det. Hyde	Television series, 2 episodes: "Genesis", "On The Third Day..."
2017	Betroffenheit	User/Host/Responder	Television film
2021	The Flash	Dr. Olsen	Television Series, 1 episode: "Rayo de Luz"

Dance / Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Betroffenheit	Actor and Writer	[6]
2019	Revisor	Writer	[7]
2023	An Undeveloped Sound	Writer and Director
2023	Assembly Hall	Writer and Director

References

1. Lederman, Marsha (June 23, 2013). "The role of Jonathon Young's life". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved June 24, 2013.
2. "Interview with Jonathon Young". ArtsAlive.ca. March 2006. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
3. "Jonathon Young". Electric Company Theatre. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
4. "Alumni". Studio 58. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
5. "Mission/History". Electric Company Theatre. Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
6. "Betroffenheit". Kidd Pivot. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
7. "Revisor". Kidd Pivot. Retrieved December 29, 2020.

External links

• Jonathon Young at IMDb