Jonathon Young

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

24

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-05-08 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

Jonathon 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

  • The Flash

    The Flash

  • Stargate Atlantis

    Stargate Atlantis

  • Eureka

    Eureka

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Sanctuary

    Sanctuary

  • Taken

    Taken

  • Principal Takes a Holiday

    Principal Takes a Holiday

  • Jake and The Kid

    Jake and The Kid

  • The Fog

    The Fog

  • Impastor

    Impastor

  • Eadweard

    Eadweard

  • A Guy Thing

    A Guy Thing

  • Antitrust

    Antitrust

  • Alien Trespass

    Alien Trespass

  • Firestorm

    Firestorm

  • Chain of Fools

    Chain of Fools

  • Christmas Icetastrophe

    Christmas Icetastrophe

  • Nightwatching

    Nightwatching

  • Control Alt Delete

    Control Alt Delete

  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

    The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

  • Betroffenheit from Sadler's Wells

    Betroffenheit from Sadler's Wells

  • Trixie

    Trixie

  • Revisor

    Revisor