Jonathon Young
Born: 1973-05-08 in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2020
- Revisor as Revisor (voice)
2017
- Betroffenheit from Sadler's Wells as Performer
2014
- The Flash as Dr. Olsen
- Christmas Icetastrophe as Neil
2010
- Control Alt Delete as Sanderson
2009
- Alien Trespass as Lloyd
2008
- Sanctuary as Nikola Tesla
2007
- Nightwatching as Visscher
2006
- Eureka as Dr. Ethan Edison
2005
- The Fog as Dan The Weatherman
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants as Duncan
2004
- Stargate Atlantis as Dr. Parrish
2003
- A Guy Thing as Bachelor Party Guy
2002
2001
- Antitrust as Stinky
- Chain of Fools as Poet Reader
2000
- Trixie as Gas Attendant
1998
- Firestorm as Sherman
- Principal Takes a Holiday as Librarian
1995
- The Outer Limits as Billy
- Jake and The Kid as Troy