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. 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, 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. At a "Q&A" after the play No Exit, 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. In 1996 he co-founded Electric Company Theatre along with fellow Studio 58 alumni Kim Collier, David Hudgins, and Kevin Kerr. He is a multiple Jessie Richardson Theatre Award winner. His play Palace Grand was commissioned for production by Vancouver's PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in 2008.
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), and again in "Revisor" (2019), an adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's 1836 play The Government Inspector (again with Pite).
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1998 Firestorm Sherman 2000 Trixie Gas attendant Chain of Fools Poetry reader Blacktop Young gas attendant2001 Antitrust Stinky Head Over Heels Agent Guy Suddenly Naked Waiter 2003 A Guy Thing Bachelor Party Guy2005 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Duncan The Score Benny The Fog Dan the weatherman2007 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 film1999 You Know My Name Hugh2000 Hollywood Off-ramp Television series, 1 episode Rocky Times Television film 2001 Da Vinci's Inquest Lucas Ross Television series, 1 episode2002 Mysterious Ways Leonard Jeremiah Edgar Weston Breaking News Artie Walsh Taken Slide Television mini-series, 1 episode2004 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 episodes2008 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" Icetastrophe Neil Television film 2015 Impastor Det. Hyde Television series, 2 episodes: "Genesis", "On The Third Day..." 2017 Betroffenheit User/Host/Responder Television film2021 The Flash Dr. Olsen Television Series, 1 episode: "Rayo de Luz"
Dance / Theatre Year Title Role Notes2015 Betroffenheit Actor and Writer2019 Revisor Writer2023An Undeveloped SoundWriter and Director Assembly Hall
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