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    Jonathon Young

    1973-05-08 (51 years old) in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

    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.

    Movies

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    Revisor
    90 %|May 24, 2020
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    Eadweard
    56 %|Feb 28, 2015
    Drama
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    Christmas Icetastrophe
    54 %|Dec 20, 2014
    Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie
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    Control Alt Delete
    39 %|Apr 23, 2010
    Comedy, Drama
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    Alien Trespass
    51 %|Apr 3, 2009
    Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror
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    Nightwatching
    64.06 %|Sep 6, 2007
    Drama, History
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    The Fog
    45.29 %|Oct 14, 2005
    Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
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    The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
    65 %|Jun 1, 2005
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
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    A Guy Thing
    59 %|Jan 17, 2003
    Comedy, Romance
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    Chain of Fools
    57 %|Mar 3, 2001
    Crime, Comedy
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    Antitrust
    60.19 %|Jan 11, 2001
    Action, Crime, Drama
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    Trixie
    50 %|Jun 28, 2000
    Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
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    Firestorm
    52 %|Jan 8, 1998
    Action, Adventure, Thriller

    Series

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    Impastor
    71 %|Jul 15, 2015
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Flash
    78 %|Oct 7, 2014
    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Sanctuary
    72 %|Oct 3, 2008
    Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Eureka
    77.52 %|Jul 18, 2006
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
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    Stargate Atlantis
    80.09 %|Jul 15, 2004
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Taken
    75 %|Dec 2, 2002
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Crime
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    Jake and The Kid
    0 %|Dec 16, 1995
    Drama, Family
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    The Outer Limits
    77 %|Mar 26, 1995
    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    The Outer Limits
    77 %|Mar 26, 1995
    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy