
Jonathon Young
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.
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Credits
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Revisor 2020Revisor (voice)★ 9
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Performer★ NR
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Impastor 2015Detective Hyde★ 7.1
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Eadweard 2015Eakins★ 5.6
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Neil★ 5.4
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The Flash 2014Dr. Olsen★ 7.8
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Control Alt Delete 2010Sanderson★ 3.9
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Alien Trespass 2009Lloyd★ 5.1
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Sanctuary 2008Nikola Tesla★ 7.2
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Nightwatching 2007Visscher★ 6.4
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Eureka 2006Dr. Ethan Edison★ 7.8
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The Fog 2005Dan The Weatherman★ 4.5
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Duncan★ 6.5
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Stargate Atlantis 2004Dr. Parrish★ 8
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A Guy Thing 2003Bachelor Party Guy★ 5.9
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Taken 2002★ 7.5
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Chain of Fools 2001Poet Reader★ 5.8
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Antitrust 2001Stinky★ 6
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Trixie 2000Gas Attendant★ 4.9
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Firestorm 1998Sherman★ 5.2
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Librarian★ 5.5
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Jake and The Kid 1995Troy★ NR
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The Outer Limits 1995Billy★ 7.7