Nicholas Young

Nicholas Young

actor

Nicholas Young was born on Jun 11, 1949 in UK. Nicholas Young's big-screen debut came with Eagle Rock directed by Henry Geddes in 1964, strarring Trevor. Nicholas Young is known for The Tomorrow People directed by Dermott Downs, Robbie Amell stars as Stephen Jameson and Peyton List as Cara Coburn. The upcoming new tvshow Nicholas Young plays is The Tomorrow People - Season 1 which will be released on Oct 09, 2013.

Educated at preparatory school followed by The Corona Stage School, Nicholas Young was already in his early 20s when he auditioned for the role of "John" in The Tomorrow People (1973). Prior to landing the role, he appeared in The Children's Film Foundation production Eagle Rock (1964), the little-remembered television series The Flying Swan (1965) and Front Page Story (1965), Maîtres et valets (1971) and a number of one-off television plays including The Wednesday Play: The Connoisseur (1966), directed by Waris Hussein (whose credits include the first ever Doctor Who). In addition, while working on The Tomorrow People he featured in the two-part Cosmos 1999 (1975) story The Bringers of Wonder (the first broadcast on August 4, 1977) as Peter Rockwell, and, in the same year, played alongside Jon Pertwee (the 3rd incarnation of Doctor Who) as a young gangster called Legs Luigi in the film Adventures of a Private Eye (1977).Young was the only cast member to stay with The Tomorrow People (1973) for its entire six year run. After its conclusion in 1979, he appeared in numerous other programs including the series Kessler (1981), and Cymbeline (1982) (part of the BBC Shakespeare series); perhaps more famously he appeared as a Jeremy Beadle stooge in over 40 sketches for Game for a Laugh (1981) and Beadle's About (1986). More recently, he has worked as a theatrical agent, representing, among others, Philip Gilbert. The two were reunited once again in 2001, as they reprised their roles as John and TIM for the new Tomorrow People audio adventures released by Big Finish Productions.

  • Birthday

    Jun 11, 1949
  • Place of Birth

    London, England, UK
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