Career

As an actor

Young's first role was in Bruce Beresford's film Black Robe (1991). They worked together a third time on Mao's Last Dancer, based on the best-selling autobiography of Chinese ballet dancer Li Cunxin. Beresford stated that "he's a very cooperative and thoughtful actor."

Young was nominated for an Australian Film Institute award for Metal Skin, Geoffrey Wright's 1994 examination of suburban hopelessness and revhead subculture. One reviewer wrote that "Young's depiction of this unsettling metamorphosis is central to the film's success."

In 2011 Young mimed Australian female indie supergroup Seeker Lover Keeper's hit song "Even Though I'm A Woman" in the music video directed by Natalie Van Dungen, and featured in the Jason Statham/Robert De Niro action film Killer Elite as American techno geek Meyer.

In June 2012 Young was announced as the lead in Rectify. Rectify was announced as a Peabody Award winner in April 2015.

As a director

Young directed the acclaimed short film The Rose of Ba Ziz. The film was made over five days on a shoestring budget of $700.

Young has edited films and assisted veteran independent Australian filmmaker Paul Cox in various capacities since starring in Cox's film Exile in 1994.

He has also created music videos for Australian singer Loene Carmen.

Personal life

Young was born in Toronto, Canada. His father, an American, was born in Missouri, while his mother is a nurse from Newcastle, Australia. Young adapted The Rose of Ba Ziz from a children's book written by his father Chip, a well-known CBC broadcaster. His family left Toronto for Australia in 1981. Young attended Galston High and Australian Theatre For Young People as a teenager.

Young has two sons, Dutch Bon (born 2007) and Chester Van (born 2011), with his longtime partner Loene Carmen. They married in Zebulon, Georgia while filming Season 2 of Rectify in 2014.

A portrait of Young by artist James Powditch was a 2008 Archibald Prize finalist. Young also appears in Powditch's 2012 work Beserk Warriors.

Filmography

As actor

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Black Robe	Daniel
1992	Over the Hill	Nick
1993	Sniper	Doug Papich
	Love in Limbo	Barry McJannet
	Broken Highway	Angel
	Shotgun Wedding	Jimmy Becker
1994	Exile	Peter Costello
	Metal Skin	Joe
1995	Audacious	Stanley
1996	Cosi	Nick
	River Street	Ben
	Hotel de Love	Rick Dunne
1997	Paradise Road	Bill Seary
1998	Under Heaven	Buck
	Cousin Bette	Count Wenceslas Steinbach
1999	Molokai: The Story of Father Damien	Dr. Kalewis
2001	The War Bride	Charlie
	Serenades	Johann
2002	The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	Ron Buckwhiler
2004	Human Touch	George
2005	The Bet	Angus
2007	In the Company of Actors	Himself/Eljert Lovburg
	The Goat That Ate Time	Narrator	Short film; voice only
	Flipsical		Short film
2008	Salvation	Gloria's Acolyte
2009	Lucky Country	Nat Doole
	Shot Open	Dodek	Short film
	Mao's Last Dancer	Dilworth
2010	Beneath Hill 60	Major North
	The Tree	Peter
	Kissing Point	Mark Logan	Short film
2011	Killer Elite	Meier
2013	Final Recipe	Sean
2014	I, Frankenstein	Dr. Victor Frankenstein
	Frontera	Sheriff Randall Hunt
2015	The Unseen	Bob Longmore

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	After the Deluge	Young Cliff	TV movie
2006	Two Twisted	Patrick Dempsey/Clone	Season 1, Episode 7: "Soft Boiled Luck"
2007	The Starter Wife	Jorge Stewart	6 episodes
2011	East West 101	Kendrick	Season 3, Episode 6: "Behold a Pale Horse" Season 3, Episode 7: "Revelation"
2013-present	Rectify	Daniel Holden	3 seasons, 22 episodes
2014	Rake	Joshua	Season 3, Episode 3
	The Code	Randall Keats	4 episodes< 4 aired as of 13 October 2014
2015	The Principal	-	4 episodes

As director/writer/editor

Year	Title	Credits			Notes
		Director	Writer	Editor
1998	The Order	Yes	Yes	Yes	Short film
2007	The Rose of Ba Ziz	Yes	Yes	Yes	Short film
	Loene Carmen Nashville High	Yes	No	Yes	Music video
2009	Loene Carmen Mimic the Rain	No	No	Yes	Music video
	Salvation	No	No	Yes
	Kalaupapa Heaven	No	No	Yes	Documentary film
2011	Waste Not	No	No	Yes	Documentary film

Awards and nominations

• Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series Nomination for Rectify (2015)
• Satellite Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama Nomination for Rectify (2013)
• Australian Film Institute Awards Nomination for Best Actor in a Lead Role for River Street (1996)
• Australian Film Institute Awards Nomination for Best Actor in a Lead Role for Metal Skin (1995)
• Australian Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for Metal Skin (1995)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]