# Jonathon Young

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), then in "Revisor" (2019), which is a dance interpretation of Nikolai Gogol's play The Government Inspector.

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue | Eddie | |
| 1997 | The Outer Limits | Billy | Television series, 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Firestorm | Sherman | |
| 1998 | Principal Takes a Holiday | Librarian | |
| 1999 | You Know My Name | Hugh | |
| 2000 | Trixie | Gas attendant | |
| 2000 | Chain of Fools | Poetry reader | |
| 2000 | Blacktop | Young gas attendant | |
| 2000 | Hollywood Off-ramp | | Television series, 1 episode |
| 2000 | Rocky Times | | |
| 2001 | Antitrust | Stinky | |
| 2001 | Da Vinci's Inquest | Lucas Ross | Television series, 1 episode |
| 2001 | Head Over Heels | Agent Guy | |
| 2001 | Suddenly Naked | Waiter | |
| 2002 | Mysterious Ways | Leonard | Television series, 1 episode |
| 2002 | Jeremiah | Edgar Weston | Television series, 1 episode |
| 2002 | Breaking News | Artie Walsh | Television series, 1 episode |
| 2002 | Taken | Slide | Television mini-series, 1 episode |
| 2003 | A Guy Thing | Bachelor Party Guy | |
| 2004 | Life As We Know It | Jerry | Television series, 1 episode |
| 2004 | A Bear Named Winnie | Macray | |
| 2005 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Duncan | |
| 2005 | The Score | Benny | |
| 2005 | The Fog | Dan the weatherman | |
| 2005 | Terminal City | Jimmy Crib | Television series, 4 episodes |
| 2007 | The Road to Loudenvielle | Narrator | |
| 2007 | Nightwatching | Visscher | |
| 2008 | The Englishman's Boy | John Dawe | Television mini-series |
| 2008 | Eureka | Dr. Ethan Edison | Television series, 1 episode: Bad to The Drone. |
| 2008 | Control Alt Delete | Sanderson | |
| 2008 | Stargate: Atlantis | Dr. Parrish | Television series, 2 episodes: Remnants and Runner. |
| 2008 | Sanctuary | Nikola Tesla | Television series, 17 episodes |
| 2009 | Alien Trespass | Lloyd | |
| 2012 | Murdoch Mysteries | Ernest Harding | Television series, 1 episode: Invention Convention. |
| 2014 | Intruders | Larry Owens | Episode 5 |
| 2015 | Impastor | Det. Hyde | Television series, 2 episodes: Genesis, On The Third Day... |
| 2021 | The Flash | Dr. Olsen | Television Series, 1 episode: Rayo de Luz |

## Dance / Theatre

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2015 | Betroffenheit | Actor and Writer |
| 2019 | Revisor | Writer |
| 2023 | An Undeveloped Sound | Writer and Director |
| 2023 | Assembly Hall | Writer and Director |