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Lee Thompson Young
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Lee Thompson Young (born February 1, 1984) is an American actor, known for starring in the Disney television series, The Famous Jett Jackson.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Career
- 2 Filmography
- 3 Television appearances
- 4 Footnotes
- 5 External links
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Biography
Early life
Young was born in Columbia, South Carolina[1] to Velma Love and Tommy Scott Young. He was in the second grade when his parents split up and he went to live with his mother. At age ten, he portrayed Martin Luther King in a play called A Night of Stars and Dreams. It was then that Lee decided he wanted to become an actor. After doing community theater for a while, he traveled to New York during the spring break of 1996 and got an agent.
Career
Young moved to NY that June but it wasn't until the next year that he auditioned for the part of Jett Jackson in
The Famous Jett Jackson. Lee filmed the pilot and found out in June 1998 from
The Disney Channel that the show had been picked up. It later went on to become a Disney movie in June 2001.
After the show's cancellation, Young had guest spots in CBS's The Guardian. He had a part in the movie Friday Night Lights portraying Chris Comer and a part in the Jamie Foxx movie Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story. Lee could recently be seen on UPN's low-rated TV drama South Beach, which was produced by Jennifer Lopez. He portrayed Victor Stone (known in DC Comics as Cyborg) in a fifth season episode of the television series Smallville in 2006.
Young has also appeared in
Akeelah and the Bee playing Akeelah's brother Devon. Young reprised his character of Cyborg on the CW's "Smallville" Season Six episode "
Justice", which aired on January 18, 2007.
Filmography
Television appearances
Footnotes
