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Benny Young | |
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| Born | Robert Young |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation | Actor |
Robert "Benny" Young is a Scottish film, television and stage actor.
In 2009, Young toured with the National Theatre of Scotland production Be Near Me. [1]
In 2013 Young appeared in the West End production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the Duchess Theatre. [2]
Young appeared in the Edinburgh International Festival 2018 in the production of David Greig's Midsummer. [3]
In 2018 Young played Sir Simon Fraser in the Netflix original film Outlaw King, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2018. [4] In autumn 2023, he played Moon in the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh and Pitlochry Festival Theatre production of Peter Arnott's Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape. [5]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Nosey Dobson | PC MacLean | |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Rob Liddell | |
| 1981–1982 | Maggie | Colin Scott | TV series |
| 1985 | White Nights | Flight Engineer | |
| 1985 | Out of Africa | Minister | |
| 1985 | The Girl in the Picture | Ron | |
| 1986 | Captive | Psychologist | |
| 1994 | Funny Man | Max Taylor | |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: Macbeth | Scottish Doctor | |
| 2018 | Outlaw King | Sir Simon Fraser | |
| 2018 | Wild Rose | Judge | |
| 2021 | Shetland | James Pérez | TV series |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - 5 May 2014 | Love with a Capital 'L' | John Reith | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh | Hamish Pirie | play by Tony Cox |
| 4 - 14 October 2023 | Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape | Moon | Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | David Greig | play by Peter Arnott |
References
- ^ "Be Near Me at the Donmar Warehouse". Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui".
- ^ Wyver, Kate (6 August 2018). "Midsummer review – joyful tale of wild sex and terrible hangovers". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ Outlaw King, retrieved 12 November 2018
- ^ Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape Theatre Programme, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh & Pitlochry Festival Theatre, September 2023
External links
- Benny Young at IMDb
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