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Bruce A. Young | |
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| Born | April 22, 1956 |
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| Years active | 1981–present |
Bruce Arlington Young (born April 22, 1956) is an American television, film, and stage actor and screenwriter. [1]
Career
Young is best known for his role as Captain Simon Banks in the UPN science fiction police drama The Sentinel. [1] Young also had roles in the films Risky Business, [1] Jurassic Park III, [1] The Color of Money, [1] Basic Instinct, [1] Into Temptation, Undisputed, and Enough. His other television roles include parts in 21 Jump Street, E/R, [1] Highlander: The Series, Quantum Leap, [1] NYPD Blue, The X-Files, [1] Cold Case, Lady Blue, [1] Ghost Whisperer, Grey's Anatomy and Prison Break.
As television writer and screenwriter, Young has written for such television series and films as E/R and The Lord Protector: The Riddle of the Chosen. [2]
From 1983 to 1987, while with the Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Young created, produced and was a cast member in "Dungeon Master", [3] a fusion of improvisational theatre and live action role-playing; each show was a fantasy adventure scenario with theater cast members playing the monsters and non-player characters and volunteer audience members serving as the player characters. Young restarted Dungeon Master in Los Angeles in 2001, where it is still active, although Young stopped active participation in 2006.
Filmography
- Thief (1981) as Mechanic #2
- Risky Business (1983) as Jackie
- Nothing in Common (1986) as Gene
- The Color of Money (1986) as Moselle
- 21 Jump Street (1987, TV Series) as Sgt. James Adabo
- An Innocent Man (1989) as Jingles
- Hot Shots! (1991) as "Red" Herring
- Basic Instinct (1992) as Andrews
- Trespass (1992) as Raymond
- Blink (1994) as Lt. Mitchell
- Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult (1994) as Tyrone (uncredited)
- The War (1994) as Moe Henry
- The Tie That Binds (1995) as Gil Chandler
- Normal Life (1996) as Agent Parker
- Phenomenon (1996) as FBI Agent Jack Hatch
- Angel on Abbey Street (1999) as Muskat
- Jurassic Park III (2001) as M. B. Nash
- Enough (2002) as Self-Defense Trainer
- Undisputed (2002) as Charles Soward
- Ticker (2002, Short) as Bodyguard
- Home on the Range (2004) additional voices
- Edmond (2005) as Police Officer
- Love Is the Drug (2006) as Phill Hackwith
- Into Temptation (2009) as Lloyd Montag
- The Next Three Days (2010) as Craftsman in Elevator (uncredited)
- Star Trek: Renegades (2015, TV Series) as Borrada
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Bruce A. Young". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17.
- ^ "The Lord Protector Credits". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17.
- ^ "Dungeon Master | Show History". the-dungeonmaster.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
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