Aden Young (born 30 November 1971) is a Canadian-Australian actor. He
is best known for his portrayal of Daniel Holden in the SundanceTV
drama Rectify, for which he was twice nominated for the Critics'
Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.Young was
born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His father Chip Young, an American
born in Missouri, was a well-known CBC broadcaster and children's book
author, as well as composer of Canadian classic 'Honky The Christmas
Goose', while his mother is a nurse from Newcastle, Australia. His
family left Toronto for Australia in 1981. Young attended Galston High
and Australian Theatre For Young People as a teenager.Young was cast
in his first role, as a young Jesuit priest in Bruce Beresford's
acclaimed religious epic Black Robe (1991) on his 18th birthday.
International acclaim followed and Young was dubbed "the next Marlon
Brando" in France and "the next Mel Gibson" in Hollywood but returned
to Australia to support the local industry and focus on projects that
he was more drawn to.
is best known for his portrayal of Daniel Holden in the SundanceTV
drama Rectify, for which he was twice nominated for the Critics'
Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.Young was
born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His father Chip Young, an American
born in Missouri, was a well-known CBC broadcaster and children's book
author, as well as composer of Canadian classic 'Honky The Christmas
Goose', while his mother is a nurse from Newcastle, Australia. His
family left Toronto for Australia in 1981. Young attended Galston High
and Australian Theatre For Young People as a teenager.Young was cast
in his first role, as a young Jesuit priest in Bruce Beresford's
acclaimed religious epic Black Robe (1991) on his 18th birthday.
International acclaim followed and Young was dubbed "the next Marlon
Brando" in France and "the next Mel Gibson" in Hollywood but returned
to Australia to support the local industry and focus on projects that
he was more drawn to.
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