Chris Young (actor)

Chris Young
Young in 1987 on the set of The Great Outdoors
Born (1971-04-28) April 28, 1971 (age 53)
OccupationActor
Years active1985–2024
Websitechrisyoung.com

Chris Young (born April 28, 1971[1]) is an American former actor – best known for portraying child prodigy computer hacker Bryce Lynch in the Max Headroom series (1987–1988) – and entertainment executive.

Life and career

Young's show business career started at the age of 15 when he played Bryce Lynch, a child computer hacker prodigy, in the Max Headroom science fiction television series.[2][3] He worked in many other television shows and films, portraying Buckley "Buck" Ripley in She's Having a Baby and The Great Outdoors (both 1988),[citation needed] and voicing Rob in The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997) and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998).[citation needed]

Young later went on to work at Nickelodeon, first as a producer at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio, and then as Executive Creative Director, Nickelodeon Animation Lab. In 2017 he was appointed Senior Vice President in charge of the Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab, and ran it until the unit was closed in 2020.[4][5][6][7]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1987–1988 Max Headroom Bryce Lynch 14 episodes
1988 Jake's Journey Jake Television movie
1988 She's Having a Baby Buckley "Buck" Ripley Uncredited
1988 The Great Outdoors
1988 Dance 'til Dawn Dan Lefcourt Television movie
1989 Live-In Danny Mathews 9 episodes
1989 Falcon Crest Chris Agretti 4 episodes
1990 The Runestone Jacob
1990 Book of Love Jack Twiller
1990–1991 Married People Allen Campbell 18 episodes
1991 December Stuart Brayton
1992 Breaking the Silence Kenny Becker Television movie
1993 Crime & Punishment Episode: "Our Denial"
1993 Warlock: The Armageddon Kenny Travis
1994 In the Living Years Crispy Alternative title: Letter to Dad
1994 PCU Tom Lawrence
1994 MacShayne: The Final Roll of the Dice Bernard Pinsky Television movie
1994 Runaway Daughters Bob Randolph Television movie
1995 Deep Down Andy Alternative title: Conversations in Public Places
1995 Friends Steven Fishman Episode: "The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant"
1995 Dave's World Smitty Episode: "Leave a Mystery at the Beep"
1996 Minor Adjustments Brandon Episode: "My Fair Darby"
1996 Married... with Children Jackson Episode: "Enemies"
1997 Life with Louie Voice roles 3 episodes
1997 Killing Mr. Griffin Jeff Television movie
Co-producer
1997 Step By Step Chip Dahlgren Episode: "Goodbye, Mr. Chip"
1997 The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue Rob (Voice) Direct-to-video release
1998 The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars Rob (Voice) Direct-to-video release
1998 1001 Nights
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 Co-producer
1998 The Adventures of A.R.K.
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 Director, unknown episodes
1999 Falling Sky Kyle
1999–2000 The New Adventures of A.R.K.
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 Director, 9 episodes
2005 The Proud Family Movie
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 Television movie
Producer
2006 The Need
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 Director

References

  1. ^ Rose, Mike (2024-04-28). "Famous birthdays list for today, April 28, 2024 includes celebrities Penelope Cruz, Mary McDonnell". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  2. ^ Jenkins, Henry. "Max Headroom". Encyclopedia of Television. Museum of Broadcast Communications. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  3. ^ Foust, John. "Max Headroom and the Amiga | Network 47". network47.org. p. 13. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Actor Christopher Young plays Bryce Lynch, the computer whiz who created Max Headroom.
  4. ^ "Nickelodeon Names Exec to Oversee the Company's New Entertainment Lab | TVWeek". tvweek.com. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  5. ^ Tong, Joanna Padovano (3 May 2017). "Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab Opens in Burbank". TVKIDS.
  6. ^ Roettgers, Janko (19 January 2018). "Inside the Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab, the Network's Geeky R&D Unit". Variety. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Nickelodeon Shutters Experimental Entertainment Lab". nickalive.net. Retrieved 22 October 2024.