RICHARD YOUNG Writer TELEVISION/WEB SERIES
OVERLORD AND THE UNDERWOODS MarbleMedia /CBC Story Editor/Writer (1 Eps.) MISS PERSONA Balloon House/Treehouse Story Editor 16 HUDSON Big Bad Boo/TVO Story Editor/Writer (2 Eps.) SUDDEN MASTER TUD Prod./OMNI Co-Creator/Writer (5 Eps.) *Banff World Media Rockie Awards Nominee: Best Digital Fiction Series *HollyWeb Festival Official Selection, 2016 Vancouver Web Fest Award Winner: Best Action Adventure Series, 2016 OFF2KALI OFF2KALI Prod. Creator/Writer (14 Eps.) *CBC Punchline Showcase, 2013 *TOWebFest Official Selection, 2013
SHORT FILMS
MATERNAL OFF2KALI/CBC Co-Writer *Toronto Black Film Festival Official Selection, 2019 *Caribbean Tales Film Festival Award Winner: Best Short Film, 2019 *ReelWorld Film Festival Official Selection, 2018 CAPTIVE LOVE KEME Prod. Co-Writer/Co-Producer *Italian Contemporary Film Festival Official Selection, 2016 *T.O Indie Film Festival Official Selection, 2016
THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
EDCO/FAMILYCO/BENCH The Second City Writer/Performer
ACCOLADES
EXALT (Television Pilot, Writer) *Stowe Story Labs Final Draft Fellowship, Finalist, 2021
KANDU ATTITUDE (Television Pilot, Co-Writer) *Just for Laughs ComedyPRO – CBC Comedy Originals Pitch Finalist, 2019 * Writers Guild of Canada – Diversity Script of The Month, 2019 *Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest, Quarter-Finalist, 2018
Represented By Carl Liberman The Characters Talent Agency 416.964.8522 [email protected] E T M
RICHARD YOUNG ACTRA/CAEA Height: 5’10” Hair: Black Agent: Maria Ralley Weight: 165 lbs Eyes: Dk. Brown
FILM & TELEVISION: Endlings Recurring Hulu-CBC/J.J. Johnson & S. Reynolds Taken Supporting NBC/Lukas Ettin Jett Principal Cinemax/Sebastian Gutierrez Kim’s Convenience Principal CBC/Dawn Wilkinson Dance Together (Feature) Supporting Principal Amazon-Super Channel/Stephen Song My Secret Valentine (MOW) Principal Hallmark/Bradley Walsh Dashing Home For Christmas (MOW) Principal Brain Power/Amy Force Odd Squad Mobile Unit Principal PBS-TVO/Karen Chapman American Gothic Principal CBS/Steph Green Flatliners (Feature) Principal Columbia Pictures/Niels Arden Oplev Incorporated Principal Syfy/Christoph Schrewe The Strain Principal FX/T.J. Scott Captive Love Supporting Principal KEME/Zack Bernbaum The History of Love (Feature) Principal Wild Bunch/Radu Mihaileanu Interview Lead TIP/Ryan Kayet Sudden Master* Series Regular OMNI/Romeo Candido MsLabeled (Seasons 1 & 2) Series Regular Shaftesbury-Smokebomb/Zoe Robyn Off2Kali (Seasons 1 & 2) Lead Off2Kali Productions/Various Virtual Hitman Supporting Principal KEME/Phil Borg
SELECTED THEATRE: Men Express Their Feelings Mr. Sharma Downstage Theatre/Clare Preuss The New Canadian Curling Club Anoopjeet Western Canada Theatre/Andrew Kushnir The New Canadian Curling Club Anoopjeet Thousand Islands Playhouse/Andrew Kushnir The New Canadian Curling Club** Anoopjeet Alberta Theatre Projects/Darcy Evans Grass Is Greenest At The Houston Astrodome*** John Toronto Fringe/Robert Motum Acha Bacha (Workshop) Salim Theatre Passe Muraille/Brendan Healy Other Side Of The Game (Workshop) Police Officer Cahoots Theatre/Nigel Shawn Williams Little Pretty and the Exceptional (Workshop) Iyar Factory Theatre/Iris Turcott So You Think You Can Dance With Wolves Company Member Second City/Rob Norman 30 Dates (Toronto) Karim Berkley St. Theatre/Christina Collins 30 Dates (Montreal) Karim Centaur Theatre/Christina Collins 30 Dates (Vancouver) Karim Granville island Stage/Christina Collins **Nominee: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble, Betty Mitchell Awards ***Nominee: Outstanding Supporting Performance in Play (Independent), My Entertainment World
TRAINING: Graduate: Humber College, Acting for Film & Television Program Graduate: Factory Theatre Mechanicals (Actor Development Program) Instructors: Philip Akin, Bruce Dow, Pamela Sinha, Michael Greyeyes Graduate: Second City Conservatory. Instructors: Paul Constable, Kerry Griffin, Jen Goodhue Scene Study: John Gordon, John Bourgeois, Sheila McCarthy, Diana Reis, Christina Collins, Michael Caruana Armstrong Studio: Dean Armstrong, Salvatore Antonio, Douglas Nyback Meisner: John Riven Stunts: Rapier Wit: Fighting for Film (Instructors: Casey Hudecki, Tyler Williams) Rapier Wit: Squad Tactics & Weapons Training (Instructors: Daniel Levinson, Shawn Hamilton) Improv: Rob Norman, Adam Cawley, Allan Guttman Voice Over: John Stocker, Roland Parliament, Tracey Hoyt, Melissa Altro
SPECIAL SKILLS: Accents: Indian, Jamaican, British RP Juggling Driver’s License (Automatic)
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