Lee Thompson Young
Lee Thompson Young (born
February 1,
1984) is an American
actor, best known for starring in the
Disney television series,
The Famous Jett Jackson.
Young was born in
Columbia, South Carolina to Velma Love and Tommy Scott Young. He was in the second grade when his parents split up and he went to live with his mother. At age ten, he portrayed
Martin Luther King in a play called
A Night of Stars and Dreams. It was then that Lee decided he wanted to become an actor. After doing community theater for a while, he traveled to
New York during the spring break of 1996 and got an agent. He moved to NY that June but it wasn't until the next year that he auditioned for the part of Jett Jackson in
The Famous Jett Jackson. Lee filmed the pilot and found out in June 1998 from
The Disney Channel that the show had been picked up. It later went on to become a Disney movie in June 2001.
After the show's cancellation, Young had guest spots in
The Guardian. He had a part in the movie
Friday Night Lights portraying Chris Comer and a part in the
Jamie Foxx movie
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story. Lee could recently be seen on
UPN's low-rated TV
drama South Beach, which was produced by
Jennifer Lopez. He portrayed Victor Stone (known in
DC Comics as
Cyborg) in a fifth season episode of the television series
Smallville in 2006.
Young's most recent appearance was in
Akeelah and the Bee playing Akeelah's brother Devon.
As of 2005, Young attended the
University of Southern California in
Los Angeles. In a critical studies class, Young attended an advance screening of Friday Night Lights. Young often walked around USC wearing all white, leading some of his classmates to refer to him as "The Man in White."
Akeelah and the Bee (2006).... Devon
Friday Night Lights (2004)...Chris Comer
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)...Charles Becnel
Jett Jackson: The Movie (2001)...Jett Jackson
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