{{short description|American actor (born 1956)}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2015}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox person | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|04|22}} | birth_place = Wilmette, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|screenwriter}} | years_active = 1981–present | spouse = | website = }}
'''Bruce Arlington Young''' (born April 22, 1956) is an American television, film, and stage actor and screenwriter.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/201017/Bruce-A-Young/filmography |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117034345/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/201017/Bruce-A-Young/filmography |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2015 |title=Bruce A.Young}}</ref>
==Career== Young is well known for his role as Cascade Police Captain Simon Banks in the hit popular UPN/CTV science fiction police drama ''The Sentinel'', alongside Richard Burgi, and Garrett Maggart.<ref name=NYT/> Young also had roles in the films ''Risky Business'',<ref name=NYT/> ''Jurassic Park III'',<ref name=NYT/> ''The Color of Money'',<ref name=NYT/> ''Basic Instinct'',<ref name=NYT/> ''Into Temptation'', ''Undisputed'', and ''Enough''. His other television roles include parts in ''21 Jump Street'', ''E/R'',<ref name=NYT/> ''Highlander: The Series'', ''Quantum Leap'',<ref name=NYT/> ''NYPD Blue'', ''The X-Files'',<ref name=NYT/> ''Cold Case'', ''Lady Blue'',<ref name=NYT/> ''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''.<ref name=NYT2>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/179669/The-Lord-Protector/credits |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117053552/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/179669/The-Lord-Protector/credits |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2015 |title=The Lord Protector Credits}}</ref>
From 1983 to 1987, while with the Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Young created, produced and was a cast member in "Dungeon Master",<ref name=DM>{{cite web |title=Dungeon Master {{!}} Show History |website=the-dungeonmaster.com |url=http://www.the-dungeonmaster.com/dmhistory.html |access-date=August 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003070853/http://www.the-dungeonmaster.com/dmhistory.html |archive-date=October 3, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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== {{Div col}} * ''Thief'' (1981) as Mechanic #2 * ''Risky Business'' (1983) as Jackie * ''Nothing in Common'' (1986) as Gene * ''The Color of Money'' (1986) as Moselle * ''227'' (1987, TV Series) as Mop * ''21 Jump Street'' (1987, TV Series) as Sgt. James Adabo * ''L.A. Law'' (1989, TV Series) as Edward Rice * ''Hooperman'' (1989, TV Series) as Sully * ''An Innocent Man'' (1989) as Jingles * ''Cop Rock'' (1990, TV Series) as Lawyer * ''Father Dowling Mysteries'' (1991, TV Series) as Red * ''Quantum Leap'' (1991, TV Series) as Butch * ''Hot Shots!'' (1991) as "Red" Herring * ''Basic Instinct'' (1992) as Andrews * ''The Golden Palace'' (1992, TV Series) as George Wilson * ''Trespass'' (1992) as Raymond * ''Highlander: The Series'' (1993–1996, TV Series) as Carl Robinson * ''Blink'' (1994) as Lt. Mitchell * ''Naked Gun {{frac|33|1|3}}: The Final Insult'' (1994) as Tyrone (uncredited) * ''The War'' (1994) as Moe Henry * ''The X-Files'' (1995, TV Series. Episode: "Fresh Bones") as Pierre Bauvais * ''The Tie That Binds'' (1995) as Gil Chandler * ''Normal Life'' (1996) as Agent Parker * ''The Sentinel'' (1996 - 1999, TV series) as Capt. Simon Banks * ''Phenomenon'' (1996) as FBI Agent Jack Hatch * ''Viper'' (1997, TV Series) as The Administrator * ''Diagnosis Murder'' (1999, TV Series) as The Rapper * ''Angel on Abbey Street'' (1999) as Muskat * ''The Drew Carey Show'' (2000, TV Series) as Simon Nichols * ''Jurassic Park III'' (2001) as M. B. Nash * ''Becker'' (2002, TV Series) as Officer Matlin * ''Family Law'' (2002, TV Series) as Judge Leon Carter * ''The District'' (2002, TV Series) as Carl Orchard * ''Enough'' (2002) as Self-Defense Trainer * ''Undisputed'' (2002) as Charles Soward * ''Ticker'' (2002, Short) as Bodyguard * ''The Guardian'' (2002-2003 TV Series) as Albert Gregg * ''Boomtown'' (2003 TV Series) * ''Home on the Range'' (2004) additional voices * ''NYPD Blue'' (2004, TV Series) as Leonard Peeler * ''Cold Case'' (2004, TV Series) as Daryl Booker * ''Edmond'' (2005) as Police Officer * ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2005, TV Series) as Tom Maynard * ''The Unit'' (2006, TV Series) as Dr. Jimmy Willey * ''Prison Break'' (2005–2006, TV Series) as C.O. #2 * ''Love Is the Drug'' (2006) as Phill Hackwith * ''Ghost Whisperer'' (2007, TV Series) as Chad West * ''The Beast'' (2009, TV Series) as Ed Marcus * ''Into Temptation'' (2009) as Lloyd Montag * ''The Next Three Days'' (2010) as Craftsman in Elevator (uncredited) * ''Star Trek: Renegades'' (2015, TV Series) as Borrada {{div col end}}
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