Bruce A. Young
Biography
Bruce A. Young is an American actor and screenwriter who has worked in television, film and theater. He is best known for playing Simon Banks, a police captain, in the science fiction police drama The Sentinel, and his film roles include Risky Business (1983), Basic Instinct (1992), Jurassic Park III (2001) and Enough (2002). His television credits range from 21 Jump Street, E/R and Quantum Leap to NYPD Blue, The X-Files, Cold Case, Grey's Anatomy and Prison Break, and he has written for series and films including E/R and The Lord Protector: The Riddle of the Chosen. From 1983 to 1987 he was with the Organic Theater Company in Chicago, where he created, produced and performed in Dungeon Master, a show that mixed improvisation with live role-playing; he brought it back in Los Angeles in 2001 and stopped taking part in 2006.
70years old
Turns 71 on April 22in 163 days
- Born United States
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Bruce Arnold Young
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 23 years1983 to 2006
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Behind the camera
While with Chicago's Organic Theater Company from 1983 to 1987, Young created, produced and acted in Dungeon Master, a show mixing improvisational theater with live action role-playing in which audience volunteers played the characters.
Behind the camera
Young brought Dungeon Master back in Los Angeles in 2001, where it was still active, though he stopped taking part himself in 2006.
Bruce A. Young movies on Netflix
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes'as Willie Coleman
Enoughas Instructor
Jurassic Park IIIas M.B. Nash
Angel on Abbey Streetas Muskat
Normal Lifeas Agent Parker
Phenomenonas FBI Agent Jack Hatch
The Tie That Bindsas Gil Chandler
Blinkas Lt. Mitchell
The Waras Moe Henry
Basic Instinctas Andrews
Trespassas Raymond
Hot Shots!as 'Red' Herring
An Innocent Manas Jingles
Nothing in Commonas Gene
Risky Businessas Jackie
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Michael Apted directed two of these films. Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Bruce French2 films together, 2001 to 2002
Bruce French's page Enough2002IMDb rating 5.8Young as InstructorFrench as Homeowner
Jurassic Park III2001IMDb rating 6.0Young as M.B. NashFrench as Science Reporter
Janet Carroll2 films together, 1983 to 2002
Janet Carroll's page Enough2002IMDb rating 5.8Young as InstructorCarroll as Mrs. Hiller
Risky Business1983IMDb rating 6.8Young as JackieCarroll as Joel's Mother
Michael P. Byrne2 films together, 1994 to 2002
Michael AptedDirector, 2 films, 1994 to 2002
Box office
What Bruce A. Young's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.3 billion
11 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 11 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$369M29.3% of the total
- 2$353M28.0% of the total
- 3$181M14.4% of the total
- 4$152M12.1% of the total
- 5$64M5.0% of the total
- 6$52M4.1% of the total
- 7$32M2.6% of the total
- 8$20M1.6% of the total
Online
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