Matt Young's long form biography.
Matt Young is an American-born, Australian stage and screen actor living in Brisbane, Australia.
Matt is best known for his television appearance as navigator James Cook in the multiple award winning CAPTAIN COOK: OBSESSION AND DISCOVERY for Australia’s ABC, which has been broadcast through partner station around the globe. His family was also featured in the ground breaking documentary GAYBY BABY, which premiered at Canada’s Hot Docs before its festival, theatrical and television releases in Australia and internationally.
A former Broadway dancer, Matt toured the USA, Canada and Europe in musicals including ON THE TOWN, A CHORUS LINE and WEST SIDE STORY. He was in the original Australian casts of THE PRODUCERS and YANK!
As an Australian theatre actor, highlights include playing Jack Cole in GOODBYE MISS MONROE, Jeffre Skilling in ENRON and Joseph in Campion Decent’s THREE WINTERS GREEN.
Other tv credits include the Hallmark Channel’s A SUMMER TO REMEMBER and PEARL IN PARADISE, HBO’s THE PACIFIC, TBS’s WRECKED and Australia’s COMEDY, INC. Short films include Weiyang Li’s XYXY and Ivy Mak’s MERMAID IN THE CITY.
Matt is a private acting coach, and the founder of Tukuna Acting Club in Suva, Fiji. He has been the screen acting trainer for Film Fiji, speaker coach for TEDxSuva and show producer for Fiji Fashion Week. He made his film choreography debut with Mitch Davis’s THE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN 2. He was the Fiji casting director for the 2020 Netflix hit series #blackAF.
Short film projects to look out for in 2020 include Nash Lawrence’s DANNY (official selection, Emerge at Gold Coast Film Festival), Caeden Miller’s UGH! and the untitled Benjamin Sen project.
He is the host of The Story Chunder on Insta-Live, which he produces into a weekly podcast.
In October, 2020, he will be directing and choreographing The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Mackay's Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music.
In November, 2020, he will appear as Bruno in the Australian premiere of Guillem Clua's SMILEY at BackDock Arts in Brisbane.
Matt is best known for his television appearance as navigator James Cook in the multiple award winning CAPTAIN COOK: OBSESSION AND DISCOVERY for Australia’s ABC, which has been broadcast through partner station around the globe. His family was also featured in the ground breaking documentary GAYBY BABY, which premiered at Canada’s Hot Docs before its festival, theatrical and television releases in Australia and internationally.
A former Broadway dancer, Matt toured the USA, Canada and Europe in musicals including ON THE TOWN, A CHORUS LINE and WEST SIDE STORY. He was in the original Australian casts of THE PRODUCERS and YANK!
As an Australian theatre actor, highlights include playing Jack Cole in GOODBYE MISS MONROE, Jeffre Skilling in ENRON and Joseph in Campion Decent’s THREE WINTERS GREEN.
Other tv credits include the Hallmark Channel’s A SUMMER TO REMEMBER and PEARL IN PARADISE, HBO’s THE PACIFIC, TBS’s WRECKED and Australia’s COMEDY, INC. Short films include Weiyang Li’s XYXY and Ivy Mak’s MERMAID IN THE CITY.
Matt is a private acting coach, and the founder of Tukuna Acting Club in Suva, Fiji. He has been the screen acting trainer for Film Fiji, speaker coach for TEDxSuva and show producer for Fiji Fashion Week. He made his film choreography debut with Mitch Davis’s THE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN 2. He was the Fiji casting director for the 2020 Netflix hit series #blackAF.
Short film projects to look out for in 2020 include Nash Lawrence’s DANNY (official selection, Emerge at Gold Coast Film Festival), Caeden Miller’s UGH! and the untitled Benjamin Sen project.
He is the host of The Story Chunder on Insta-Live, which he produces into a weekly podcast.
In October, 2020, he will be directing and choreographing The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Mackay's Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music.
In November, 2020, he will appear as Bruno in the Australian premiere of Guillem Clua's SMILEY at BackDock Arts in Brisbane.
Short form biography
Matt Young is a US born, Australian actor best known for playing James Cook in the multiple award winning CAPTAIN COOK: OBSESSION AND DISCOVERY. On tv, he's been seen in Hallmark's A SUMMER TO REMEMBER and PEARL IN PARADISE, TBS's WRECKED, and HBO's THE PACIFIC. A former Broadway dancer, he was in the original Australian casts of THE PRODUCERS and YANK!, as well as productions of ANNIE, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN and GOODBYE MISS MONROE. He was the film choreographer for THE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN 2 and Fiji casting director for Netflix's #blackAF.
