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Chris Young (born April 28, 1971) is an American former actor – best known for portraying child prodigy computer hacker Bryce Lynch in the Max Headroom series (1987–1988) – and entertainment executive.
Life and career
Young's show business career started at the age of 15 when he played Bryce Lynch, a child computer hacker prodigy, in the Max Headroom science fiction television series. He worked in many other television shows and films, portraying Buckley "Buck" Ripley in She's Having a Baby and The Great Outdoors (both 1988), and voicing Rob in The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997) and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998).
Young later went on to work at Nickelodeon, first as a producer at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio, and then as Executive Creative Director, Nickelodeon Animation Lab. In 2017 he was appointed Senior Vice President in charge of the Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab, and ran it until the unit was closed in 2020.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–1988 | Max Headroom | Bryce Lynch | 14 episodes |
| 1988 | Jake's Journey | Jake | Television movie |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby | Buckley "Buck" Ripley | Uncredited |
| 1988 | The Great Outdoors | ||
| 1988 | Dance 'til Dawn | Dan Lefcourt | Television movie |
| 1989 | Live-In | Danny Mathews | 9 episodes |
| 1989 | Falcon Crest | Chris Agretti | 4 episodes |
| 1990 | The Runestone | Jacob | |
| 1990 | Book of Love | Jack Twiller | |
| 1990–1991 | Married People | Allen Campbell | 18 episodes |
| 1991 | December | Stuart Brayton | |
| 1992 | Breaking the Silence | Kenny Becker | Television movie |
| 1993 | Crime & Punishment | Episode: "Our Denial" | |
| 1993 | Warlock: The Armageddon | Kenny Travis | |
| 1994 | In the Living Years | Crispy | Alternative title: Letter to Dad |
| 1994 | PCU | Tom Lawrence | |
| 1994 | MacShayne: The Final Roll of the Dice | Bernard Pinsky | Television movie |
| 1994 | Runaway Daughters | Bob Randolph | Television movie |
| 1995 | Deep Down | Andy | Alternative title: Conversations in Public Places |
| 1995 | Friends | Steven Fishman | Episode: "The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant" |
| 1995 | Dave's World | Smitty | Episode: "Leave a Mystery at the Beep" |
| 1996 | Minor Adjustments | Brandon | Episode: "My Fair Darby" |
| 1996 | Married... with Children | Jackson | Episode: "Enemies" |
| 1997 | Life with Louie | Voice roles | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | Killing Mr. Griffin | Jeff | Television movie Co-producer |
| 1997 | Step By Step | Chip Dahlgren | Episode: "Goodbye, Mr. Chip" |
| 1997 | The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | Rob (Voice) | Direct-to-video release |
| 1998 | The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars | Rob (Voice) | Direct-to-video release |
| 1998 | 1001 Nights | – | Co-producer |
| 1998 | The Adventures of A.R.K. | – | Director, unknown episodes |
| 1999 | Falling Sky | Kyle | |
| 1999–2000 | The New Adventures of A.R.K. | – | Director, 9 episodes |
| 2005 | The Proud Family Movie | – | Television movie Producer |
| 2006 | The Need | – | Director |
