Jacob Young, an American actor as well as singer born on 10th September, 1979. He had spent his childhood, both in Washington and Oregon. Even without a prior experience or education in acting, he has been elevated in the acting career in a very young age. He is perhaps best known for his remarkable acting in ‘All My children’ and ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’. In ‘All My Children’ he played the part of JR Chandler and in the ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ he played the role of Rick Forrester.
The early life was not as great for him as his parents were divorced when he was in the growing stage and that creates difficulty for him. At the age of 17th, he came to California with his mother in search of a new life and it is then that he has started his filming career. After gaining high popularity and acclaim for his role in the ‘Bold and the Beautiful’, Jacob gained the opportunity for working in movies and television shows as well. Jacob, though, has a keen interest in singing, he was not able to pursue it as like the acting career.
He has landed in the hot carpet with another magnificent performance in an American television show the ‘General Hospital’. He played the role of Lucky Spencer on that show. The success of this television show has generated him the chance to perform in another American television show ‘All My children’ from 2003-2011. Jacob Young has acted with Rebecca Budig, a famous American TV actress in this show. Like Jacob Young, Rebecca Budig also moved to California for pursuing her acting career.
The critical success in the previous television shows has elevated this 36 year old actor the stairs of success and glamour in the film Industry. Further, the success of this film made him to move to New York City where he finds the path of gaining high success as an actor in the American television industry. He further smoothed his acting career with the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ playing the role of Lumiere. The audience and the critics both appraised his performance on that television show.
He has been nominated for Emma awards consecutively for two years, though have not been able to get it. Working with the Soap Opera for many of his televisions, he has got chances of working in Hollywood movies, though he stayed with television shows most of the time. He has starred in a few films like ‘The Beach Boys: An American Family’, ‘The Girl Next Door’ and ‘Imaginary Friend’. However, comparing to his success in television serials this television films have not been able to get that much success. However, that do not have much effect in his acting career.
Currently, he is playing the role of Rick Forrester in the television show ‘The Young and the Restless’ (2014 to present). Fans often misinterpret the actor Jacob Young with the basketball player Jacob Young. However, there is no relation of Actor Jacob Young with basketball.
| Birth Date: | 10 Sep, 1979 |
| Age: | 40 yrs |
| Occupations: | Television actor Actor Singer Film actor |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Renton |
| residence: | Washington Oregon |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American actor |
| Net Worth 2021: | 900 thousand |
