Occupation Actor, singer Role Actor Name Jacob Young | Website www.jacob-young.com Years active 1997–present Children Luke Wayne Young | |
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Full Name Jacob Wayne Young Spouse Christen Steward (m. 2007) Parents Rhonda Young, Michael Young Movies and TV shows The Bold and the Beautiful, All My Children, General Hospital, The Girl Next Door, The Magnificent Cooly‑T Similar People Karla Cheatham Mosley, Scott Clifton, Linsey Godfrey, Heather Tom, Katherine Kelly Lang Profiles | ||
Jacob young when i joined the show
Jacob Wayne Young (born September 10, 1979) is an American actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his role as JR Chandler on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children and Rick Forrester on CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful. He was the second actor to portray Lucky Spencer on ABC's General Hospital.
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- Jacob young when i joined the show
- 2015 daytime emmys jacob young
- Early life and career
- Other projects
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
2015 daytime emmys jacob young
Early life and career
Jacob Wayne Young was born in Hemet, California, the youngest child of Rhonda and Michael Young, Sr. and was raised in Loveland, Colorado, and Roy, Washington, moving to San Diego, California at age seventeen with his mother. His parents divorced and his mother remarried to Edward Vasquez. He has one older brother and two sisters.
Young portrayed Rick Forrester on the CBS soap The Bold and the Beautiful from December 31, 1997 to September 15, 1999. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 1999. Young later portrayed Lucky Spencer on General Hospital for three years from February 25, 2000 until February 10, 2003. In 2001, he was named "Sexiest Soap Star" by People magazine. In 2002, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Lucky Spencer on General Hospital
Young portrayed JR Chandler on All My Children from October 1, 2003 to September 23, 2011. In 2005, he was again nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Younger Actor, and in 2009 he was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
In September 2011, Young reprised his role as Rick on The Bold and the Beautiful. His first airdate was September 26.
Other projects
On September 11, 2001, Artemis Records released Young's self-titled CD. In 2004, he guest-starred in the film The Girl Next Door. He additionally guest-starred on ABC's Hope & Faith and, from May 2006 through August 20, 2006, starred in Disney's Beauty and the Beast on Broadway, in the role of Lumiere.
Personal life
In April 2006, Young and his longtime girlfriend, Christen Steward, a model, announced their engagement. They were married on May 13, 2007, at the Westmount Country Club in Woodland Park, New Jersey. The couple have three children.
