Blake Young-Fountain (born September 13, 1981) is an American actor and producer. He's known for his roles in Grownish, The Mindy Project and The Skinny (2012).

Early life

Young-Fountain grew up in both St. Louis, Missouri, and Norwalk, Connecticut; his parents worked in the fashion industry. His mother was a fan of the soap opera Dynasty and named him after her favorite character - Blake Carrington.^{[citation needed]} He studied at New York University Tisch School, graduating with double majors in both Drama (BA) and Journalism (BA).[1]

Filmography

• America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988), Rashawn Brazell
• The Houseboy (2007), Blake
• Blueprint (2007), Keith
• Perception (2009), Interviewer
• Chasing The Green (2009), Carl
• The Real Deal (2009), D'Vaughn Murray
• 2 Broke Girls (2011) (TV Series), Bro#2, "And the 90's Horse Party" episode
• Parenthood (2011) (TV Series), Arnie/Bradely's Friend#2; 'Amazing Andy and His Wonderful World of Bugs' and 'Damage Control' (2 episodes)
• The Skinny (2012), Sebastian
• Let Clay Be Clay (2013), Young Cassius[2]
• The Mindy Project (2013) (TV Series), Singing Waiter; "Mindy's Birthday" episode
• Filthy Sexy Teen$ (2013) (TV Movie), Shoemaker
• Michael (2015), Chris
• Griot's Lament (2014), Salb, "Griot's Lament Webisode III"
• Purple Dots (2016), Producer
• Falling For Angels (2017), Terick, "Leimert Park" episode
• Grownish (2018), Jerome, "Erase Your Social"; "Starboy" episodes
• Marlon (2018), Dustin, "Homecoming" episode
• Dear White People, (2018), Man, "Volume II: Chapter VIII" episode
• Pet Peeves, (2018), Brandon,
• SK & J, (2018), George Michael, "First Pitch" episode
• Now What (2019), Daryl, "Counter Clockwise" episode

Production

• Griot's Lament (2014), Associate Producer
• Purple Dots (2016), Producer
• Make the Moon Trailer (2017), Producer, Costume Designer

References