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Christopher William "Kit" Young (born 1994) is a British actor. He stars as Jesper Fahey in the Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone (2021–).

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Kit Young
Young in 2021
Born	Christopher William Young 1994 Oxford, England
Alma mater	RADA (BA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present

Early life and education

Young was born in Oxford and raised in Abingdon-on-Thames.^{[citation needed]} He is of Scottish and Ugandan descent.^{[citation needed]} Kit attended Abingdon School from 2008 to 2013;^{[citation needed]} he was a member of the Abingdon Film Unit and played the lead role in the school’s 2012 senior production of Candide.[1]^{[failed verification]}

He was a member of the National Youth Theatre.[2] He had a few minor and ensemble roles as a child, such as in TV film Walter's War and Oxford Playhouse productions Cinderella and Dick Whittington.[3]

He went on to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting in 2017.[4][5]

Career

Post graduation from RADA, Young played the lead in The Extraordinary Cabaret of Dorian Gray at the 2017 Underbelly Theatre Festival in South Bank. He also joined the UK tour of The Real Thing as Billy.[6][7] In 2018, he played Octavius in a production of Julius Caesar at the Bridge Theatre,[8] the Journalist in a production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at Donmar Warehouse,[9] and Malcolm in Macbeth at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at the Globe Theatre.[10]

Young made his television debut in 2019 with a guest role in Endeavour. He also appeared in the Dylan Holmes Williams directed short The Devil's Harmony.[11] That spring and summer, he played Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Bridge Theatre alongside Gwendoline Christie,[12] which earned him an Ian Charleson Award nomination.^{[citation needed]}

In October 2019, it was announced Young would star as Jesper Fahey the 2021 Netflix series Shadow and Bone, an adaptation of fantasy book series The Grisha Trilogy and the Six of Crows Duology by Leigh Bardugo.[13][14]

He has film roles in The Origin and the Netflix adaptation of The School for Good and Evil.[15][16]

Filmography

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Walter's War	Young Edward	Television film
2018	Alex	Alessandro de Medici	Short film
2019	Endeavour	Chris	Episode: "Pylon"
	The Devil's Harmony		Short film
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Lysander	National Theatre Live
2021	Shadow and Bone	Jesper Fahey	Main role
2022	The School for Good and Evil	Rafal / Rhian
TBA	The Origin	Geirr	Upcoming

Music videos

Song	Year	Artist	Notes
"Confessions in the Pool"	2018	Ash

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	The Abingdon Passion Play	Jesus	Abbey Gardens, Abingdon-on-Thames
2017	The Extraordinary Cabaret Of Dorian Gray	Dorian Gray	Underbelly Festival, London
	The Real Thing	Billy	UK Tour
2018	Julius Caesar	Octavius	Bridge Theatre, London
	Winter Blossom Karaoke and Other Snippets		Camden People's Theatre, London
	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	Journalist	Donmar Warehouse, London
	Macbeth	Malcolm	Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London
2019	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Lysander	Bridge Theatre, London

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2020	Ian Charleson Awards[citation needed]		A Midsummer Night's Dream	Nominated

See also

• List of Old Abingdonians

References

External links

• Kit Young at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Kit Young (Schauspieler)

Christopher William „Kit“ Young (* 24. Oktober 1994 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England)[1][2] ist ein britischer Schauspieler. Er wurde ab 2021 als einer der Hauptdarsteller im Netflix-Original Shadow and Bone – Legenden der Grisha einem breiten Publikum bekannt.[2]

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