Christopher Tyler Young is an American actor,

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and director, best known for portraying

child prodigy A child prodigy is defined in psychology research literature as a person under the age of ten who produces meaningful output in some domain at the level of an adult expert. The term is also applied more broadly to young people who are extraor ...

computer hacker A hacker is a person skilled in information technology who uses their technical knowledge to achieve a goal or overcome an obstacle, within a computerized system by non-standard means. Though the term ''hacker'' has become associated in popu ...

Bryce Lynch in the '' Max Headroom'' (1987–1988), and Buckley "Buck" Ripley in '' She's Having a Baby'' and '' The Great Outdoors'' (both 1988), and voicing Rob in '' The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars'' (1988) and '' The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue'' (1989).

Life and career

Young was born in

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Chambersburg is a borough in and the county seat of Franklin County, in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is in the Cumberland Valley, which is part of the Great Appalachian Valley, and north of Maryland and the ...

, the son of Judy (née Kreutz), a teacher and librarian, and Dick Young, a businessman. 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 starred in many other television shows and several feature-length films thereafter including '' PCU'', ''

Book of Love Book of Love may refer to: Books * Inbam (Kural book), one of the books of the Tirukkural * ''The Book of Love'', a 1934 novel by Upton Sinclair * ''Book of Love'' (originally titled ''Jack in the Box''), a 1980 novel by William Kotzwinkle * '' ...

'' and '' The Great Outdoors''. Further to his acting, Young co-produced and starred in the NBC movie ''

Killing Mr. Griffin ''Killing Mr. Griffin'' is a 1978 suspense novel by Lois Duncan about a group of teenaged students at a New Mexico high school, who plan to kidnap their strict English teacher, Mr. Griffin. Duncan developed the story from the character of Mark, ...

'' in 1997, produced '' The Proud Family Movie'' in 2005 for the Disney Channel and supervised post-production for the romantic comedy ''

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''. Young has also been affiliated with the music industry, having produced twelve music videos for ''

American Idol ''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to A ...

'' winner

Kelly Clarkson Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter, author, and television personality. She rose to fame after winning the first season of '' American Idol'' in 2002, which earned her a record deal with RCA. Her de ...

's 2006 tour, producing and directing thirteen music videos for American girl group

Slumber Party Girls The Slumber Party Girls (also known as SPG) were an all-girl American pop band formed in 2006. Their debut album, Dance Revolution, was released on October 3, 2006. During the 2006–2007 television season, SPG hosted the KOL Secret Slumber Pa ...

and directing the music video "Struggle" for indie pop band

Ringside Ringside may refer to: Sports *Ringside of a boxing ring *Ringside of a wrestling ring *Ringside seating (combat sports), see Ringside (boxing) Film *'' Ringside Maisie'', 1941 boxing film * ''Ringside'' (1949 film), American boxing drama film ...

Filmography

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