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Benny Young is a Actor British born on 8 august 1949 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)

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Birth name Robert Young
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 august 1949 (75 years) at Glasgow (United-kingdom)

Robert "Benny" Young (born 14 August 1949) is a Scottish film, television and stage actor.

He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Young trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.

He has appeared in films including Chariots of Fire (1981), Out of Africa (1985) and Funny Man (1994). In 2009, Young toured with the National Theatre of Scotland production Be Near Me.

In 2013 Young performed in the West End production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at The Duchess Theatre.

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David Mackenzie
David Mackenzie
(1 films)
Jamie Sives
Jamie Sives
(2 films)
Shane Rimmer
Shane Rimmer
(2 films)
Mark Bomback
Mark Bomback
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Stephen B. Grimes
Stephen B. Grimes
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Benny Young (7 films)

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Wild Rose
Wild Rose (2019)
, 1h40
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo, Jamie Sives, Craig Parkinson, Janey Godley
Roles Judge
Rating70% 3.5464753.5464753.5464753.5464753.546475
Fraîchement libérée de prison après un an de détention, Rose-Lynn n’a qu’un seul but : gagner assez d'argent et quitter Glasgow pour devenir chanteuse de country à Nashville. Tiraillée entre les exigences de sa passion pour la country et ses deux enfants qu'elle a eus très jeune, la jeune femme au tempérament de feu va devoir faire des choix…
Outlaw King
Outlaw King (2018)
, 2h1
Directed by David Mackenzie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh, Stephen Dillane, Tony Curran, Alastair Mackenzie
Roles Lord Simon Fraser
Rating68% 3.4492353.4492353.4492353.4492353.449235
Au XIV siècle, Robert de Brus devient le premier roi d’Écosse, après avoir mené son pays à l'indépendance face aux Anglais. Il va cependant devoir lutter pour reprendre le pouvoir après avoir été fait hors-la-loi par le roi d'Angleterre, qui lui a pris la couronne écossaise.
Funny Man
Funny Man (1994)
, 1h30
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Serial killer films, Musical films, Comedy horror films
Actors Christopher Lee, Chris Walker, Benny Young, Pauline Black
Roles Max Taylor
Rating44% 2.215322.215322.215322.215322.21532
When Max Taylor (Benny Young) wins the ancestral home of Callum Chance (Christopher Lee) in a game of poker, little does he realise that the game is far from over. After moving into the ancestral home with his family the nightmare begins after Max spins a wheel of chance, (a wheel with four parts, two saying win, and two saying lose). It lands upon lose, and this awakens a demonic creature that lives in the soil of the ancestral home. Soon, one by one, Max's family are murdered by this strange creature known as the Funny Man (Tim James), a Mr Punch-like jester with a varied and imaginative repertoire of homicidal techniques and a highly irreverent sense of humour. This sense of humour is shared with the audience. He is the only character that addresses the audience directly, as in a pantomime. He kills off Max's wife and both kids in gruesome yet humorous ways. Max's son being the 1st, after walking around a pillar in circles playing with Funny Man, he stops and is killed off screen. After, Funny Man changes his voice to sound like Max's son and talk Max's wife while looking at her through a key hole, he is then seen dragging the child's body away and telling the audience "when hosting a party, it's always good to put the little ones down first.". Max's wife is beaten to death with a club after failing to escape an endless room. Max's daughter is killed while playing a Gameboy after Funny Man hooks jumper cables up to her head, electrocuting her to death to the point where she catches fire. Meanwhile Max's brother, Johnny Taylor (Matthew Devitt), is on his way to the mansion with a bunch of hitchhikers who will be lucky to survive the night.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa (1985)
, 2h30
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Gough, Malick Bowens, Suzanna Hamilton
Roles Minister
Rating71% 3.550423.550423.550423.550423.55042
The story begins in 1913 in Denmark, when Karen Dinesen (a wealthy but unmarried woman) asks her friend Baron Bror Blixen (Klaus Maria Brandauer) to enter into a marriage of convenience with her. Although Bror is a member of the aristocracy, he is no longer financially secure; therefore, he agrees to the marriage, and the two of them plan to move to Africa to begin a dairy farm.
White Nights
White Nights (1985)
, 2h16
Directed by Taylor Hackford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Dance films, Political films
Actors Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page, Isabella Rossellini
Roles Flight Engineer
Rating66% 3.349293.349293.349293.349293.34929
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko (Baryshnikov) is a Soviet ballet dancer who had defected from the Soviet Union. The plane carrying him to a next performance in Tokyo has engine trouble and crashes in Siberia. He is hurt and is soon recognized by KGB officer Colonel Chaiko (Jerzy Skolimowski). Chaiko then contacts African-American tap dancer, Raymond Greenwood (Hines), who has defected to the Soviet Union, and gets them both to Leningrad. Chaiko wants Rodchenko to dance at the season's opening night at the Kirov, and Greenwood to babysit Rodchenko. To convince Rodchenko, Chaiko uses Galina Ivanova (Mirren), a former ballerina who never left the Soviet Union and is an old flame of Rodchenko. After an initial period of racial and artistic friction, the two dancers (and defectors in opposite directions) become strong friends. When Raymond finds that his wife Darya Greenwood (Rossellini) is pregnant, he decides he doesn't want his son to grow up in the Soviet Union, and together with Rodchenko they plan an escape, with the help from Galina, who still has feelings for Rodchenko. While the escape plan is going on, Raymond chooses to stay behind to delay Chaiko, gaining time for Nikolai and Darya to get to the American Consulate at Leningrad. Even though Raymond is incarcerated when the whole plan is revealed, he is finally traded by the Soviets for a political prisoner from America, and reunites with his wife and Nikolai.
Chariots of Fire
Chariots of Fire (1981)
, 1h59
Directed by Hugh Hudson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Sports films, Athletics films, Films about the Olympic Games, Films about Jews and Judaism, Children's films
Actors Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Cheryl Campbell, Alice Krige, Ian Holm
Roles Rob Liddell
Rating70% 3.547733.547733.547733.547733.54773
In 1919, Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) enters the University of Cambridge, where he experiences anti-Semitism from the staff, but enjoys participating in the Gilbert and Sullivan club. He becomes the first person to ever complete the Trinity Great Court Run – running around the college courtyard in the time it takes for the clock to strike 12. Abrahams achieves an undefeated string of victories in various national running competitions. Although focused on his running, he falls in love with a leading Gilbert and Sullivan soprano, Sybil (Alice Krige).