Aden Young Biography

Fast Facts

• Has been nominated for two Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Actor in a Lead Role, one in 1995 for "Metal Skin" and another in 1996 for "River Street․"
• Won a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award in 1995 for Best Male Actor for his performance in "Metal Skin․"
• As a teenager, he attended the Australian Theatre for Young People
• Frequently collaborates with independent Australian filmmaker Paul Cox, acting in and sometimes editing his films
• One of his short films, "The Rose of Ba Ziz," is based on a children's book written by his father, the first book he ever read
• Decided to name his son Dutch because he heard a stranger in a bar utter the name and he was impressed with how strong it sounded
• Was sent to an acting coach for smiling while saying a plane-wreck survivor's line about having to eat the deceased passengers to survive, but he retained his original delivery due to his research into the effects of extreme conditions on the psyche