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Jacob Young Biography

Birth Name:Jacob Wayne Young

Birth Place:Renton, Washington, United States

Profession Actor, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Has been nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards for his roles in "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "All My Children," and has received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for "General Hospital․"
  • While in high school he gravitated towards theatre, performing in "Grease," "Guys & Dolls," "Out Town," and "Wizard of Oz․"
  • In 2002, "People Magazine" named him Sexiest Soap Star
  • Was a skilled wrestler in high school, for which he was nationally ranked in Freestyle and Greco Roman style
  • He briefly left "The Bold and the Beautiful" in 2006, to play Lumiere in the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast

Awards

  • 1999Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2002Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series: winner
  • 2005Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2009Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2009OFTA Television Award-Best Supporting Actor in a Daytime Serial: nominated
  • 2016Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: nominated