Craig Robert Young

• Birth name:

  Craig Robert Yates

• Date of Birth:

  4 October 1976 Nottingham, England, UK

• Height:

  5' 9" (1.75 m)

A multi-talented actor on stage as well as the big and small screens, Craig began his acting career at age ten, starring in the stage production of The Price of Coal. By the time he was 17, he moved to London to attend the Central School of Speech & Drama, whereupon he was chosen to become a member of the pop band Deuce, scoring four top ten British album hits. Shortly after performing in the group, Craig appeared in the West End production of Much Ado about Nothing at the Queen's Theatre.Craig soon... more

A multi-talented actor on stage as well as the big and small screens, Craig began his acting career at age ten, starring in the stage production of The Price of Coal. By the time he was 17, he moved to London to attend the Central School of Speech & Drama, whereupon he was chosen to become a member of the pop band Deuce, scoring four top ten British album hits. Shortly after performing in the group, Craig appeared in the West End production of Much Ado about Nothing at the Queen's Theatre.Craig soon began a successful starring stint as Alex Wilkinson in the long-running, award-winning British television series Dream Team. In 2001, he moved to Los Angeles, where he soon became a regular on the MTV series Spyder Games. Other television roles followed included appearances on S Club 7, Charmed, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and The District. Craig was also cast in the films Totally Sexy Loser and Wannabe, The latter, he co-wrote with director Richard Keith.In addition to shooting the television pilot Zoey 101 opposite Jamie Lynn Spears earlier this year, Craig will soon be seen in Just for Kicks, the Nickelodeon soccer series that will begin airing in January 2006.