Robert "Benny" Young is a
Scottish film, television and stage actor.
In 2009, Young toured with the
National Theatre of Scotland
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production ''
Be Near Me
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''.
In 2013 Young appeared in the
West End production of ''
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
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'' at the
Duchess Theatre
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The theatre opened on 25 November 1929 and is one of the smallest West End theatres with a proscenium arch. It has 494 se ...
.
Young appeared in the
Edinburgh International Festival
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2018 in the production of
David Greig's Midsummer.
In 2018 Young played
Sir Simon Fraser in the
Netflix
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original film ''
Outlaw King
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'', which premiered at the
Toronto International Film Festival
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on 6 September 2018.
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
Scottish male film actors
Scottish male television actors
Scottish male stage actors
Male actors from Glasgow
Year of birth missing (living people)
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