Sweeney Jerome Young (born 24 March 1989) is an Australian actor known for his role as Riley Parker in the soap opera ''

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''.

Early life and education

Young grew up in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. He graduated from University High School in 2006.

Career

Young played

Riley Parker Riley Parker is a fictional character from the Australian Network Ten soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Sweeney Young. He made his first on-screen appearance on 17 August 2007. He was involved in various storylines most notably an incest plot. ...

in the long-running soap opera, ''

'' for 111 episodes. He has been on-screen in Australia since 22 August 2007. His on-screen family includes mother Miranda (

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), father Steve (

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) and sister

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). In 2006, Young was one of a trio who created a radio show/podcast called Male Chauvinist Pigs for

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. The show ran for 8 episodes between 22 June 2006 and 26 December 2006. Guest appearances include episode 'One For the Road' from ''

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'' in 2005 as Hugh Grace, telemovie Little Oberon in 2005 as the ghost of Simon Gaunt and also a single episode appearance on ''Neighbours'' in 2004, as an older boy called Braydden Tuffnell that

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(

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) mistakenly thought fancied her. In 2008, Young appeared alongside Alison Richards and Mark Dogget in a short film titled "A Little Understanding." Shot by local Melbourne film makers The Night Elephants, the film was part of the international film festival 15/15. The festival asks participants to shoot and edit a finished short within 15 hours. For his role in the film Sweeney took out the prize for Best Male Actor. In January 2012, it was revealed that Sweeney had joined the cast of ''

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'' as Jack Young. Sweeney recently received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Leukaemia Foundation for his participation in the annual charity event 'World's Greatest Shave'.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* Australian male soap opera actors 1989 births Living people {{Australia-tv-actor-stub