Jim Youngs
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jim Youngs is
a native of Old Bethpage, New York. Born the youngest of four siblings
into an extraordinarily gifted family, Youngs was employed as a
nightclub manager, a dance instructor, and a golf pro before he decided
to try his hand at acting.
Purely on a lark, Jim accompanied his older sister Gail to a Manhattan
casting call for the sensational coming of age cult classic
The Wanderers (1979), and was not
only asked to audition for its iconic writer/director
Philip Kaufman, but wound up
landing a lead role in the film. Now bitten by the acting bug, Jim
relocated to Los Angeles in the summer of 1979, where his easy charm
and good looks were noticed by casting directors. He won a recurring
part in the short-lived television series
Secrets of Midland Heights (1980)
and began to hone his natural skills by studying with acting guru
Harry Mastrogeorge. An
impressive string of supporting roles in films and television movies
soon followed. Youngs appeared in
Splendor in the Grass (1981)
with Melissa Gilbert and
Cyril O'Reilly,
The Executioner's Song (1982)
with Tommy Lee Jones, the critically
acclaimed musical hit Footloose (1984)
with Kevin Bacon and
Lori Singer, the
Rob Lowe hockey flick
Youngblood (1986) with
Patrick Swayze, and in the romantic
comedy Nobody's Fool (1986) with
Rosanna Arquette and
Eric Roberts.
Jim's first starring role came in 1987 when he was hired by director
Rick King to play an aspiring American
soccer player who seeks out all time soccer great Pele for counsel in
the sports flick Hotshot (1986). Despite
the film's poor box office performance, his natural athletic ability
and considerable acting talent shone through, marking him as much more
than just another pretty face. In 1990 he reunited with his Wanderers
co-stars Ken Wahl and
Tony Ganios in an episode of the hit CBS
crime drama Wiseguy (1987). Jim has
also starred in the films
You Talkin' to Me? (1987)
Skeeter (1993), fired up the screen in a
torrid love scene with Jane Seymour
in Keys to Freedom (1988), and
appeared in such classic television shows as
NYPD Blue (1993) and
Babylon 5 (1993).
a native of Old Bethpage, New York. Born the youngest of four siblings
into an extraordinarily gifted family, Youngs was employed as a
nightclub manager, a dance instructor, and a golf pro before he decided
to try his hand at acting.
Purely on a lark, Jim accompanied his older sister Gail to a Manhattan
casting call for the sensational coming of age cult classic
The Wanderers (1979), and was not
only asked to audition for its iconic writer/director
Philip Kaufman, but wound up
landing a lead role in the film. Now bitten by the acting bug, Jim
relocated to Los Angeles in the summer of 1979, where his easy charm
and good looks were noticed by casting directors. He won a recurring
part in the short-lived television series
Secrets of Midland Heights (1980)
and began to hone his natural skills by studying with acting guru
Harry Mastrogeorge. An
impressive string of supporting roles in films and television movies
soon followed. Youngs appeared in
Splendor in the Grass (1981)
with Melissa Gilbert and
Cyril O'Reilly,
The Executioner's Song (1982)
with Tommy Lee Jones, the critically
acclaimed musical hit Footloose (1984)
with Kevin Bacon and
Lori Singer, the
Rob Lowe hockey flick
Youngblood (1986) with
Patrick Swayze, and in the romantic
comedy Nobody's Fool (1986) with
Rosanna Arquette and
Eric Roberts.
Jim's first starring role came in 1987 when he was hired by director
Rick King to play an aspiring American
soccer player who seeks out all time soccer great Pele for counsel in
the sports flick Hotshot (1986). Despite
the film's poor box office performance, his natural athletic ability
and considerable acting talent shone through, marking him as much more
than just another pretty face. In 1990 he reunited with his Wanderers
co-stars Ken Wahl and
Tony Ganios in an episode of the hit CBS
crime drama Wiseguy (1987). Jim has
also starred in the films
You Talkin' to Me? (1987)
Skeeter (1993), fired up the screen in a
torrid love scene with Jane Seymour
in Keys to Freedom (1988), and
appeared in such classic television shows as
NYPD Blue (1993) and
Babylon 5 (1993).