---
name: "Cedric Young"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cedric-young"
fi1m_id: "cedric-young"
imdb_id: "nm0949368"
tmdb_id: 156598
wikidata_id: "Q22753490"
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T21:53:26.558618+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cedric Young

## Identity

Cedric Young

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cedric-young
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cedric-young
- **IMDb ID:** nm0949368
- **TMDB ID:** 156598
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22753490
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22753490, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949368/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/156598

Actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Active:** 1991–1992
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22753490, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949368/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/156598

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Backdraft*](https://film.one/film/backdraft.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Cedric Young is an American actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he began his professional career in 1985 after working in local theatre groups including Rapid Fire Guerilla Communication and the Experimental Black Actors Guild. He studied communications and theatre at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Young is known for film roles including Grindle in *Backdraft* (1991), a cop in *Home Alone 2: Lost in New York* (1992), the liquor store owner in *Batman Begins* (2005) and Miller in *Just Visiting* (2001). His television credits include recurring parts in *The Chi* as Sonny and appearances in *Fargo*, *Empire* and *Prison Break*. He has also performed on Broadway in *The Song of Jacob Zulu* and *Radio Golf*.

Before acting in *Backdraft*, Young worked as a firefighter with the Chicago Fire Department.

*Sources: imdb.com, americanplayers.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Home Alone 2: Lost in New York* (1992), Fi1m 63, as Cop in Central Park — [page](https://film.one/film/home-alone-2-lost-in-new-york.md)
- *Backdraft* (1991), Fi1m 62, as Grindle — [page](https://film.one/film/backdraft.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Game Day* (2019), as Uncle Emry
- *A Wolf Comes at Night* (2019), as Papa
- *Teacher* (2019), as Harold Olson
- *Animator* (2019), as Older Jim
- *Heartlock* (2018), as Julius Jericho
- *The Chi* (2018), series, as Sonny
- *Empire* (2015), series, as Roosevelt 'Rosey' Perkins
- *Fargo* (2014), series, as Willy — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md)
- *The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue* (2013), as The Priest
- *Boss* (2011), series, as Union Rep
- *Nothing Like the Holidays* (2008), as Spencer
- *Leverage* (2008), series, as Nigerian Businessman
- *Prison Break* (2005), series, as Chappy — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/prison-break.md)
- *Batman Begins* (2005), as Liquor Store Owner — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-begins.md)
- *Joshua* (2002), as Charlie
- *Just Visiting* (2001), as Museum Guard Miller
- *Early Edition* (1996), series, as Second Supervisor
- *To Sir, with Love II* (1996), as Cabbie
- *ER* (1994), series, as Leon — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *The Paper* (1994), as Martha's Paramedic
- *Home Alone 2: Lost in New York* (1992), as Cop in Central Park — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/home-alone-2-lost-in-new-york.md)
- *Angel Street* (1992), series, as Samuels
- *Rapid Fire* (1992), as Chicago Cop
- *Backdraft* (1991), as Grindle — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/backdraft.md)
- *The Kid Who Loved Christmas* (1990), as Conductor
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Reporter #2 — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Big Shots* (1987), as Ghetto Bartender

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