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name: "Damian Young"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 October 1961"
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average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T21:13:42.711087+00:00"
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# Damian Young

Actor. Born 27 October 1961 in Washington, D.C., USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 October 1961, Washington, D.C., USA
- **Active:** 2000–2014

## Biography

Damian Young is an American actor born in Washington, D.C. He attended Kenyon College and moved to New York in 1984, where he became a core member of the Cucaracha Theatre Company and performed in Broadway, off-Broadway and regional theatre productions.

Young is known for film roles including Gabriel in *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), the Green Army-Jacketed Man in *Unbreakable* (2000), Mr. Winthrop in *The Greatest Showman* (2017), David Welch in *Ocean's Eight* (2018), Howard Ackerman in *The Trial of the Chicago 7* (2020) and Sam Rice in *I Care a Lot* (2021). On television he has played recurring parts in *The Comeback* (as Mark Berman), *Californication* (as Bill Lewis), *House of Cards* (as Aidan Macallan), *Ozark* (as Jim Rattelsdorf) and *Snowpiercer* (as Mr. Headwood). His early television work includes Stu Benedict in *The Adventures of Pete & Pete* (1993–96).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Gabriel — [page](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md)
- *Unbreakable* (2000), Fi1m 81, as Green Army-Jacketed Man — [page](https://film.one/film/unbreakable.md)

## Also known for

- *The Greatest Showman* (2017), Mr. Winthrop
- *Ocean's Eight* (2018), David Welch
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Hampton Trill
- *Gotham* (2014), Warden Reed
- *The Blacklist* (2013), Milton Bobbitt
- *The Trial of the Chicago 7* (2020), Howard Ackerman
- *House of Cards* (2013), Aidan Macallan
- *I Care a Lot* (2021), Sam Rice

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