---
name: "Jim Youngs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-youngs"
fi1m_id: "jim-youngs"
imdb_id: "nm0950281"
tmdb_id: 3009
wikidata_id: "Q6199081"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 October 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:53:04.333738+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."
---

# Jim Youngs

## Identity

Jim Youngs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-youngs
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-youngs
- **IMDb ID:** nm0950281
- **TMDB ID:** 3009
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6199081
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Youngs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6199081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0950281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3009

Actor. Born 16 October 1956 in Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 October 1956, Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Youngs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6199081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0950281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3009

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Footloose*](https://film.one/film/footloose.md) (72)

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## Biography

Jim Youngs is an American actor. He was born on 13 October 1956 in Old Bethpage, New York, and is the brother of actor John Savage and journalist Robin Young.

Youngs began his career with a role in *The Wanderers* (1979). He is known for playing Chuck in *Footloose* (1984), Kelly Youngblood in *Youngblood* (1986) and appearances in *Babylon 5* (1994) as Frank Benson and *Silk Stalkings* (1992) as Johnny Rider.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Footloose* (1984), Fi1m 72, as Chuck — [page](https://film.one/film/footloose.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Babylon 5* (1994), series, as Frank Benson — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)
- *Cyborg 2* (1993), as Pinwheel Exec #1
- *Skeeter* (1993), as Roy Boone
- *Silk Stalkings* (1991), series, as Johnny Rider
- *Keys to Freedom* (1988), as Zach Mitchum
- *You Talkin' to Me?* (1987), as Bronson Green
- *Roses Are for the Rich* (1987), as Lonnie Norton
- *Roses Are for the Rich* (1987), series, as Lonnie Norton
- *Hotshot* (1987), as Jimmy Kristidis
- *Nobody's Fool* (1986), as Billy
- *Youngblood* (1986), as Kelly Youngblood
- *Out of Control* (1985), as Cowboy
- *Footloose* (1984), as Chuck — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/footloose.md)
- *The Executioner's Song* (1982), as Sterling Baker
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Zachary (segment 'The Price of Life')
- *Splendor in the Grass* (1981), as Alan "Toots" Tuttle
- *Secrets of Midland Heights* (1980), series, as John Grey
- *The Wanderers* (1979), as Buddy

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