---
name: "Jordan Young"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jordan-young-582721"
fi1m_id: "jordan-young-582721"
imdb_id: "nm0949728"
tmdb_id: 582721
wikidata_id: "Q17417528"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T22:28:05.565317+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."
---

# Jordan Young

## Identity

Jordan Young

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jordan-young-582721
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jordan-young-582721
- **IMDb ID:** nm0949728
- **TMDB ID:** 582721
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17417528
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17417528, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949728/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/582721

Actor. Born 1 January 1980 in Kingskettle.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1980, Kingskettle
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 68 (2), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17417528, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949728/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/582721

## Biography

Jordan Young is a Scottish actor. His film credits include the role of Michael in *For Those in Peril* (2013) and Lexo in *Filth* (2013).

On television he has played Brian Bruce in *Shetland* (2014), Compton in *Vigil* (2023), and PC Jack McLaren in *Scot Squad* (2014–2023). He has appeared as Alex Murdoch in the long-running series *River City* since 2013.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvinsider.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Vigil* (2021), Fi1m 70, as Compton — [page](https://film.one/tv/vigil.md)
- *For Those in Peril* (2013), Fi1m 73, as Michael — [page](https://film.one/film/for-those-in-peril.md)
- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, as Brian Bruce — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Grow* (2025), as Gaz
- *A Scottish Love Scheme* (2024), as Logan Campbell
- *A Glimpse* (2022), as Leo
- *Vigil* (2021), series, as Compton — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/vigil.md)
- *Scot Squad* (2014), series, as PC Jack McLaren
- *Filth* (2013), as Lexo
- *For Those in Peril* (2013), as Michael — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/for-those-in-peril.md)
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as Brian Bruce — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Doors Open* (2012), as Jonno
- *Mongrels* (2010), series, as Denise's boyfriend
- *Garrow's Law* (2009), series, as Joshua Gilmore
- *Legit* (2006), series, as Danny
- *Wild Country* (2005), as Farmer
- *The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle* (2005), as Male Patient

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