^ "Lee Thompson Young Biography (1984-)".
"Columbia native turned TV star takes own life".
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Storyīest Performance in a TV Drama or Comedy Series – Leading Young Actorīest Performance in a TV Comedy Series – Leading Young Actorīest Performance in a TV Drama Series – Leading Young Actorīest Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series Filmography FilmĮpisode: "There's No Business Like No Business" Young's family launched the Lee Thompson Young Foundation in an effort to help remove the stigma surrounding mental illness. A memorial service was held on the Paramount Studios lot. Īfter funeral services at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Young was interred at Lakeview Memorial Garden, York, South Carolina. Young had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, for which he had been taking medication, and had been suffering from depression before his death. Police confirmed the cause of death as a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His manager stated that the actor died by suicide. Police were called to do a wellbeing check on him at his Los Angeles apartment, where he was found dead. On August 19, 2013, Young failed to show up to film an episode of Rizzoli & Isles. Young enjoyed writing and wrote the screenplay for the 2007 short film Mano. Young graduated with honors from the University of Southern California, where he majored in cinematic arts and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. His last acting role was playing Barry Frost, partner of Jane Rizzoli ( Angie Harmon) on the TNT drama Rizzoli & Isles, and he made an appearance on the Fox drama The Good Guys as the brother and business partner of an arms dealer. He was written off the show in episode 7, when his character committed suicide to prevent the death of an innocent civilian. Young played the role of Al Gough, an FBI agent, in the ABC television drama FlashForward. The character becomes involved in a romance with one of the medical interns. It is revealed that his character had been overweight during childhood. In 2009, Young played a cocky surgical intern in the hit comedy show Scrubs. He played National Guard rookie, Delmar, in The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007). Young appeared in the feature film Akeelah and the Bee (2006), playing Akeelah's brother Devon.
Lee appeared on UPN's TV drama series South Beach, and he portrayed Victor Stone (known in DC Comics as Cyborg) in a fifth-season episode of the television series Smallville, in 2006 which character he reprised in the Season Six episode " Justice" (airdate January 18, 2007), and again in the Season Nine finale " Salvation" (airdate May 14, 2010).
He also had a part in the movie Friday Night Lights (2004), portraying Chris Comer, and a part in the Jamie Foxx movie Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004). Although the movie was successful, he did not reprise the role in the sequel, Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (2007).Īfter the cancellation of The Famous Jett Jackson, Young had guest spots in the CBS series The Guardian. Young also starred in Johnny Tsunami (1999), another Disney Channel Original Movie, as Sam Sterling. He filmed the pilot and found out in June 1998 that the Disney Channel had picked up the show it would go on to become a Disney Channel Original Movie in June 2001. Young moved to New York City in June 1996, but it was not until the next year that he auditioned for the part of Jett Jackson in The Famous Jett Jackson. It was then that Young decided he wanted to become an actor. in a play called A Night of Stars and Dreams by Dwight Woods, and the Phillis Wheatley Repertory Theater of Greenville, South Carolina. At age ten, he portrayed Martin Luther King Jr.
He was in the second grade when his parents' marriage ended, and he went to live with his mother. Young was born in Columbia, South Carolina, the son of Velma Elaine ( née Love) and Tommy Scott Young.