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Nick Young

Nick Young

Actor

Nickolas Ray Young is an American actor who appeared in the films Friend of the World and Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea, television movies El Diablo and Geronimo, and OnStage Playhouse's productions of The Diary of Anne Frank and The Other Place. Young began working on television in Arizona throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s before moving to San Diego County for film and theater work in the 2010s. This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Nick Young (actor)", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Actor
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 28% in 30 days

What are Nick Young's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
24%
Self
22%
Bonds
18%
Power
18%
Morality
10%
Society
8%
Survival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3

Whiplash: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their whiplash movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Absurd
3
Dread
3
Warm
1
Thrilling
1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Nick Young's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Nick Young's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

21 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • I Brake for Caterpillars(2024)

    as Police Chief

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea(2024)

    as Tank

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Touch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Detective Hooper

  • Mike & Fred vs The Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • The Case of: Dakota Moore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Detective Harris

  • Friend of the World(2020)

    as Gore

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Con Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Herman Hill

  • Geronimo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Purlington

  • Telling Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Highway Patrolman (Uncredited)

  • Sunstroke(1992)

    as Cop

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Vagrant(1992)

    as Guard

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • El Diablo(1990)

    as Deputy

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Young Riders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Customer · as James Crowley

  • Jesse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Sheriff

  • Probe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Elder

  • The Legend of White Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Fred Talbot

  • The Highwayman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as M.P. #1

  • A Corpse in Kensington (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Abraham Van Brunt I

  • Fall of Giselle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Morte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Bobby Don

  • Pinhole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Tom

Career shape

Star power in the 40th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 21 titles, 17 of them dated from 1987 to 2024.

Biggest box office

The Vagrant (1992)

$5.9K worldwide

Highest rated

The Vagrant (1992)

Midcredits 38th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting21 of 21: 21 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score16th

By decade

1980s5 · acting1990s5 · acting2010s1 · acting2020s6 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Nick Young's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 16th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 14th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

14thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

12thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 6 titles are Mixed.

  • Divisive1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · actor

I Brake for Caterpillars (2024)

90th percentile spread · 64% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

El Diablo (1990)

Midcredits 44th · 43% liked

Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Nick Young work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nick Young's MovieCove titles; Brian Patrick Butler shares the most, 2.