Craig Robert Young (born 4 October 1973) is a British actor who began his acting career at age ten, starring in the stage production of The Price of Coal.

By the time he was 17, he moved to London to attend the Central School of Speech and Drama, whereupon he was chosen to become a member of the pop band Deuce, scoring four top 30 single hits: "Call It Love", "I Need You", "On the Bible", and "No Surrender".

[3] More recently, he has appeared in The CW's 2009 series Melrose Place, playing Ella Simms's German love-rat famed director Franz Keppler.

After a wildly successful[citation needed] run in Malibu, he reprised his role with the same cast at The Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles in the winter to rave reviews.

Young portrayed Charlie Chaplin in David Fincher's 2020 Oscar winning movie Mank, starring alongside Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried.