Jonathon Young (born May 8, 1973) is a Canadian actor known for his role of Nikola Tesla on the SyFy show Sanctuary.
[2] At a "Q&A" after the play No Exit,[citation needed] Young told the audience that his father often brought him and his sister to watch him act and that this is where his love for theatre began.
[3][4] In 1996 he co-founded Electric Company Theatre along with fellow Studio 58 alumni Kim Collier, David Hudgins, and Kevin Kerr.
[3] His play Palace Grand was commissioned for production by Vancouver's PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in 2008.
[3] Young has collaborated with the contemporary dance theatre company Kidd Pivot, first in the award-winning "Betroffenheit" (premiered 2015, co-created by Young and choreographer and dancer Crystal Pite), then in "Revisor" (2019), which is a dance interpretation of Nikolai Gogol's play The Government Inspector.