Background
Jacob Wayne Young was born in Hemet, California, the youngest child of Rhonda and Michael Young, Senior and was raised in Loveland, Colorado, and Roy, Washington, moving to San Diego, California at age seventeen with his mother.
Jacob Wayne Young was born in Hemet, California, the youngest child of Rhonda and Michael Young, Senior and was raised in Loveland, Colorado, and Roy, Washington, moving to San Diego, California at age seventeen with his mother.
He is perhaps best known for his role as JR Chandler on the American Broadcasting Company daytime soap opera All My Children and Rick Forrester on Columbia Broadcasting System"s The Bold and the Beautiful. He was the second actor to portray Lucky Spencer on American Broadcasting Company"s General Hospital. Young portrayed Rick Forrester on the Columbia Broadcasting System soap The Bold and the Beautiful from December 31, 1997 to September 15, 1999.
Young later portrayed Lucky Spencer on General Hospital for three years from February 25, 2000 until February 10, 2003.
In 2001, he was named "Sexiest Soap Star" by People magazine. Young portrayed JR Chandler on All My Children from October 1, 2003 to September 23, 2011.
In September 2011, Young reprised his role as Rick on The Bold and the Beautiful. His first airdate was September 26.
Other projects
On September 11, 2001, Artemis Records released Young"s self-titled Civil Defense. In 2004, he guest starred in the film The Girl Next Door.
He additionally guest starred on American Broadcasting Company"s Hope & Faith, and, from May 2006 through August 20, 2006, starred in Disney"s Beauty and the Beast on Broadway, in the role of Lumiere.