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Aden Young

Actor

Aden Young

Born November 30, 1971 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada39 films

Aden Young (born November 30, 1971) is a Canadian-Australian actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Daniel Holden in the SundanceTV drama Rectify, for which he was twice nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. He has appeared in American, Canadian, and Australian productions and since 2024 has performed the lead role of Det. Henry Graff in Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent. Young has two sons, Dutch (born 2007) and Chester (born 2011), with his longtime partner, Australian singer-songwriter-musician-actress Loene Carmen. They married in Zebulon, Georgia while filming season 2 of Rectify in 2014.

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Frontera posterFirst watchFrontera20146.5as Sheriff Randall HuntAfter crossing the border illegally for work, Miguel, a hard-working father and devoted husband, finds himself wrongfully accused of murdering a former sheriff’s wife.View film

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Filmography

39 films as actor
  1. TBAUntitled NAVY Seal Film
  2. 2025SandwichCarl
  3. 2024The King TideBeau
  4. 2022Poker FaceAlex Harris
  5. 2020ElsewhereBruno
  6. 2018Abandoned: Angelique's IsleCyrus Mendenhall
  7. 2017Don't TellStephen Roche
  8. 2016The UnseenBob Langmore
  9. 2014FronteraSheriff Randall Hunt
  10. 2014I, FrankensteinDr. Frankenstein
  11. 2013Final RecipeSean
  12. 2011Killer EliteMeier
  13. 2010Beneath Hill 60Major Brady North
  14. 2010The TreePeter O'Neil
  15. 2009Mao’s Last DancerDilworth
  16. 2009Lucky CountryNat
  17. 2009Shot OpenDodek
  18. 2007The BetAngus
  19. 2007The Goat That Ate TimeNarrator (voice)
  20. 2003After the DelugeYoung Cliff
  21. 2002The Crocodile Hunter: Collision CourseRon Buckwhiler
  22. 2001SerenadesJohann
  23. 2001The War BrideCharlie
  24. 1999Molokai: The Story of Father DamienDr. Kalewis
  25. 1998Under HeavenBuck
  26. 1998Cousin BetteWenceslas
  27. 1997River StreetBen Egan
  28. 1997Paradise RoadBill Seary
  29. 1996Hotel de LoveRick Dunne
  30. 1996CosiNick
  31. 1995AudaciousStanley
  32. 1994ExilePeter Costello
  33. 1994Shotgun WeddingJimmy Becker
  34. 1994Metal SkinJoe
  35. 1993Broken HighwayAngel
  36. 1993Love In LimboBarry McJannet
  37. 1993SniperDoug Papich
  38. 1992Over the HillNick
  39. 1991Black RobeDaniel