Danny Young (actor)

Danny Young (actor)
Daniel Young

Danny Young ice skating during the 2010 Dancing On Ice TV show
Born Daniel Young
7 November 1986 (1986-11-07) (age 25)
Essex, England, UK
Occupation Actor, dancer
Years active 2001-present
Website
http://dannyyoung.co.uk/

Daniel "Danny" Young (born 7 November 1986, Essex) is a British actor. On TV, he once starred, for twelve months, in the role of Warren Baldwin on the popular long running soap Coronation Street. He played the character from August 2004 to August 2005, until given the axe by the show's bosses due to the characters story line coming to an end. Danny then returned to the soap for several episodes in 2006.

Before appearing on Coronation Street and given a regular role, Young played Dean in Out of Control which was a respected performance within the industry and also found Danny winning the Best Young Actors award in the Drama category. (2002) and Ricardo on the CBBC series Kerching! (2003). He also had roles in "The Vice" (2003), the award winning "Gone" (2003) (a short film) and "Wall Of Silence" (2004). He has since gone onto appear in the horror movie "Exposé" (2009), the directorial debut by Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet, and "The Rapture" released in 2010. Also in 2010, he co-produced and starred in the horror film "Stalker", which was again directed by Martin Kemp.[1] Since August 2010, Young has presented the fitness and health segment on the ITV show This Morning.[2]

In 2010, Danny participated in the fifth series of the ITV1 show Dancing on Ice with professional skater Frankie Poultney. He came fifth place in the competition. He was eliminated on 14 March 2010 during prop week because of the "damn hat!" to quote Christopher Dean, after Young dropped his hat during the performance. Whilst doing the show he met his girlfriend Brianne Delcourt, a professional Canadian skater who skated with Kieron Richardson during series five. They have been together since March 2010, and in August 2010 did an "OK Magazine" photoshoot together. Also in August 2010 Danny was named Mr Jersey Battle of Flowers 2010 in their annual procession.[3]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2011 Casualty Kevin
2010 Stalker Josh
2010 The Rapture Gates
2009 Exposé Josh
2004–2006 Coronation Street Warren Baldwin 37 Episodes
2003–2006 Kerching! Ricardo Murray 20 Episodes
2005 Coronation Street: Pantomime Warren Baldwin TV Movie
2004 Wall Of Silence Ryan Moorville TV Movie
2003 Gone Boy Short Film
2003 The Vice Sean "Gameboys" Episode
2002 Out of Control Dean TV Movie
2001 The Bill Sean "Another Country" Episode

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