Lee Thompson Young's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Smallville Victor Stone Rizzoli & Isles Detective B… The Famous Jett Jackson Jett Jackson Silverstone South Beach Alex Bauer

Main Movie Roles 2007 - The Hills Have Eyes II 2006 - Akeelah and the Bee 2004 - Friday Night Lights

BIOGRAPHY:

Lee Thompson Young was born as the son of Velma Love and Tommy Scott Young. When he was in second grade his parents split up and he went to live with his mother. At age ten, he portrayed Dr. Martin Luther King in a play called "A Night of Stars and Dreams". That's when Lee decided he wanted to be an actor. After doing community theater for a while, he traveled to New York during the spring break of 1996 and got himself an agent. He moved to NY in June but it wasn't until next year that he got to audition for the part of Jett Jackson. Lee filmed the pilot. He found out in June 1998 from Disney that the show had been picked up.


TRIVIA:

• Attended the Professional Performing Arts High School in New York City. Other alumni included 'Britney Spears' (qv), 'Claire Danes' (qv) and 'Chris Trousdale' (qv).
• Wrote an episode for "The Famous Jett Jackson", a TV series in which he was the star, the episode originally aired April 8, 2000.