Jacob Young


Jacob Wayne Young is an American actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his role as JR Chandler on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children and Rick Forrester on CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful. He was the second actor to portray Lucky Spencer on ABC's General Hospital.

Early life and career

Jacob Wayne Young was born in Renton, Washington, the youngest child of Rhonda and Michael Young, Sr. and was raised in Loveland, Colorado, and Roy, Washington, moving to San Diego, California at age seventeen with his mother. His parents divorced and his mother remarried to Edward Vasquez. He has one older brother and two sisters.
Young portrayed Rick Forrester on the CBS soap The Bold and the Beautiful from December 31, 1997 to September 15, 1999. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 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. In 2002, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Lucky Spencer on General Hospital
Young portrayed JR Chandler on All My Children from October 1, 2003 to September 23, 2011. In 2005, he was again nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Younger Actor, and in 2009 he was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
In September 2011, Young reprised his role as Rick on The Bold and the Beautiful. His first airdate was September 26. In April 2018, Young announced he had been dropped to recurring capacity, which he called a "blessing."

Other projects

On September 11, 2001, Artemis Records released Young's self-titled CD. In 2004, he guest-starred in the film The Girl Next Door. He additionally guest-starred on ABC'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.

Personal life

In April 2006, Young and his longtime girlfriend, Christen Steward, a model, announced their engagement. They were married on May 13, 2007, at the Westmount Country Club in Woodland Park, New Jersey. The couple have three children.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997–1999, 2011–2018The Bold and the BeautifulRick ForresterRecurring role
2000Dean TorranceEpisode:#1
2001–2003General HospitalLucky SpencerSeries regular
2003-2011All My ChildrenJR Chandler839 episodes
2004Hope & FaithHeath Hamilton2 episodes
2005One Life to LiveJR Chandler6 episodes
2011Days of Our Lives KinseyEpisode:#1.11678
2012Imaginary Friend Dr. Kent
2014The Young and the RestlessRick ForresterEpisode #10389
2018Killer Vacation Jake JohnsonTelevision film
2018Christmas Made to Order JeffTelevision film
2019When Vows Break TolanTelevision film
2019The Road Home for Christmas MarkTelevision film
2020Beacon Hill JD Cooper2 episodes
2020yA Brian Garrett-Nelsonpre-production

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryTitleResult
1999
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Younger Actor in a Drama SeriesThe Bold and the Beautiful
2002
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Younger Actor in a Drama SeriesGeneral Hospital
2005
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Younger Actor in a Drama SeriesAll My Children
2009
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesAll My Children
2015
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesThe Bold and the Beautiful
2016
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesThe Bold and the Beautiful