Lee Thompson Young(1984-2013)
- Actor
- Writer
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.
