Although the movie was successful, he did not reprise the role in the sequel, Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (2007).Īfter the cancellation of The Famous Jett Jackson, Young had guest spots in the CBS series The Guardian. Young also starred in Johnny Tsunami (1999), another Disney Channel Original Movie, as Sam Sterling. He filmed the pilot and found out in June 1998 that the Disney Channel had picked up the show it would go on to become a Disney Channel Original Movie in June 2001. Young moved to New York City in June 1996, but it was not until the next year that he auditioned for the part of Jett Jackson in The Famous Jett Jackson. It was then that Young decided he wanted to become an actor. in a play called A Night of Stars and Dreams by Dwight Woods, and the Phillis Wheatley Repertory Theater of Greenville, South Carolina. At age ten, he portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. He was in the second grade when his parents' marriage ended, and he went to live with his mother. Young was born in Columbia, South Carolina, the son of Velma Elaine ( née Love) and Tommy Scott Young.
