Chris Young

Chris Young (born April 28, 1971 ) is an American former actor best known for portraying child prodigy computer hacker Bryce Lynch in the Max Headroom series (1987–1988) and entertainment executive.

Life and career Young's show business career started at the age of fifteen when he played Bryce Lynch, a child computer hacker prodigy, in the Max Headroom science fiction television series. He worked in many other television shows and films, portraying Buckley "Buck" Ripley in She's Having a Baby and The Great Outdoors (both 1988), and voicing Rob in The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997) and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998).

Young later went on to work at Nickelodeon, first as a producer at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio, and then as Executive Creative Director, Nickelodeon Animation Lab. In 2017, he was appointed Senior Vice President in charge of the Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab, and ran it until the unit was closed in 2020.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1987–1988 Max Headroom Bryce Lynch 14 episodes 1988 Jake's Journey Jake Television movie 1988 She's Having a Baby Buckley "Buck" Ripley Uncredited 1988 The Great Outdoors 1988 Dance 'til Dawn Dan Lefcourt Television movie 1989 Live-In Danny Mathews 9 episodes 1989 Falcon Crest Chris Agretti 4 episodes 1990 The Runestone Jacob 1990 Book of Love Jack Twiller 1990–1991 Married People Allen Campbell 18 episodes 1991 December Stuart Brayton 1992 Breaking the Silence Kenny Becker Television movie 1993 Crime & Punishment Episode: "Our Denial" 1993 Warlock: The Armageddon Kenny Travis 1994 In the Living Years Crispy Alternative title: Letter to Dad 1994 PCU Tom Lawrence 1994 MacShayne: The Final Roll of the Dice Bernard Pinsky Television movie 1994 Runaway Daughters Bob Randolph Television movie 1995 Deep Down Andy Alternative title: Conversations in Public Places 1995 Friends Steven Fishman Episode: "The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant" 1995 Dave's World Smitty Episode: "Leave a Mystery at the Beep" 1996 Minor Adjustments Brandon Episode: "My Fair Darby" 1996 Married... with Children Jackson Episode: "Enemies" 1997 Life with Louie Voice roles 3 episodes 1997 Killing Mr. Griffin Jeff Television movieCo-producer 1997 Step By Step Chip Dahlgren Episode: "Goodbye, Mr. Chip" 1997 The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue Rob (Voice) Direct-to-video release 1998 The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars Rob (Voice) Direct-to-video release 1998 1001 Nights Co-producer 1998 The Adventures of A.R.K. Director, unknown episodes 1999 Falling Sky Kyle 1999–2000 The New Adventures of A.R.K. Director, 9 episodes 2005 The Proud Family Movie Television movieProducer 2006 The Need Director