Blake Young-Fountain

Blake Young-Fountain (born Sept 13, 1981) is an American actor, model, and producer. He's known for his roles in The Houseboy (2007), Chasing the Green (2009) and The Skinny (2012).

Early life

Young-Fountain grew up in both St. Louis, Missouri, and Norwalk, Connecticut; his parents worked in the fashion industry. His mother was a fan of the soap opera Dynasty and named him after her favorite character - Blake Carrington. He studied at New York University Tisch School, graduating with double majors in both Drama (BA) and Journalism (BA).^[1]

Personal life

Young-Fountain is cousins with actors Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Wesley Jonathan and Crystal Jenious. He has an older brother who is a businessman and a younger brother who works in entertainment production. He is openly gay.^[2]

Filmography

• America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988), Rashawn Brazell
• The Houseboy (2007), Blake
• Blueprint (2007), Keith
• Perception (2009), Interviewer
• Chasing The Green (2009), Carl
• The Real Deal (2009), D'Vaugn Murray
• 2 Broke Girls (2011) (TV Series), Bro#2, "And the 90's Horse Party" episode
• Parenthood (2011) (TV Series), Arnie/Bradely's Friend#2; 'Amazing Andy and His Wonderful World of Bugs' and 'Damage Control' (2 episodes)
• The Skinny (2012), Sebastian
• Let Clay Be Clay (2013), Young Cassius^[3]
• The Mindy Project (2013) (TV Series), Singing Waiter; "Mindy's Birthday" episode
• Filthy Sexy Teen$ (2013) (TV Movie), Shoemaker
• Michael (2015), Chris
• Griot's Lament (2014), Salb, "Griot's Lament Webisode III"

Production

• Griot's Lament (2014), Associate Producer

References