Aden Young

Aden Young (born 1972) is an Australian actor. In recent years he has also turned his hand to filmmaking, directing and writing short films The Rose of Ba Ziz (2007) and The Order (1998). Young was born in Toronto, Canada. Young's first role was in Bruce Beresford's acclaimed film Black Robe(1991) and they recently teamed up for the third time with Mao's Last Dancer, based on the best-selling autobiography of Chinese ballet dancer Li Cunxin. Young portrays the Texan playboy who helps Li's defection to the West. In June 2012 Young was announced as the lead role of Daniel Holden in Rectify, the highly anticipated first scripted drama series for the Sundance Channel, created and written by actor Ray McKinnon (Linc Potter on "Sons of Anarchy'"). The series follows the life of Daniel Holden after he is released from 19 years on Death Row for the brutal rape and murder of his girlfriend as a teenager after DNA evidence casts doubts on his guilt. He attracted attention for his performance in 1998's Under Heaven (aka In A Private Garden), starring Joely Richardson as a woman diagnosed with breast cancer, as 'the powerful and enormously attractive Australian actor who invests Buck with the wonder of a young man in love'.