Blake Young-Fountain
Born
(1981-09-13) September 13, 1981

Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Alma materNew York University Tisch School
Occupation(s)Actor and Producer
Years active1991–present

Blake Young-Fountain (born September 13, 1981) is an American actor and producer. He's known for his roles in Grownish, The Mindy Project 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]

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'Vaughn 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[2]
  • 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"
  • Purple Dots (2016), Producer
  • Falling For Angels (2017), Terick, "Leimert Park" episode
  • Grownish (2018), Jerome, "Erase Your Social"; "Starboy" episodes
  • Marlon (2018), Dustin, "Homecoming" episode
  • Dear White People, (2018), Man, "Volume II: Chapter VIII" episode
  • Pet Peeves, (2018), Brandon,
  • SK & J, (2018), George Michael, "First Pitch" episode
  • Now What (2019), Daryl, "Counter Clockwise" episode

Production

  • Griot's Lament (2014), Associate Producer
  • Purple Dots (2016), Producer
  • Make the Moon Trailer (2017), Producer, Costume Designer

References

  1. "Blake Young-Fountain - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  2. "Blake Young-Fountain - IMDbPro". pro-labs.imdb.com. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
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