James Young was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. His acting career began at the age of 16 in the BBC series "Hamish MacBeth" This was followed with leading roles in kids tv series Mr Wymi and G-ForceAmong his more recent TV/Film roles James has starred in Boy A, Waterloo Road, Up There, Deafblind, River City, Taggart, Doctors, Casualty and the Scottish comedy programs: Chewin' The Fat, Still Game, The Karen Dunbar Show as well as national TV commercials for Oasis Summer Fruits, National Lottery Thunderball, BBC Radio plays "Meryl The Mounted" and "House" and many Theatre production's across the UK.