Aden Young

Known for: Acting

Born: 1971-11-30 (age 54)

From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Aden Young (born November 30, 1971) is a Canadian-Australian actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Daniel Holden in the SundanceTV drama Rectify, for which he was twice nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. He has appeared in American, Canadian, and Australian productions and since 2024 has performed the lead role of Det. Henry Graff in Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent. Young has two sons, Dutch (born 2007) and Chester (born 2011), with his longtime partner, Australian singer-songwriter-musician-actress Loene Carmen. They married in Zebulon, Georgia while filming season 2 of Rectify in 2014.

Filmography (50)

MOVIE★ 10.0
Sandwich
2025
as Carl
MOVIE★ 6.8
The King Tide
2024
as Beau
TV★ 7.1
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
2024
as DS Henry Graff
TV★ 6.4
Wellmania
2023
as Gabriel Wolf
MOVIE★ 5.6
Poker Face
2022
as Alex Harris
MOVIE★ 5.5
Elsewhere
2020
as Bruno
TV★ 6.5
Reckoning
2019
as Mike Serrato
MOVIE★ 6.2
Abandoned: Angelique's Isle
2018
as Cyrus Mendenhall
TV★ 7.2
The Disappearance
2017
as Luke Sullivan
MOVIE★ 6.3
Don't Tell
2017
as Stephen Roche
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Unseen
2016
as Bob Langmore
TV★ 6.1
The Principal
2015
as Adam Bilic
TV★ 7.1
The Code
2014
as Randall Keats
MOVIE★ 6.5
Frontera
2014
as Sheriff Randall Hunt
MOVIE★ 5.4
I, Frankenstein
2014
as Dr. Frankenstein
MOVIE★ 6.9
Final Recipe
2013
as Sean
TV★ 7.6
Rectify
2013
as Daniel Holden
MOVIE★ 6.3
Killer Elite
2011
as Meier
MOVIE★ 6.9
Beneath Hill 60
2010
as Major Brady North
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Tree
2010
as Peter O'Neil
MOVIE★ 6.6
Mao’s Last Dancer
2009
as Dilworth
MOVIE★ 4.4
Lucky Country
2009
as Nat
MOVIE
Shot Open
2009
as Dodek
TV★ 6.7
East West 101
2007
as Kendrick
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Bet
2007
as Angus
MOVIE
The Goat That Ate Time
2007
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
In the Company of Actors
2007
as Self / Eilert Lovburg
TV★ 4.4
The Starter Wife
2007
as Jorge Stewart
MOVIE
After the Deluge
2003
as Young Cliff
TV★ 4.3
After the Deluge
2003
as Young Cliff
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
2002
as Ron Buckwhiler
MOVIE★ 5.4
Serenades
2001
as Johann
MOVIE★ 5.9
The War Bride
2001
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 6.2
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Dr. Kalewis
MOVIE★ 5.2
Under Heaven
1998
as Buck
MOVIE★ 5.5
Cousin Bette
1998
as Wenceslas
MOVIE★ 4.0
River Street
1997
as Ben Egan
MOVIE★ 6.3
Paradise Road
1997
as Bill Seary
MOVIE★ 5.0
Hotel de Love
1996
as Rick Dunne
MOVIE★ 6.2
Cosi
1996
as Nick
MOVIE★ 8.0
Audacious
1995
as Stanley
MOVIE★ 5.0
Exile
1994
as Peter Costello
MOVIE★ 9.0
Shotgun Wedding
1994
as Jimmy Becker
MOVIE★ 5.6
Metal Skin
1994
as Joe
MOVIE★ 6.0
Broken Highway
1993
as Angel
MOVIE★ 5.0
Love In Limbo
1993
as Barry McJannet
MOVIE★ 6.2
Sniper
1993
as Doug Papich
MOVIE★ 4.8
Over the Hill
1992
as Nick
MOVIE★ 6.5
Black Robe
1991
as Daniel
MOVIE
Untitled NAVY Seal Film
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