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Date of Birth: February 1, 1984
Place of Birth: Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Date of Death: August 19, 2013
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: African-American
Lee Thompson Young was an American actor. He was known for starring as the title character on the Disney Channel series The Famous Jett Jackson , and for his roles in the films Friday Night Lights , Akeelah and the Bee , and The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007), on the shows The Guardian , South Beach , Smallville , Scrubs , FlashForward , and Rizzoli & Isles , and in the made-for-tv movies Johnny Tsunami and Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story .
He was the son of Velma (Love) and Tommy Young.