Benny Young

Acting

Benny Young

Born 1949-08-08 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Acting credits

Out of Africa poster
7.2

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.

Out of Africa

1985

Chariots of Fire poster
6.8

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.

Chariots of Fire

1981

Outlaw King poster
6.8

Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.

Outlaw King

2018

White Nights poster
6.7

After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.

White Nights

1985

Wild Rose poster
6.8

A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.

Wild Rose

2019

Macbeth poster
8.8

Fearless and unforgettably creepy. This high-concept production, filmed live at London’s Donmar Warehouse, stars the formidable talents of David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Shakespeare’s most infamous tragedy.

Macbeth

2025

National Theatre Live: Macbeth poster
7.0

Performing from within the walls of a deconsecrated Manchester church, Kenneth Branagh takes the lead role in this ambitious production of William Shakespeare's tragic tale of ambition and treachery.

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

2013

Funny Man poster
4.8

When Max Taylor wins the ancestral home of Callum Chance in a game of Poker, little does he realize that the game is far from over. One by one, Max's family are murdered by the Funny Man, a demonic jester with a varied and imaginative repertoire of homicidal techniques and an irreverent sense of humor. Meanwhile, Max's brother is on his way to the mansion with a bunch of hitchhikers who will be lucky to survive the night.

Funny Man

1994

King Lear poster
6.7

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.

King Lear

1983

Captive poster
4.0

The daughter of an international tycoon is kidnapped by a trio of abductors who seek to mold her to their lifestyle.

Captive

1986

No artwork available
NR

The oil rigs provide rich pickings for those who work on them, but for wives isolated from husbands affluence is not enough.

The Good Time Girls

1981

The Girl in the Picture poster
5.2

Alan and Mary are pretty miserable together and split up. As a very presentable Glaswegian photographer, Alan soon has chances to find consolation elsewhere, but more and more thinks of Mary. She, however, seems a lot less keen to try again.

The Girl in the Picture

1986

The Unknown Soldier poster
NR

The soldier in the spinal carriage can neither move nor speak. Who is he? His fellow wounded and officers are intent on finding out.

The Unknown Soldier

1985