Young is the eldest of three children born to Karl and Zarina Young.[4] He has a brother Nelson and a sister Alexis.[4] He attended Catalina Foothills High School where he was football captain,[5] occupying the position of running back.[6] His interest in theatre surfaced when he was in junior year.[7] After graduating, Young moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career while he first planned to attend Pepperdine University.[8]
From 2011 to 2014, Young played the recurring role of dim-witted football jock Ryan Shay on the ABC sitcom Suburgatory. In 2013, he landed a lead role on Fox's military comedy series Enlisted[9] and, in 2015, a recurring role on Arrow.
In 2016, he was cast in the third Bravo original scripted series, Imposters, which premiered on February 7, 2017.[10]
In July 2018, he and his fiancée, Stephanie Webber, welcomed a daughter named Jaxon Orion Young. The couple married in September 2021.
In late 2019, Young was cast in a lead role for the CBS sitcom United States of Al,[11] which premiered on April 1, 2021.[12]
