Young was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a Chinese father and Japanese mother, who both immigrated to Hawaii. His acting mentor was Mako. He has been prolific in his character work and has made numerous guest appearances on such varied television series as Diff'rent Strokes, The Golden Girls, Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Family Matters, Futurama, The Simpsons, Alias, JAG, The Steve Harvey Show, Zeke and Luther, ' and on the daytime soaps The Young and the Restless and Generations. He also portrayed the bodyguard of the Ancient One during the Asian Quarter storyline on General Hospital. Young played Dr. Michael Kwan on the short-lived multi-ethnic medical drama Kay O'Brien, which aired in the fall of 1986 on CBS. Despite the fact that the network had high hopes for the series, just 9 of 13 episodes were aired. He was also a semi-regular on the HBO series Deadwood as Mr. Wu and played Henry Lin's Uncle on the FX series Sons of Anarchy. He also played Mr. Wu, unrelated to the Deadwood character, in the movie Men in Black 3, and played the role of Ellison Onizuka In the TV filmChallenger. Young has many voice-over credits as well: in ', Kaz in Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Mr. Sanban in ', the Firebending master Jeong Jeong in the Asian-influenced ', Storm Shadow in the Sunbow G.I. Joe animated series, the Hard Master in ', Mr. Wu on Nickelodeon's show The Mighty B!, Babaram on Surf Ninjas Marshall Kai Ti Chang in Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, Silver Samurai in ' and Wolverine and the X-Men, Sensei in Young Justice, Chen Stormstout in the ' expansion and Heroes of the Storm by Blizzard Entertainment, and Commander Sato in Star Wars Rebels. Young also has several Star Trek links: he played Buck Bokai, a famous baseball player in the 24th century in the ' episode "If Wishes Were Horses". He also played Hoshi Sato's father in the episode "Vanishing Point |Vanishing Point". Young appeared as Governor Ho in the movie North starring Elijah Wood. In theatre, Young has had a long history with the Asian American theatre company, East West Players, in Los Angeles, where he not only performed but often served as producer. He voiced Lord Qin in Mulan II. In 2013, Young joined the cast of HBO's True Blood as Dr. Hido Takahashi, the man responsible for inventing the titular blood substitute.
