Father of Jennifer Youngs and Lachlan Youngs.
Had a son, Lachlan Youngs, and a daughter, Jennifer Youngs, from his first marriage to Susan Youngs.
His present wife actress Sandi Schultz is from S.Africa.
In his early years he organized the Manhattan's Children's Theatre Group which performed in public housing areas.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 31.
Older brother of actor Jim Youngs and Gail Youngs.
Spent 6 years (1988-1994) in South Africa, working with Nelson Mandela for the anti-Apartheid movement.
Was an assistant production manager for certain sequences of Spike Lee's film Malcolm X (1992) that was shot in South Africa where John was living at the time working with Nelson Mandela on the anti-apartheid movement. John had appeared in Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989) a few years back, and later would show up in Lee's Summer of Sam (1999).
Won the Drama Circle Award for his stage portrayal of Billy Bibbitt in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in the early 1970s.
Younger sister, Gail Youngs, was once married to actor Robert Duvall from 1982-1986.