Brad Everett Young Dies at 46 After Car Crash

At the age of 46, Brad Everett Young, a popular actor and celebrity photographer, passed away in a wrong-way car accident. The incident took place the night of Sunday, September 14, 2025, on California's 134 Freeway in Los Angeles. Reports confirmed that another vehicle traveling the wrong way crashed into Young's vehicle. Young was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The other driver survived and was taken to the hospital.

Brad Everett Young’s Early Life and Acting Career

Brad Everett Young began his career in the late 1990s and worked with numerous television and film. He has appeared on television shows including Grey's Anatomy, Boy Meets World, Charmed, Felicity, and Beverly Hills, 90210. He has appeared in a number of films, including The Artist and Austin Powers in Goldmember. The last movie he appeared in was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 2017, marking the completion of his career as an actor.

Brad Everett Young: Actor and Photographer

Brad Everett Young was not only an actor, he was a creative heart who communicated stories both with acting and through the camera’s eye. To his fans he is known for his work on shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Boy Meets World, and Charmed, but behind the scenes, his passion for photography was just as fierce. For years, he shot celebrities in honest, intimate, and deeply present moments. And if you scrolled through his Instagram feed of more than two million followers, you’d find portraits of David Harbour, Seth Green, Gavin Casalegno, and countless other renowned names, all braiding Brad’s creative eye and adventurous style into thoughtful and honest images. Amid acting and photography, Brad was a Hollywood legend to many. Famous? Yes. But more than anything, Brad was a beautiful soul who touched people with his heart, creativity, and intentionality in every part of what he did.

Brad Everett Young, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ actor and celebrity photographer, dead at 46 after wrong-way car crash https://t.co/2Jx0Q1dYGI pic.twitter.com/jAfiD6kica

— New York Post (@nypost) September 18, 2025

Brad Everett Young’s Lasting Legacy

Young's impact was not only limited to the world of film and photography, but he will also be remembered generation by generation by the very nature of his creativity, kindness in the support of arts education, and generosity as a friend. Enormous amounts of kindness, resources, time, and talent, from being an actor in television and films, as a photographer, or working with nonprofits -- Young's ongoing impact on the arts and entertainment community will inspire change for many generations to come.

Hollywood Pays Tribute to Brad Everett Young

Following Young's passing, celebrities and colleagues expressed their love and-gave tributes and memorials that came from the heart. Chris McKenna, an actor of General Hospital, said it best when he expressed his shock at Young's passing: kindness, generosity, and support are the words that expressed Young. Many of these same friends and colleagues acknowledged his artistry and work to help support new emerging artists. All of them -- without exception -- celebrated Young's artistry and creative contributions to Hollywood culture.

Oh my gosh! He was an incredibile person! He will definitely be missed. Thank goodness we have some of his work so others will know how phenomenal of a photographer and artist he was. My prayers and condolences go out to his loved ones.🙏🏾

— Marissa (@ODExecutive) September 17, 2025

Fans Reaction

Fans took to their social media accounts to share and give their condolences on the shock of Brad Everett Young's premature passing. Many shared their personal messages, borrowed, recreated fan art, as well as shared pictures from his iconic roles in his works for television and photography. That much love is displayed all over social media that speaks volumes of how he was received by audiences and visual artists from all over the global spectrum.