Tom Taylor (actor)
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| birth_name = Thomas Joseph Taylor
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|07|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Surrey, England
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| occupation = Actor
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| yearsactive = 2006–present
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Tom Taylor (born 16 July 2001) is an English actor. He is known for his performance as Jake Chambers in The Dark Tower and Tom Foster in the BBC One hit drama Doctor Foster. He has been cast in the role of Cregan Stark on the second season of the HBO original series House of the Dragon.
Life and career
Taylor was born on 16 July 2001. He is from Surrey.{{cite web|last=Sandwell|first=Ian|url=http://www.screendaily.com/tom-taylor-stars-of-tomorrow-2016/5109611.article|title=Tom Taylor, Stars of Tomorrow 2016|website=Screen Daily|date=October 3, 2016|accessdate=August 4, 2017}} He stopped attending drama school in 2013 until his former teacher, Rachel Bell of The Secret Stage School in Camberley, told him an agent was coming to the school for interviews. Taylor went to audition, was signed with his first agent and went on to star in The Last Kingdom and Doctor Foster for the BBC.
Taylor won the role of Jake Chambers in The Dark Tower in March 2016, after a worldwide casting.{{cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin| url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/dark-tower-tom-taylor-chambers-1201727356/|title=Dark Tower' Taps Newcomer Tom Taylor for Jake Chambers Role (EXCLUSIVE)|date=March 10, 2016|accessdate=August 4, 2017}} He was set to reprise the role in a television series based on the fourth volume of The Dark Tower book series. However, the production of that TV series
will be a reboot with no connection to the film due to its financial and critical result.{{Cite web| url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a27004614/amazon-dark-tower-reboot/|first=Dan|last=Seddon|title=Here's why Amazon is giving this Stephen King flop another shot|date=2 April 2019|website=Digital Spy|accessdate=30 September 2019}}
In 2023, Taylor was cast as Lord Cregan Stark in season 2 of House of the Dragon.{{Cite web |title=Meet Cregan Stark, the Jon Snow ancestor, in 'House of the Dragon' |url=https://ew.com/house-of-the-dragon-cregan-stark-tom-taylor-casting-8409778 |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=EW.com |language=en}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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| 2014
| Tristan Miles | Episode "Born Lucky"{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04l8slz|title=Casualty, Series 29, Born Lucky: Credits|website=BBC|accessdate=20 August 2017}} |
| 2015–2017
| Tom Foster | Main Role |
| rowspan=2|2015
| Young Uhtred |
| Legends
| Young Martin | Series 2, Episodes 1 and 2 |
| 2017
| Jake Chambers | |
| 2019
| Lance | |
| 2020
| Us{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/tom-hollander-david-nicholls-us|title=Tom Hollander to star in Us, David Nicholls' adaptation of his bestselling novel for BBC One|website=BBC Media Centre|accessdate=1 September 2019}} | Albie Petersen | 4 episodes |
| 2021
| Finn Harding | |
| 2023
| Matt Metcalf | Series 4 |
| 2023
| Luther Jones | |
| 2024
| Series 2 |
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6999211/ Tom Taylor] on IMDb.
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Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:English male child actors
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:Male actors from Surrey
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