Taylor Lautner
Actor
- Born
- February 11, 1992 (age 34) · Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Taylor Daniel Lautner (born February 11, 1992) is an American actor and model. He is best known for playing shapeshifter Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga film series.
Lautner began his acting career playing bit parts in comedy series such as The Bernie Mac Show (2003) and My Wife and Kids (2004), before having voice roles in television series like What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2005) and Danny Phantom (2005). In 2005, he appeared in the film Cheaper by the Dozen 2 and starred in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D. He also starred in the 2011 action film Abduction.
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From 2014 to 2018, Lautner starred in the BBC sitcom Cuckoo as the son of the titular character. In 2016, he played a leading role, Dr. Cassidy Cascade, in the second season of FOX black comedy series Scream Queens.
The late 2000s saw Lautner become a teen idol and sex symbol, after extensively changing his physique to keep the role of Jacob Black in further Twilight installments, and generating media attention for his looks. In 2010, he was ranked second on Glamour's "The 50 Sexiest Men of 2010" list, and fourth on People's "Most Amazing Bodies" list. Also in the same year, Lautner was named the highest-paid teenage actor in Hollywood.
Known for
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- 2022Home Team as Coach Troy Lambert
- 2016Run the Tide as Reymund Hightower
- 2015The Ridiculous 6 as Lil Pete
- 2015Tracers as Cam
- 2013Grown Ups 2 as Frat Boy Andy (uncredited)
- 2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 as Jacob Black
- 2011The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 as Jacob Black
- 2011Abduction as Nathan Harper
- 2011Field of Dreams 2: Lockout as Iowa Farmer
- 2010The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
