
Taylor Lautner
Born: 1992-02-11
Place of birth: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Taylor Daniel Lautner (born February 11, 1992) is a Euro-Indigenous 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. 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.
Filmography

Teen Choice Awards
1999

U-Pick Live
2002

Danny Phantom
2004

Scream Queens
2015

What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002

Duck Dodgers
2003

Conan
2010

Saturday Night Live
1975

He's a Bully, Charlie Brown
2006

Cuckoo
2012

Home Team
2022

My Own Worst Enemy
2008

The Bernie Mac Show
2001

Summerland
2004

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

Twilight
2008

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010