Taylor Lautner

Name: Taylor Daniel Lautner

Birthday: February 11, 1992
Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Famous for… playing “Jacob Black” in the Twilight saga
Trademark: big smile, muscular body
Achievements: scored #1 in Access Hollywood’s “Top Five Hollywood Abs”; named one of People Magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful People; ranked high on numerous other “hottest male celebrity” lists; highest paid teen actor in 2010

Taylor Lautner is an actor, best known for his portrayal of Jacob Black in the Twilight film series. Taylor has also appeared in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D and Cheaper by the Dozen 2.

Taylor was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the son of Deborah and Daniel Lautner and has Dutch, French, German as well as ”distant” Native American heritage. He also has a younger sister. 

Taylor has studied karate since the age of six and appeared in a national ISKA event televised by ESPN in 2003. His karate coach, the former “Blue Power Ranger” on Power Rangers got Taylor started in acting and connected to the movie industry.

He first appeared in the made-for-television film Shadow Fury, and subsequently had roles on the series Summerland, The Bernie Mac Show and My Wife and Kids.

In 2011, he will star in the thriller Abduction co-starring Lily Collins.

Interests: Taylor is very talented in the study of martial arts, as he has won multiple local, national and international competitions. Taylor is a huge sports fan and enjoys watching football. His NFL role models include Brett Favre, Tom Brady and Jerry Rice. He is close friends with Twilight co-stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Nikki Reed.

Personal Quotes:

“I was never extremely confident. Because I was an actor when I was in school, there was a little bullying going on.”

“(The Twilight phenomenon) is really unlike anything else. I know that over the past couple of years, I’ve had the time of my life and I’m very thankful, but it is different. It’s almost like you live two different worlds and you completely vanish and then you go back to your regular life.”

“We’re (Twilight cast) the same people that we were before and we have people behind us that kind of help us and think ahead and we’re just thankful to have that help. When we walk through hotels, we always walk through the kitchen or through the garbage room or the laundry room. It’s that not glamorous, trust me.”

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