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.

Tom Taylor
Taylor at Paris Fashion Week 2024
Born (2001-07-16) 16 July 2001 (age 23)
Surrey, England
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Life and career

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Taylor was born on 16 July 2001. He is from Surrey.[1] 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.[1]

Taylor won the role of Jake Chambers in The Dark Tower in March 2016, after a worldwide casting.[2] He was set to reprise the role in a television series based on the fourth volume of The Dark Tower book series.[2] However, the production of that TV series will be a reboot with no connection to the film due to its financial and critical result.[3]

In 2023, Taylor was cast as Lord Cregan Stark in season 2 of House of the Dragon.[4]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2014 Casualty Tristan Miles Episode "Born Lucky"[5]
2015–2017 Doctor Foster Tom Foster Main Role
2015 The Last Kingdom Young Uhtred Episode 1[6]
Legends Young Martin Series 2, Episodes 1 and 2
2017 The Dark Tower Jake Chambers
2019 The Kid Who Would Be King Lance
2020 Us[7] Albie Petersen 4 episodes
2021 Close to Me Finn Harding
2023 The Bay Matt Metcalf Series 4
2023 Love at First Sight Luther Jones
2024 House of the Dragon Cregan Stark Series 2

References

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  1. ^ a b Sandwell, Ian (3 October 2016). "Tom Taylor, Stars of Tomorrow 2016". Screen Daily. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b Kroll, Justin (10 March 2016). "Dark Tower' Taps Newcomer Tom Taylor for Jake Chambers Role (EXCLUSIVE)". Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  3. ^ Seddon, Dan (2 April 2019). "Here's why Amazon is giving this Stephen King flop another shot". Digital Spy. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Meet Cregan Stark, the Jon Snow ancestor, in 'House of the Dragon'". EW.com. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Casualty, Series 29, Born Lucky: Credits". BBC. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  6. ^ "The Last Kingdom, Series 1, Episode 1: Credits". BBC. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Tom Hollander to star in Us, David Nicholls' adaptation of his bestselling novel for BBC One". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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