Taylor James

Taylor was born in Sevenoaks England on 26th January 1980. Between the years of 1980-1986, he lived with his family in South Africa, before returning back to the Uk for schooling. In 2000 Taylor was awarded a scholarship at the London Studio Center, where he studied for a 3 years. Taylor began his career working on the West end stage, performing in the musical productions of Guys and Dolls, Mamma Mia, and Footloose. He went on to perform in Piaf, (for the Donmar) Danton's Death, (at the National theatre) The Little dog laughed, (at the Garrick) and The Duchess of Malfi at the Old Vic. Taylors' most recent theatre work was under the directorship of Sir Kenneth Branagh's theatre company, where he performed in The Winters Tale and Romeo and Juliet. Although he gained numerous TV and Film credits in and around his theatre experience, Taylors' breakout film role was in 2018 starring as Samson in Pure Flixs' production 'Samson' In 2021 and 2022, Taylor filmed season 2 & 3 of Netflix's Vikings: Valhalla and most recently he worked on The Beekeeper, directed by David Ayer, set for release Jan 12th 2024. Taylor is represented by Charlie at Insight Managment.