D.J. Taylor

D.J. Taylor was born December 28th 1983 in Lambeth, London. An only child, raised solely by his mother, Alison Sharp, in a council estate in the Wandsworth Borough of London. His mother is half English and half Irish and his father Danny Taylor is Jamaican. After struggling in the inner city estate life where gang life was rife. D.J. channelled his energy into martial arts, Eventually leading to him becoming a professional mixed martial arts fighter. Wanting a life change he enrolled on a 2 weeks acting workshop in which he fell in love with acting, he then stayed on at that drama school to complete a one year course. When this course was over he went on to audition for the big London drama schools and got accepted into the prestigious East 15 Acting School. While at school he shot his first short film ' Urban Demise' in which he acted and directed, this is where he realised that he loved directing as much as acting. After completion of his course and gaining a Master of the Arts, he has been acting for both film and stage. He then set up his own production company 'Urban Street Productions' with his wife, Michelle Taylor, and fellow East 15 alumni, Godfrey Guinan. After raising money and investing all their savings they shot their first feature film 'Urban Decay', in which he jointly wrote and directed along side his wife and he also played a lead role as the menacing Andre Campbell. D.J. met his wife at school when he was 14 years old (1998) with whom he has two beautiful daughters Aaliyah and Nyla Taylor.