Taylor Lautner is an American actor, voice actor, model, and martial artist. As a child, Lautner took up martial arts and was ranked number one in his category by the American Sports Karate Association. Lautner soon thereafter began his acting career, appearing in bit roles 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.
Lautner got his big break when he was cast as Jacob Black in the The Twilight Saga film series, beginning with the first film, Twilight (2008). Lautner returned for the following two movies, The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), and is set to appear in the last two films for the series, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. Lautner has been nominated for several awards for his work in the Twilight series, including honors at the MTV Movie Awards, People's Choice Awards, and Scream Awards.
The late 2000s saw Lautner become a teen idol and rise as a sex symbol, after extensively changing his physique to keep the role of Jacob Black in further Twilight installments, and thereafter generating media attention for his good 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, among other honors. As of 2010, Lautner was considered the highest-paid teenage actor in Hollywood.
Taylor Facts :
- Full name is Taylor Daniel Lautner
- Birthday is February 11, 1992
- Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Stands 5' 10½" tall (1.79 m)
- Nationality is French, Dutch, German and Native American
- Favorite food is steak and meat in general
- Favorite ice cream flavor is cake batter
- Favorite color is baby blue
- High school is Valencia High
- His younger sister is named Makena
- Dad's name is Dan, mother's name is Deborah
- Owns a Maltese named Roxy
- Taylor and his family live in Los Angeles
- Won multiple world champion karate titles by the age of twelve
- Used to hip-hop dance with LA Hip Kids
- Taylor does NOT have an official Twitter account. Additional sources: Truth Tweet | Rachelle Lefevre | Twilight Lexicon
- Taylor does NOT have a Facebook account. An official facebook has never been confirmed by a reliable source, so you should assume it is fake!
- Taylor's MySpace account is tdl06, which is set to private. This id was posted on his official website at taylorlautner.com (this site is currently disabled)
- Celebrity crush used to be Jessica Alba, but is now Megan Fox.
- A Detroit Red Wings hockey fan
