I did that since I was about four and it massively built up my confidence because you're with loads of other kids singing, dancing and messing around. After being informed about an agent visiting the drama school, Tom returned to audition for the agent, leading to his first professional screen role.

Unless that's something you do? TT: It wasn't too bad. I woke up in the night and I couldn't move; there was this person ust pointing and staring at me. Whereas when you're playing a crazy role, you can just completely lose it, no matter what you do. [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. - IMDb Mini Biography By: I was a bit starstruck because my Mum loves Luther. However, the actor was eventually convinced to return by a teacher, who later introduced the rising star to acting agents. Then you have meetings, but with Tom Hollander and Saskia Reeves, we pretended to be a family by walking around the British Musuem together. I want to be a villain, that's the goal. https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/tom-taylor-tvactor.html TT: I watch it through once and then that's it. Tom Tyler, Actor: Stagecoach. Oh! Tom Taylor is an actor, known for The Goldbergs (1949) and The Kate Smith Hour (1950). He is originally from the United Kingdom. Taylor landed his first major gig as a one-off guest star in the long-running medial drama Casualty, and as the Radio Times reports, has gone on to appear in the 2017 fantasy flick The Dark Tower opposite Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, 2019's The Kid Who Would Be King, and the U.S. crime drama Legends. Do you try and create a thorough identity for the role you're playing? [3], "Dark Tower' Taps Newcomer Tom Taylor for Jake Chambers Role (EXCLUSIVE)", "Here's why Amazon is giving this Stephen King flop another shot", "BBC - Tom Hollander to star in Us, David Nicholls' adaptation of his bestselling novel for BBC One - Media Centre", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_Taylor_(actor)&oldid=979287400, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 19 September 2020, at 22:23. It scared the hell out of me. I haven't actually read any of the books, but I've heard they're amazing. 2017 was Tom's biggest breakthrough when he landed a major role in The Dark Tower (2017), based on Stephen King's fantasy book series, sharing the screen with leading men Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. In 2015, Tom portrayed young Uhtred in the medieval drama, ViacomCBS International Studios Announces Upcoming Mia Presentation, New Award – Mipcom Roundup, Saskia Reeves: ‘My character in Us could do with some help’, The Latest on 'The Dark Tower' and 'Blade Runner 2049', My Top Favorite Breakthrough Actors of 2017, The 10 Worst Films of 2017 According to eCartelera, 2015-2016 Television Season - Cancelled Series.

LOVE: Did you have any training when you were younger in dramatic arts? After being informed about an agent visiting the drama school, Tom returned to audition for the agent, leading to his first professional screen role. [laughing]LOVE: You can't watch yourself! He is best known for his work on the DC Comics series Injustice: Gods Among Us, DCeased and Suicide Squad, Marvel's All-New Wolverine, X-Men Red and Superior Iron Man and his many Star Wars works. I took myself to college to learn that after iI did The Kid Who Would Be King (2019) because I thought I'd try out a course. I came out in tears because I was so embarrassed. Tom Taylor is an English actor born on 16 July 2001. TT: Yeah, I fell into it massively. TT: Hopefully just being happy, being a good person.

TT: Definitely when I was in South Africa in the middle of the desert. LOVE: Congratulations on your new show, Us. Oh yeah, we've had that in this house," he jokes. And clothing! "Cabin fever?

The thing with Albie which I find with all the other characters I've played that have been quite normal is that they're actually really hard to do because you're still doing things that your actual self would do. Prior to his appearances in The Last Kingdom, Tom Hardy's Taboo, and more, Taylor attended The Secret Stage School in Camberley — a school he later dropped out of back in 2013. Television and film actor who is widely recognized for his portrayal of Tom Foster on the 2015 series Doctor Foster.

Us begins on Sunday, September 20 at 9 p.m. on BBC One. He made an uncredited appearance on the 2017 FX drama Taboo, which starred Tom Hardy. I've never played a villain; I've played a bully but it wasn't super dark. Tom Taylor (born 29 November 1978) is a #1 New York Times bestselling comic book author, playwright and screenwriter. Popular American star of silent and early sound Westerns and serials. Thomas began his television career in 1990, playing the role of Kevin Brady, the son of Greg Brady, on The Bradys, a spin-off of the 1970s TV show The Brady Bunch. Penned by David Nicholls, the esteemed author of Starter for Ten and One Day; Taylor plays the role of Albie, a son caught between parents during their marital breakdown ahead of a major family road-trip across Europe. I thought, I'm not doing that! Looking for some great streaming picks? That same year, he was cast as Randy Taylor on ABC's sitcom Home Improvement. We were just laughing the whole time; there's so many behind the scenes photos of me like this [mimes laughing hysterically] because he was just cracking me up. The actor plays Albie in a brand new BBC drama. Cheese is so great!" Most of the films I used to watch would be the stuff my Dad put on. LOVE: Aside from the projects you've got going on at the moment, where do you see yourself in ten years time? Elba and Taylor will star in the TV show’s framing device and a new actor will be cast to play a younger version of Roland. However, before they've even begun packing their bags, Connie drops the bombshell that she wants a divorce, prompting David to try and win back her love throughout their dysfunctional family holiday. TT: It wasn't so much what they said, it was more watching and learning from them. After being informed about an agent visiting the drama school, Tom returned to audition for the agent, leading to his first professional screen role.

TT: I hope to get my teeth straightened. The Dark Tower! TT: Yeah [laughs]. [1], Taylor won the role of Jake Chambers in March 2016, after a worldwide casting. LOVE: What was one of your favourite things about working on Us?TT: Normally when I do a job, I'm always the youngest on set. LOVE: Were there any films that inspired you to want to act? LOVE: What's been your biggest 'pinch me' moment so far? But who is Tom Taylor, the actor who plays Albie in Us? Tom Taylor, Actor: The Dark Tower. You know those sleep paralysis moments that you hear of? TT: So I went to a normal school; the drama school was a two-hour workshop thing where we'd do termly performances for the parents. Publicity Listings LOVE: No, go on! But then my Mum told me to do it. I think my Mum and Dad sent me there at the time as an excuse to kick us out of the house because we were so hectic on weekends when we weren't at school.