Jackson Taylor

Jackson Taylor (full name: Jackson Theodore Routley McDowell Taylor, born 5 March, 1987 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an actor from New Zealand and as of 2009 is living and acting in Hollywood, California. Jackson is also a trained singer in jazz, opera, classical and Broadway and trained with the Queen's Honorary Music Coach 'Maureen Potter' Jackson grew up in Taupo, New Zealand and considers that his hometown even though he trained in Wellington and Auckland. At college in New Zealand he was in the Performing Arts Arena, performing in over 25 productions throughout his 5 years there. He was also a singer and for a few years was a keen dancer, but put dancing aside when in 2004 he enrolled at the New Zealand College Of Performing Arts in Wellington and trained there for 2 years, graduating with a Diploma in Stage and Screen Arts. He then moved to Auckland in 2007 and studied music for six months at UNITEC Institute of Technology, in the Music Department to improve his singing abilities and to perform in several Auckland productions. At the end of 2007 he decided to return to Wellington and complete third year at The New Zealand College of Performing Arts and graduated with a Advanced Diploma in Stage and Screen Arts which is at Degree Level. Jackson had his TV debut on the TV series "Sensing Murder" in 2007 and 2008 in New Zealand and had a thing for competing, acting in two Film Festivals as the Lead Actor in the short film 'Under Control' which screened all around New Zealand, and the short film Thriller/Drama 'Face Value'. He then packed up and moved to Los Angeles, started training straight away at The Hollywood Film Acting Academy with Acting Coaches David 'Shark' Fralick, Andrew Lauer, Cherie Johnson and James DiStefano and as of April 2009 is starting to train with 'A-Lister Acting Coach Aaron Speiser. Jackson made his American TV debut appearing on Cable Tru TV show "Operación Repo" also known as Operation Repo and had worked and acted on the film "Raven" starring Roland Kickinger and Steven Bauer. In Recent years Jackson has continued to act and now he is in the Modeling World and making a name for himself and soon will be moving to London to continue his acting and modeling career