Taylor Daniel Lautner (born February 11, 1992) 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 door the American Sports Karate Association. Lautner soon thereafter began his acting career, appearing in bit roles in comedy series such as The Bernie Mac toon (2003) and My Wife and Kids (2004), before having voice roles in televisie series like What’s New, Scooby-Doo? (2005) and Danny Phantom (2005). In 2005, he appeared in the film, Cheaper door 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 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 seconde 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.
Early life
Lautner was born on February 11, 1992 in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Deborah and Daniel Lautner. His mother works for a software development company, while his father is a Midwest Airlines pilot. He has one younger sister named Makena. Raised as a Roman Catholic, Lautner is of mixed German, French, and Dutch heritage, and has “distant” Native American ancestry (specifically Ottawa and Potawatomi) through his mother. Lautner grew up in Hudsonville, Michigan, a suburb of Grand Rapids.
He took his first karate class at the age of six. A jaar later, he attended his national karate tournament in Louisville, Kentucky, where he met Michael Chaturantabut, the founder of “extreme martial arts”. Chat invited Lautner to a camp he held at universiteit of California, Los Angeles. Lautner trained with Chat for several years, earning his black riem door the age of eight, and winning several junior world championships. He appeared in an ISKA karate event televised on ESPN in 2003 that was later lampooned on the sports-comedy toon Cheap Seats that first aired in 2006.
Chat, who once portrayed the Blue Ranger in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, suggested to Lautner that he take up acting. For a few years, the Lautners flew from Michigan to Los Angeles for auditions when his talent agency called, and returned to Grand Rapids for school sometimes the same day. Lautner balanced karate and acting with being on the football and baseball teams at his school, and taking up jazz and hip-hop dance. After that became tiring, Lautner and his family decided to verplaats to California for a month, to try it out, before moving to Santa Clarita, California permanently in 2002.
Career
2001–07: Early career
In his first months after moving to Los Angeles, Lautner appeared in small televisie roles, small film roles, and ads and commercials. In 2001, Lautner first appeared in the made-for-television film, Shadow Fury. He then got a voice-over job in a commercial for Rugrats Go Wild. He then appeared in small televisie parts on The Bernie Mac Show, My Wife and Kids, and Summerland. Lautner then earned voice-over roles in animated series such as Danny Phantom, eend Dodgers, and What’s New, Scooby-Doo?. In 2005, he had a role as Elliot Murtaugh in the comedy film Cheaper door the Dozen 2. The same year, he earned his first breakout role, starring in the film, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D . Lautner spent three months on location in Austin, Texas, to film the movie, which was received with negative reviews from critics, and was a minor international success. However, Lautner was nominated at the 2006 Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a Feature Film door a Leading Actor. For the film, Lautner choreographed all of his fight scenes after director Robert Rodríguez learned of his extensive martial arts training. Months later, he was cast as Eliot Murtaugh in Cheaper door the Dozen 2, which was panned door critics, being named one of the “Worst Films of the 2000s” door Rotten Tomatoes. After returning from Canada filming the latter movie, Lautner zei he realized his newfound fame, from Sharkboy and Lavagirl. In 2008 he appeared in the toon Love Inc. and the TV special He’s a Bully, Charlie Brown. Two years Later, Lautner appeared in a lead role in the short-lived NBC drama, My Own Worst Enemy, portraying Christian Slater’s son, Jack Spivey. Rolling Stone coined his early roles as either “the populair kid, jock, of bully.”
Lautner got his big break when he was cast as Jacob Black in 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 seconde 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.
Early life
Lautner was born on February 11, 1992 in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Deborah and Daniel Lautner. His mother works for a software development company, while his father is a Midwest Airlines pilot. He has one younger sister named Makena. Raised as a Roman Catholic, Lautner is of mixed German, French, and Dutch heritage, and has “distant” Native American ancestry (specifically Ottawa and Potawatomi) through his mother. Lautner grew up in Hudsonville, Michigan, a suburb of Grand Rapids.
He took his first karate class at the age of six. A jaar later, he attended his national karate tournament in Louisville, Kentucky, where he met Michael Chaturantabut, the founder of “extreme martial arts”. Chat invited Lautner to a camp he held at universiteit of California, Los Angeles. Lautner trained with Chat for several years, earning his black riem door the age of eight, and winning several junior world championships. He appeared in an ISKA karate event televised on ESPN in 2003 that was later lampooned on the sports-comedy toon Cheap Seats that first aired in 2006.
Chat, who once portrayed the Blue Ranger in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, suggested to Lautner that he take up acting. For a few years, the Lautners flew from Michigan to Los Angeles for auditions when his talent agency called, and returned to Grand Rapids for school sometimes the same day. Lautner balanced karate and acting with being on the football and baseball teams at his school, and taking up jazz and hip-hop dance. After that became tiring, Lautner and his family decided to verplaats to California for a month, to try it out, before moving to Santa Clarita, California permanently in 2002.
Career
2001–07: Early career
In his first months after moving to Los Angeles, Lautner appeared in small televisie roles, small film roles, and ads and commercials. In 2001, Lautner first appeared in the made-for-television film, Shadow Fury. He then got a voice-over job in a commercial for Rugrats Go Wild. He then appeared in small televisie parts on The Bernie Mac Show, My Wife and Kids, and Summerland. Lautner then earned voice-over roles in animated series such as Danny Phantom, eend Dodgers, and What’s New, Scooby-Doo?. In 2005, he had a role as Elliot Murtaugh in the comedy film Cheaper door the Dozen 2. The same year, he earned his first breakout role, starring in the film, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D . Lautner spent three months on location in Austin, Texas, to film the movie, which was received with negative reviews from critics, and was a minor international success. However, Lautner was nominated at the 2006 Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a Feature Film door a Leading Actor. For the film, Lautner choreographed all of his fight scenes after director Robert Rodríguez learned of his extensive martial arts training. Months later, he was cast as Eliot Murtaugh in Cheaper door the Dozen 2, which was panned door critics, being named one of the “Worst Films of the 2000s” door Rotten Tomatoes. After returning from Canada filming the latter movie, Lautner zei he realized his newfound fame, from Sharkboy and Lavagirl. In 2008 he appeared in the toon Love Inc. and the TV special He’s a Bully, Charlie Brown. Two years Later, Lautner appeared in a lead role in the short-lived NBC drama, My Own Worst Enemy, portraying Christian Slater’s son, Jack Spivey. Rolling Stone coined his early roles as either “the populair kid, jock, of bully.”
