Name : Taylor Daniel Lautner
Born : February 11, 1992,
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Lautner began acting due to his karate coach, who had played the
Blue Power Ranger.
He first appeared in the
made-for-television film
Shadow Fury, and subsequently had roles on the series
Summerland,
The Bernie Mac Show, and
My Wife and Kids.
Lautner also appeared in a number of other television shows and movies, including
The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour. He appeared as himself in
America's Most Talented Kids, putting on an exhibition of his
Martial Arts skills. In addition to television, Lautner has been very successful in voice-over work. Lautner has booked a recurring role as Youngblood on the cartoon
Danny Phantom, and has recorded episodes of
What's New, Scooby-Doo? and
He's a Bully, Charlie Brown.
Lautner has also been booked as a series regular on a pilot presentation called
Which Way Is Up?, in addition to voicing the character of Silas in the animated series
Silas and Brittany.
In 2005, Lautner won the role of Shark Boy in the Robert Rodriguez film,
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D.
He spent three months on location in
Austin, Texas filming.
Months later, he successfully auditioned to play Elliot, the son of the Bakers' rivals, in
Cheaper by the Dozen 2.
In October 2008, Lautner played
Christian Slater's son in the television series
My Own Worst Enemy, until the show was canceled after only 9 episodes.
Lautner then played Native American character
Jacob Black in
Twilight, the movie adaptation of
the novel by
Stephenie Meyer.
Due to major physical changes that occur in the character of Jacob Black throughout the series, the director of
Twilight's sequel,
The Twilight Saga: New Moon, considered replacing Lautner with a different actor in the second film.
In an attempt to keep the role, Lautner weight-trained extensively and gained approximately 30 pounds.
Lautner reprised his role as Jacob in
New Moon in 2009 and its sequel
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse in 2010.
In 2010, Lautner appeared in the romantic comedy film
Valentine's Day as Willy Harrinton.
In September 2009, Lautner and
Shakira presented the
Best Female Video award to
Taylor Swift at the
2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
Lautner hosted
Saturday Night Live on December 12, 2009, making him one of the
youngest celebrity hosts in the show's history.
In 2010, at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, Lautner and
Twilight co-star
Kristen Stewart presented a tribute to honor the horror movie genre.
Lautner is currently the highest paid teenage actor,
and
Glamour named him the second sexiest man of 2010.
In 2012, Lautner will star as
Stretch Armstrong in a
3D film about the
eponymous toy
and has been cast in
Cancun, which will center more around his martial arts skills.
Lautner has also been cast in the thriller film
Abduction. The film is directed by
John Singleton, and production began in July 2010
He's cute!i really his big fans!okey,when i looked him at twilight,i was not interested with him.why?cause his hair is too long and its like girl you know?but when i searched twilight in internet i was so suprised.why?he is handsome!at the last i know he was using a wig at twilight.okey ever since that day,I was a fan of him. may also maniac :)