Benedict Taylor

This article is about the British actor. For other people with similar names, see Ben Taylor (disambiguation).

Benedict Taylor
File:Benedict Taylor 2010.jpg Taylor in 2010
Born	Benedict Sean Taylor (1960-04-18) 18 April 1960 Hampstead, London, England
Occupation(s)	Actor, former child actor
Spouse	Kate Taylor
Children	3

File:Benedict Taylor 1969.jpg

Benedict Taylor 1969

Benedict Sean Taylor (born 18 April 1960) is a British actor.

Taylor was born in Hampstead, London, the eldest of six children of father, Richard, a documentary film maker and Allegra, a writer. Taylor lived in Nigeria until 1965 and then was brought up in London.

Now based near Hampton Court in West London, Taylor is married to Kate, an editor. They have three children; Jay, Freya, and Kalila.

Taylor started working as a child actor in 1969 with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He concentrated solely on acting and voice-overs until 1985. He has since expanded his creative interests to include event production, music, musical production, DJ work and documentary film making.

Selected filmography

• The Turn of the Screw (1974, TV Movie) - Timothy
• The Watcher in the Woods (1980) - Mike Fleming
• Barriers (1981-1982, TV Series) - Billy Stanyon
• Beau Geste (1982, TV Mini-Series) - Michael 'Beau' Geste
• A Flame to the Phoenix (1983) - Max Kurowicki
• The Far Pavilions (1984, TV Mini-Series) - Wally
• The Last Days of Pompeii (1984, TV Mini-Series) - Antonius
• The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984, TV Mini-Series) - Edwin Flack
• Black Arrow (1985, TV Movie) - Richard
• The Corsican Brothers (1985, TV Movie) - Georges Du Caillaud
• My Brother Jonathan (1985, TV Series) - Harold Dakers
• Thirteen at Dinner (1985, TV Movie) - Donald Ross
• Behind Enemy Lines (1985, TV Movie) - Simon
• Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986) - Peter
• Vanity Fair (1987, TV Series) - George Osborne
• A Perfect Spy (1987, TV Mini-Series) - Magnus Pym
• Bergerac (1989, TV Series) - Toby Lemaire
• Duel of Hearts (1991, TV Movie) - Lord Vane Brecon
• An Actor's Life for Me (1991, TV Series) - Sebastian Groom
• The Darling Buds of May (1992, TV Series) - Pieter
• Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992, TV Movie) - Prince Andrew
• Jewels (1992, TV Mini-Series) - Julian
• The 10 Percenters (1993, TV Series) - Atin
• Sharpe's Regiment (1996, TV Series) - Col. William Lawford
• Monk Dawson (1998) - Bobby Winterman
• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) - Fighter Pilot Bravo 2
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999) - Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (archive footage)
• Notes on a Scandal (2006) - Eddie
• Trial & Retribution (2008, TV Series) - Jonathan Carlisle
• Breaking Into Tesco (2008, TV Series)
• Breathe: Act One (2009, Short) - John Franks
• Wallander (2010, TV Series) - Jurgen Nordfeldt
• Perfect Life (2010) - Bristor
• Gone (2014, Short) - Professor Thomas Verschwunden
• Unforgotten (2015, TV Series) - Mark Bennett
• Hippopotamus (2017) - Chauffeur
• The Watcher In The Woods (2017, TV Movie) - John Keller

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20151011221801/http://benedicttaylor.org/
• http://houseofhoney.org
• [1]
• Benedict Taylor at IMDb