Benedict Taylor
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Born | Benedict Sean Taylor 18 April 1960 |
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse | Kate Taylor |
Children | 3 |
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.
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 appeared as Nicholas Lillie in the Tales of the Unexpected episode (9/5) "The Facts of Life" (1988).
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) - ('Stranger at the Gates', episode)- Pieter
- Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992, TV Movie) - Prince Andrew, Duke of York
- 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
- The Hippopotamus (2017) - Chauffeur
- The Watcher In The Woods (2017, TV Movie) - John Keller
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