Taylor Daniel Lautner

Another young man added to the list of famous martial arts movie actors in Hollywood is Taylor Daniel Lautner. Taylor was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on February 11, 1992 to parents, Deborah who works for a software development company and Daniel an airline pilot. He and his younger sister Makena, were then raised in Hudsonville, Michigan and are of Dutch, French, and German descent, but also claim some Native American ancestry, which offers a connection to the character he plays on the Twilight series.
Taylor started studying martial arts at the age of six. Skills acquired have gotten him into top and ranked as number one in the world for NASKA’s Black Belt Open Forms, Musical Weapons, Traditional Weapons and Traditional Forms. Hence, at the age of 12, he won the Junior World Championship. Lautner once showed off his martial art skills on an episode of “America's Most Talented Kids”.
Taylor Lautner undoubtedly become one of the most famous, talented, and successful young Hollywood actors. His first TV appearance was on 2001 in the film “Shadow Fury”. Thereafter, he appeared in television series like “The Bernie Mac Show”, “My Wife & the Kids”, “Summerland” before landing his breakthrough role in 2005 at the age of 13 as shark boy in the film “The Adventure of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D” which he utilized martial arts skills. The same year, Taylor also appeared in the film “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” portraying the role of Eliot Murtaugh.
Not long enough, Taylor finds himself playing an iconic and challenging role of a werewolf hunk Jacob Black in the record breaking blockbuster hit series “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer . He continued to branch out into other roles and films such as the star studded romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day” and the action-packed thriller “Abduction”.