Background
Taylor was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia.
Taylor was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia.
On television he is best known for his lead role in the A&East television series Longmire. On film he is best known for playing Agent Jones in The Matrix. Also starred in the 2000 movie (Vertical Limit).
As a teenager he worked as a miner.
He had several jobs after that, including lifeguard and bouncer, and went to university three times. At 21 he went to work on an oil rig in the Indian Ocean.
Taylor was left with a broken arm and ribs after his ship collided with another and sank off the west coast of Australia. Taylor and two crew mates escaped on a lifeboat.
Whilst recovering in hospital he saw an ad for auditions for drama school in Perth, at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
At the age of 24, he joined WAAPA after a successful audition. Taylor started acting professionally in 1988 after graduating from WAAPA. His first major role was in 1989 as Nicholas Walsh in the Australian television soap Home and Away. His first lead role came in 1993 when he was cast as David Griffin in the Australian mini series The Feds.
He then appeared in various guest roles and on television movies in Australia, such as Blue Heelers and Stingers, often being cast as a police officer
Taylor"s big break in Hollywood came when he was cast as the shapeshifting Agent Jones in the 1999 blockbuster The Matrix. In 2000 he starred alongside Chris O"Donnell in the action thriller Vertical Limit.
His other film credits include The Hard Word (2002), Storm Warning (2007), Rogue (2007) and Coffin Rock (2009). In 2000 Taylor took on role of Father Vincent Sheehan in Ballykissangel, a British television drama set in Ireland.
His television credits after that include MDA (2002), Satisfaction (2010), Cops London Athletic Club (2010) and Killing Time (2011).
In 2011 Taylor was chosen for the lead role in A&East"s new crime drama series Longmire.