Humphries was born in Washington District of Columbia After receiving several football scholarship offers to various schools, including San Diego State University and his father"s alma mater, University of Michigan, the former high school Quarterback ended up a starting wide receiver for Hampton University, due to an injury to his throwing shoulder.
Humphries spent his second year of high school at John F. Kennedy High School, yet graduated from Beverly Hills High School and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre/Film from Hampton University in Virginia.
And raised in Los Angeles and District of Columbia Humphries concurrently starred as the leads in the Office-Broadway plays The Emperor Jones and The Amen Corner written by James Baldwin. Taylor"s first appearance on television was as Petty Officer Smith on the Columbia Broadcasting System drama Judge Advocate General. Humphries started his career as a production assistant on the Columbia Broadcasting System show Judge Advocate General. He quickly became familiar with his surroundings and in less than a year had earned a co-starring role. Having learned the inner workings of a successful production, he went on to produce the underground and hit feature film, CAKE, about the gritty lives of Los Angeles Drug Dealers.
He has been in front of and behind the camera his entire career.
He garnered critical reviews for his portrayal of Dick Jensen in Theatre Palisades premiere of The Best Manitoba He has also written and produced television shows such as The Locator on WE tv, Chain Reaction on Game Show Network and Sport Science (television series) on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. Taylor"s athleticism put him back in front of the camera for Sport Science, where he donned football gear, ran routes and caught passes from Ben Roethlisberger and Matt Leinart.
He has written and produced songs that have aired on various television shows including Keeping Up with the Kardashians, America"s Next Top Model, Doctor 90210. In 2011, he created and wrote several shows for National Broadcasting Company Digital Studios.
In 2012, he directed portions of the FOX Fall Preview for the Fox Broadcasting Company.
In 2013, he wrote, directed, produced and starred in the short film Tyler"s War, was a writer for The Numbers Game on National Geographic and a showrunner for a television gameshow pilot titled Secrets & Lies for East! Entertainment Television, Limited Liability Company. In 2014, he was brought on as a Consulting Producer by Comcast/National Broadcasting Company/Universal to create more than a dozen formatted shows, while at the same time Company-Executive Producing a game show titled You Don"t Know Blank! for Science (television network). In June of 2014, his feature film script titled Harpers Ferry: The John Brown Story, was featured on the monthly Black List.
