Taylor Lautner

Taylor Daniel Lautner born February 11 1992 is an American actor and model He is best known for playing shapeshifter Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga film series Lautner began his acting career playing bit parts in comedy series such as The Bernie Mac Show 2003 and My Wife and Kids 2004 before having voice roles in television series like Whats New ScoobyDoo 2005 and Danny Phantom 2005 In 2005 he appeared in the film Cheaper by the Dozen 2 and starred in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D He also starred in the 2011 action film Abduction From 2014 to 2018 Lautner starred in the BBC sitcom Cuckoo as the son of the titular character In 2016 he played a leading role Dr Cassidy Cascade in the second season of FOX black comedy series Scream Queens The late 2000s saw Lautner become a teen idol and sex symbol after extensively changing his physique to keep the role of Jacob Black in further Twilight installments and generating media attention for his looks In 2010 he was ranked second on Glamours The 50 Sexiest Men of 2010 list and fourth on Peoples Most Amazing Bodies list Also in the same year Lautner was named the highestpaid teenage actor in Hollywood