Jeremy Lindsay Taylor

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Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
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Born (1973-09-19) 19 September 1973 (age 49)
Sydney, Australia
Education Newington College
University of Newcastle
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present

Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (born Sydney, 19 September 1973) is an Australian actor. [1]

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Education

He finished his education at Newington College in 1991 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a major in drama and sociology, from the University of Newcastle. He was a first grade cricketer and Rugby player at school. He was considered to be one of Newington College's finest medium pace seamers of all time.

Acting career

He is known for his long-running role as Kurt Peterson in Heartbreak High . Since then he has appeared in Something in the Air , McLeod's Daughters , Stingers and Blue Heelers . In 2006, he guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure The Reaping . Taylor appeared in the feature films Tom White and Em4Jay and Bad Bush . His theatre credits include the Melbourne Theatre Company's Take Me Out . In 2007, Taylor co-starred with Lisa McCune, Ian Stenlake, Saskia Burmeister, John Batchelor, Matt Holmes, Jay Ryan, Kristian Schmid, Kirsty Lee Allan, and David Lyons in the hit Australian drama Sea Patrol . He portrayed Petty Officer Pete Tomaszewski ("Buffer") in 39 episodes from 2007–2009. [2] Taylor joined the cast of Canal Road in Series 1, Episode 9 as Cain Harvey in 2008. In 2009, he appeared the UK.TV mini-series False Witness . He starred in Underbelly: Razor on the Nine Network and in Network Ten's Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms. In 2012, Taylor starred in Network Ten's Australian coming of age series Puberty Blues as Martin Vickers [3] and he returned to the show for a second series in 2014. [4] In 2013 he appeared in HBO Asia's Serangoon Road. It was announced in August 2015 that he would play new character detective Dylan Carter in a recurring role on the Seven Network soap opera Home and Away. He began appearing on Home and Away from the twenty-ninth season in 2016. He reprised his role as Kurt Peterson in the 2022 Netflix reboot of Heartbreak High.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004HookedMichael McCreadyShort
2008FadeRyanShort
2009 Bad Bush Turps
2009Dead BoringTommy ZeitgeistShort
2015Second HandHarveyShort
2016The RavensPhilShort
2017Wild Squad AdventuresDadShort
2017 Rip Tide Caleb
2020The GhoulThe GhoulShort, post-production
2020 The Dry Erik Falk
2021 Sequin in a Blue Room Dad
2023 Force of Nature: The Dry 2 Erik Falk
2023TransfusionJim Wods

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Heartbreak High Kurt PetersonRegular role
1999 Stingers Rory Baines"Unnatural Justice"
2000-02 Something in the Air Ryan CassidyMain role
2002 The Secret Life of Us Hooper"Walpurgisnacht"
2002 Marshall Law Grant"Pleasure and Pain"
2002-03 Blue Heelers Ian Bolger / Damian Nesbitt"Buddies", "Love In"
2003 Stingers Gus Abernathy"Your Cheating Heart"
2003 CrashBurn Karl"The Domino Theory of Rubbish"
2004 McLeod's Daughters Jack"Jack of All Shades"
2004-05 Blue Heelers Ryan Dekker"Tit for Tat", "Crash Site", "Vengeance"
2007-09 Sea Patrol Petty Officer Pete Tomaszewski Main role
2008 Canal Road Cain Harvey"1.9"
2009 False Witness Mark WilsonTV miniseries
2009 The Cut Ritchie Bower"A Falcon's Tail"
2009 Rescue: Special Ops Flynn"1.10"
2010 Cops L.A.C. Daker Simms"Old Love"
2011 City Homicide Dane MajorsRecurring role
2011 Underbelly: Razor Norman BruhnRecurring role
2011 Wild Boys Allan Brady"1.6"
2012 Dance Academy Joe"The Break"
2012 Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms Leroy5
2012-14 Puberty Blues Martin VickersMain role
2013 Serangoon Road Frank SimpsonMain role
2015 House of Hancock Kevin Dalby"1.1"
2015 Gallipoli Capt. Taylor"The First Day"
2015 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Stanley Burrows"Game, Set & Murder"
2016–2019 Home and Away Dylan Carter Recurring role
2016 Barracuda NealTV miniseries
2016 Love Child LeonRecurring role
2016 Deep Water Oscar TaylorTV miniseries
2016 Hyde & Seek Andrew MillsMain role
2017 Newton's Law Andrew Devries"Control Theory"
2017 Offspring DanRecurring role
2018 Romper Stomper Marco De LucaRecurring role
2018-2020 Playing for Keeps Brian RickardsMain role
2019 The Family Law PeteGuest role
2019Reef BreakDylan Sawyer2 episodes
2022 Heartbreak High Kurt Peterson1 episode
2022BumpChris1 episode
2023The Claremont MurdersSteve Kirby1 episode

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