Scott Taylor (actor)

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Scott Anthony Taylor (born October 6, 1982) is an English actor.

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Acting career

Taylor's acting career started with a role in the 2000 Christmas special of ITV1's Heartbeat of which The Royal is a spin-off. He played Noel Stringer, the bank manager's son, who was kidnapped.

An appearance in three episodes of Coronation Street followed where he played university student Stuart Fergus, a school friend of Todd Grimshaw, who encouraged Todd to become a student.

Taylor soon moved to Birmingham to play Tom Bradley, a paranoid schizophrenic, in the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors .

Prior to his present role Taylor played Harchester United midfielder Danny Rawsthorne, for two series, in the Sky One drama Dream Team . He appeared as the ambulance driver Frankie Robinson in the ITV1 drama series The Royal .

Scott has also recently played a role of Peter Sutherland on Waterloo Road .

He starred in hit BBC Three sketch show Scallywagga . [1]

In January 2011 Scott joined the cast of Emmerdale as Joe Chappell. [2]

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References

  1. "Scally Sally's comedy roots". Manchester Evening News . 19 April 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  2. Gill, Emma (22 September 2017). "Actor turned paramedic swaps sides at charity game for We Love Manchester". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 11 September 2019.