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Taylor Abrahamse | |
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 Abrahamse in 2015 | |
| Born | Taylor Lawrence Abrahamse May 7, 1991 |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
Taylor Lawrence Abrahamse (born May 7, 1991) is a Canadian voice actor, most known for his music, Fangbone! , The Stanley Dynamic , Doc , D.N. Ace , and Norman Picklestripes .
After begging his parents for an agent at the age of six, he began landing numerous commercials in TV & radio, as well as print. Soon, this transitioned over into supporting TV movie & series roles, including Jimmy Osmond in the ABC biopic Inside the Osmonds , & Eliott in PAX TV's Doc , a series starring Billy Ray Cyrus for which Taylor was nominated for a Young Actor's Award for 'Best Performance In A Supporting Role'. Taylor also played Cinco, in the Ross Petty pantomime Snow White & The Group Of Seven, acting and singing alongside Canadian Idols including Ryan Malcolm & Billy Klippert, and Glass Tiger frontman Alan Frew.
At the age of 12, after receiving an Elton John songbook, Taylor became obsessed with singing & songwriting.[ citation needed ] As a teenager, Taylor was a Top 40 finalist on Canadian Idol .[ citation needed ] In the years that followed, he continued to write music as a solo artist and for others.[ citation needed ] Taylor also has had various independent 'demo' releases, and for a time, an 'Abra-vault' on his website that housed thousands of other demos, dictations, reflections, videos, lyrics & more. After a spontaneous performance at a music conference, Taylor was discovered by Jimi Hendrix producer Eddie Kramer, who insisted on working with Taylor.[ citation needed ] That album, produced by Kramer with additional production by Taylor, was released in 2020. The lead single "I Won't Put Up With It", features a music video largely edited & directed by Taylor along with other projects. On the strength of the album, Taylor opened for "Hawksley Workman" won the Kerrville Newfolk Songwriting Contest, and has since toured various times through the US and Canada.
Taylor also wrote the music & lyrics for The Beaver Den: A New Canadian Musical,[ citation needed ] is the co-owner/operator of Silverthorn Studios,[ citation needed ] a professional recording facility in Toronto, co-creator/manager of The Song Creation Workshop,[ citation needed ] and contributor to the workshop's best-selling book The Song Creation Formula.[ citation needed ]
Taylor's voice can be heard around the world in a variety of television properties, such as the lead character in the self-titled series Fangbone! (Disney XD), which after a multi-award-winning pilot episode, began airing worldwide in 2016, and also features a theme song written by Taylor and performed by Peter Driemanis of Juno-winning group July Talk. Taylor can also be heard as Luke Stanley in YTV's The Stanley Dynamic (Nelvana/Amaze), which lasted for two seasons, [1] a series that required Taylor on-set four to five days a week to bring the animated character to life through his body as well as his voice.
Other notable voice roles include Luis in The Future Is Wild (Discovery Kids), Yuki in Beyblade: Metal Fury (Cartoon Network), and Jonas in Bob! The Slob (Teletoon), in addition to many supporting roles in series such as The Cat In The Hat, Total Dramarama and Looped!. Since 2019, he and Bryn McAuley voice the gophers in Norman Picklestripes (Universal Kids) alongside Dwayne Hill as the main character. In 2020, Taylor was nominated for an ACTRA Award for his performance as leading character Huxley Plunderman in D.N.Ace.[ citation needed ]
His newest music release, Live In Lockdown Vol 1, was one of many projects Taylor recorded during a tumultuous farewell to Silverthorn Studios, a community recording studio he co-founded and fought to the point of severe exhaustion trying to save. The studio is hopeful to re-open in partnership with Toronto listening staple Hugh's Room Live in the coming years.
He has written musicals, and writes regularly with artists & songwriters emerging and established, including multi-platinum writers Jeff Franzel (N'Sync, Josh Groban) and Liz Rodrigues (Celine Dion, Eminem). He has also written & performed music for many projects including the feature film About Fate starring Emma Roberts, Superwish (Teletoon), and Fangbone! (Disney XD), one of many animated TV series in which Taylor also stars and/or plays supporting characters. His original songs & productions for online media such as Super Planet Dolan, Gardenkeeper Gus & Corus Entertainment have been heard over 21 million times.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | Canada: A People's History | Maurice Stanley | 1 Episode |
| 1998 | Power Play | Andy Simpson | 2 Episodes |
| 2000 | Inside The Osmonds | Jimmy Osmond | ABC Movie Of The Week |
| 2001 | Crossing The Line | Supporting Role | Movie Of The Week |
| 2001 | Hedwig & The Angry Inch | Singing Boy | Feature Film |
| 2001–2004 | Doc | Eliott | PAX TV |
| 2006 | Runaway | Supporting Role | CW Network |
| 2006 | Hockey: A People's History | Young Gordie Howe | 1 Episode |
| 2007–2008 | The Future Is Wild | Luis Calabasas (Lead) | 26 Episodes/Other Media |
| 2012–13 | Beyblade: Metal Fury | Yuki (Lead)/Others | 39 Episodes |
| 2014 | Beyraiderz | Atsushi (Guest Lead)/Others | 3 Episodes |
| 2014 | Gus From Space! | Gus (Lead) | In-house pilot |
| 2015–17 | The Stanley Dynamic | Luke Stanley (Lead) | 52x22 Episodes/Other Media |
| 2015–2017 | Super Planet Dolan | Various Characters | 10 Webisodes/12+ Songs |
| 2015 | Bob The Slob! | Jonas (Lead) | 4 episodes |
| 2016–17 | George Of The Jungle | Cuspid (Supporting)/Others | 14 Episodes/Other Media |
| 2014–17 | Fangbone! | Fangbone (Lead)/Others | 52 Episodes/Pilot/Other Media/Theme Song Writer |
| 2016 | Looped! | Mel (Guest Lead)/Others | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | 3 Amigonauts | Nosh/Alien Trucker | 2 Episodes |
| 2019 | The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That! | Tagaloop | 1 Episode (Guest Lead) |
| 2019 | Lootbag | Zander (lead) | In-house pilot |
| 2020 | Intergalactic Funk Knights | Battlecat (lead) | In-house pilot |
| 2018–20 | Top Wing | Rocco/Chomps | 12 episodes, recurring roles. Chomps in season 1, then Rocco in season 2. |
| 2020 | Total Dramarama | Wendel | 1 episode (Guest Star) |
| 2019–2020 | Treehouse Toon Bops | Various characters | Various shorts |
| 2019–2021 | D.N. Ace | Huxley Plunderman/Others | 70 episodes/other media. Main voice role, supporting roles Ezekiel Plunderman & Cobratot |
| 2019–2020 | Norman Picklestripes | Gopher 1 | Recurring role 50 episodes with Bryn McAuley as a gopher 2. Frequent background harmonies as well. |
| 2021–2022 | Superwish | Various Characters | Also, songwriter & producer for 'The Very Best Gift' & 'Apple Dance' |
| 2023 | Super Why Comic Book Adventures (PBS) | Outta Space | 4 Episodes |
| 2023–present | Bakugan Battle Brawlers | Pen-G/Lil' Jasper/Function/Various Others | Many episodes |
| 2024 | Blues Clues & You! | Upcoming Character | 1 Episode |
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