Taylor Handley | |
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Born | Taylor Laurence Handley June 1, 1984 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1998–present |
Spouse | Audra Lynn Handley |
Children | 1 [1] |
Taylor Laurence Handley (born June 1, 1984) is an American actor.
Handley grew up in Santa Barbara, California. With his parents driving him the 90 miles to Los Angeles for auditions and jobs, he worked as a child actor as a young teenager. At age 18, after graduating from high school in Santa Barbara, he moved to Santa Monica and attended Santa Monica City College while continuing to seek acting opportunities. [2]
In 1998, Handley played Rory Buck in the movie Jack Frost . In 2000, Handley starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Phantom of the Megaplex . Handley appeared in three episodes during the last season of Dawson's Creek and guest starred during an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation . In 2003 and 2004, Handley appeared as Oliver Trask in six episodes of the first season of The O.C. In 2005, he starred in Zerophilia , a speculative-fiction romantic comedy exploring gender identity. In 2006, Handley appeared in two films: The Standard and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning . Handley's next film, September Dawn , was released to theaters on August 24, 2007.
Also in 2007, Handley starred as Johnny Miller in the short-lived series Hidden Palms , on The CW.
On April 9, 2009, he guest-starred in the pilot of Southland , playing Wade. He returned as Wade in the second episode of the second season.
Handley also co-starred alongside Dennis Quaid in the series Vegas , playing the character Dixon Lamb.
In 2013, he appeared in the commercial "Greatness Awaits" for the PlayStation 4 console, and in 2020 in the State Farm Insurance commercial "Not the One", in which he played a rejected contestant from a Bachelorette -esque program who is comforted by "Jake from State Farm". [3]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Jack Frost | Rory Buck | |
2005 | Zerophilia | Luke | |
2006 | The Standard | Ryan | |
2006 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | Dean | |
2007 | September Dawn | Micah Samuelson | |
2010 | Skateland | Kenny Crawford | |
2011 | Battle: Los Angeles | LCpl. Corey Simmons | |
2011 | Sink Into You | John D | Short |
2012 | Chasing Mavericks | Sonny | |
2013 | Channeling | Wyatt Maddox | |
2013 | Greatness Awaits | Short | |
2013 | Mentryville | Dean | |
2015 | Toxin | Dean | |
2018 | Bird Box | Jason |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Sons of Thunder | Joseph McNulty | Episode: "Fighting Back" |
1999 | Odd Man Out | Roberto | Episode: "Punch Line" |
2000 | Phantom of the Megaplex | Pete Riley | TV movie |
2001 | Go Fish | Hazard | Main role; 5 episodes |
2002 | Frasier | Trent | Episode: "Juvenilla" |
2002 | NYPD Blue | Nick Bowen | Episode: "Oh, Mama!" |
2002 | Touched By An Angel | Ricky Collette | Episode: "A Rock and a Hard Place" |
2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Max Newman | Episode: "Let the Seller Beware") |
2003 | Becker | Brad | Episode: "Bad to the Bone") |
2003 | Dawson's Creek | Patrick | 3 episodes |
2003 | Then Came Jones | TV Movie | |
2003–04 | The O.C. | Oliver Trask | 6 episodes |
2005 | Blind Justice | Tyler Mills | Episode: "Under the Gun" |
2005 | Cold Case | Steve Jablonski | Episode: "One Night" |
2006 | In from the Night | Bobby | TV Movie |
2007 | CSI: Miami | Travis Peck | Episode: "Born to Kill" |
2007 | Hidden Palms | Johnny Miller | 8 episodes |
2009 | Numb3rs | James Arthur | Episode: "Animal Rites" |
2009 | Southland | Wade | 2 episodes |
2009 | The Cleaner | Travis Nathanson | Episode: "The Turtle & The Butterfly" |
2010 | CSI: NY | Billy Travis | Episode: "Damned If You Do" |
2011 | The Glades | Trey Lancer | Episode: "Moonlighting") |
2011 | Law & Order: LA | Eric Kentner | Episode: "Westwood" |
2012 | Vegas | Dixon Lamb | 21 episodes |
2013 | Horizon | George Howl | TV movie |
2016 | Scorpion | Cody Decker | 2 episodes |
2017 | APB | Officer Roderick Brandt | |
2018 | Imposters | Fluke | Episode: "Fillion Bollar King" |
2019 | Proven Innocent | Ronnie Peterson | Episode: "Cross to Bear" |
2019 | The I-Land | Jordan | Mini series; 1 episode |
2019 | Hawaii Five-O | Agent Coen | Episode: "Ka 'i'o" |
2021 | Animal Kingdom | Liam | 2 episodes |
2021– | Mayor of Kingstown | Kyle McLusky | Main cast |
2023 | Magnum P.I. | Tate Walker | Episode: "Consciousness of Guilt" |
2024 | Griselda | Detective Bill |
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