Jason Michael Cauchi (born July 11, 1979), known professionally as Jax Taylor, is an American television personality, model, and actor.
He was a series regular on the
Bravo
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reality television
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series ''
Vanderpump Rules
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'' (2013–2020) for eight seasons.
Early life and education
Taylor was born in
Shelby Township, Michigan
Shelby is a civil township of Oceana County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,951 at the 2000 census. The village of Shelby is located within the township.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township ...
on July 11, 1979, to Marie and Ronald Cauchi.
His mother is Australian, and his father was Maltese. He has a sister, Jenny Lynn. He was raised Catholic and attended church until he was 19 years old. In 1998, he graduated from
Eisenhower High School in Shelby Township, Michigan. He attended
Michigan State University
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and community college, but he dropped out of school to enter the
Navy
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.
He was in the Navy for 6 months, 4 days and was trained at a base in
Norfolk, Virginia
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.
Career
Modeling
From 2002 to 2010, Taylor worked as a model in Europe and lived in
Miami
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.
Taylor signed with
Ford Models
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Company
Ford Models was started in 1946 by Eileen ...
in New York City.
He has appeared in several magazines, including ''
Trump Magazine,'' ''
V Man'', ''
GQ Japan'', ''
Men’s Health
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'', ''
Cosmopolitan
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'', ''
944 Magazine
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'', ''
Esquire
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'', ''
Instinct
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'', ''
CosmoGirl
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'' and ''
Out.''
He has also starred in campaigns for
Target
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,
Macy's
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,
JCPenney
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,
Old Navy
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,
Nordstrom
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,
Kohl's
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,
Skechers
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History
Skechers was founded in 1992 by Ro ...
,
Paul Mitchell,
AussieBum,
2(x)ist,
Taco Bell
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and
Abercrombie & Fitch.
In 2018, he resumed his modelling career by starring in a Jack Victor campaign. In 2014, Taylor collaborated with XCALIBUR BRAND to create a shoe and sweater collection. In 2014, Taylor also created a fitness application which lasted just a couple of months before being abandoned.
Television
He started working at
Lisa Vanderpump Lisa or LISA may refer to:
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's restaurants SUR and Villa Blanca, which earned him a spot on the reality television series ''
Vanderpump Rules
''Vanderpump Rules'' is an American reality television series which has been broadcast on Bravo since January 7, 2013. Developed as the first spin-off from '' The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'', it has aired nine seasons and focuses on Lisa ...
'' in 2013, following the lives of the SUR and Villa Blanca servers. Taylor and Brittany Cartwright got their own spin-off television series ''
Vanderpump Rules: Jax & Brittany Take Kentucky'', which followed the couple's visit to Cartwright's hometown in Kentucky. The couple have also appeared in three episodes of ''Vanderpump Rules: Watch with Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor'' (2022–23) on
Peacock
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.
In a May 2023 interview with the ''
Rolling Stone
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'', Taylor confirmed that he had filmed a new reality show titled ''
House of Villains''.
The series premiered on October 12, 2023 on
E!. The show follows ten television villains competing for a $200,000 prize and the title of "America’s Ultimate Supervillain." He was the first contestant to be voted off the competition.
On June 28, 2023, ''
Variety
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'' reported that a ''
Vanderpump Rules
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''
spin-off starring Taylor, Brittany Cartwright and
Kristen Doute was in early development at
Bravo
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. In November 2023, at BravoCon event, ''Vanderpump Rules''
' executive producers announced that Taylor will appear as a guest in the upcoming eleventh season of the show.
Personal life
He began dating Brittany Cartwright in 2015, and she quickly uprooted to LA to join Cauchi on Vanderpump Rules. The show followed their tumultuous relationship amidst cheating scandals and volatile outbursts, before culminating in the made-for-tv wedding. The couple got engaged in
Malibu, California
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on June 7, 2018. The couple wed on June 29, 2019, in Kentucky.
Filmography
Film
Television
Podcasts
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
American actors
21st-century American male actors
American television personalities
Male models from Michigan