Tom Taylor (born 16 July 2001) is an English actor. He is known for his performance as
Jake Chambers
''The Dark Tower'' is a series of eight novels written by American author Stephen King, which incorporate multiple genres including fantasy, science fantasy, horror and western. Below are ''The Dark Tower'' characters that come into play as the ...
in ''
The Dark Tower'' and Tom Foster in the
BBC One
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hit drama ''
Doctor Foster''.
Life and career
Taylor was born on 16 July 2001. He is from
Surrey
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.
He stopped attending drama school in 2013 until his former teacher, Rachel Bell of The Secret Stage School in
Camberley
Camberley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately south-west of Central London. The town is in the far west of the county, close to the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire. Once part of Windsor Forest, Cambe ...
, told him an agent was coming to the school for interviews. Taylor went to audition, was signed with his first agent and went on to star in ''
The Last Kingdom
''The Last Kingdom'' is the first historical novel in The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell, published in 2004. This story introduces Uhtred of Bebbanburg, a Saxon noble who is kidnapped by Danish Vikings as a young child and is assimilated ...
'' and ''
Doctor Foster'' for the
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Taylor won the role of Jake Chambers in ''The Dark Tower'' in March 2016, after a worldwide casting.
.
However, the production of that TV series
will be a reboot with no connection to the film due to its financial and critical result.