Lautner grew up in Michigan, where an early passion for martial arts shaped his childhood. He started training in karate around age six and became a competitive martial artist, eventually earning recognition at national and world levels in karate and Xtreme Martial Arts. That discipline and physical training carried into his acting career, which began with television commercials, voice work, and small guest roles on shows such as The Bernie Mac Show.
His move into film came with the family adventure The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005), in which he played Sharkboy, and the comedy sequel Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005). These roles established him as a working young actor, but his breakthrough arrived when he was cast as Jacob Black in Twilight (2008), the adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel. The film's enormous popularity made its cast famous, and Lautner's role expanded dramatically in the sequels The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), Eclipse (2010), and Breaking Dawn - Part 1 and Part 2 (2011 - 2012). His physical transformation for the part and the "Team Jacob" fan rivalry became a pop-culture talking point.
After Twilight, Lautner pursued a range of projects, including the romantic comedy Valentine's Day (2010) and the thriller Abduction (2011). He later appeared in films such as Grown Ups 2 (2013), Tracers (2015), and The Ridiculous 6 (2015), and he took television roles, notably in the BBC sitcom Cuckoo and in Scream Queens. Although he remains most closely associated with the Twilight franchise, he has continued to work in film and television.
In his personal life, Lautner dated singer Taylor Swift briefly in 2009, and he married Taylor "Tay" Dome in 2022. His career is defined less by volume than by the outsized cultural reach of a single blockbuster series that helped shape a generation of young-adult film adaptations.
Taylor Lautner was born on February 11, 1992 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. In Cardology (Destiny Cards), February 11, 1992 corresponds to the Ace of Spades, making the Ace of Spades his Birth Card.
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