Noah Taylor (full name Noah George Taylor) is an Australian actor and musician. He began his creative career with performances on the theater stage during his school years. Taylor first appeared on screen in 1986. Viewers know him from his films: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Edge of the Future, Peaky Blinders, The Preacher, Game of Thrones.
Taylor's creative biography includes more than seventy roles in television and film projects. For several years he played on the stage of the Youth Theater of St. Martin. He also writes music, sings beautifully, and paints in his free time.
Biography facts
The boy was born in England in the fall of 1969. His parents were journalists by education, worked in a local publishing house. My father is a copywriter, and my mother is an editor. The family moved from place to place several times. First they lived in London, then went to New Zealand, and later, when Noah was already five years old, settled in Australia.
Taylor's parents divorced when the boy was in school. At the age of sixteen, Noah left home and began earning his own living on his own.
Taylor studied acting at college at the University of Melbourne. Already in his student years, he began to take part in performances of the Youth Theater on weekends.
Noah never dreamed of an acting career. It was important for him to deal with his shyness. And the stage helped him in this. After a while, the young man was so carried away by the theater that he could no longer imagine his future life without creativity.
There was a difficult period in Noah's life when he lost his closest friend. The young people went to the Australian capital and were going to travel by train. As they stood on the platform, suddenly Noah's friend threw himself onto the tracks and died right before his eyes.
The event shocked Noah so much that he could not recover for a long time. He was haunted by the image of a deceased comrade and a sense of guilt for not preventing the tragedy. Being depressed, Noah could not continue performing. Only after some time did he manage to restore his condition and return to creativity.
Film career
In 1986, the young and talented actor was noticed by representatives of the film industry and invited to the main role in the melodrama "The Year When My Voice Broken". The picture told about the first love and relationships of growing up young people living in a small town and acquaintances from childhood. Noah did an excellent job with the role, receiving well-deserved recognition from the audience and high marks from film critics.
A few years later, Taylor took part in the sequel to the film. The new project was called "Flirt" and was released in 1991. As in the previous version of the film, Taylor played the main role. The picture was again highly appreciated by viewers and film critics.
After the first successful work in cinema, Noah began to receive new invitations from directors, who saw in him a very extraordinary actor with an atypical appearance.
In Glitter, Taylor played the young pianist of genius David Helfgott. The film is based on the story of a young man who dreams of a musical career and lives next to an oppressive father who does not allow him to do what he loves. Overcoming difficulties, hardships and difficult times, the young man goes to his goal and becomes a great musician who conquered the whole world.
Noah played a young David Helfgott in the film. The image of an already mature musician was performed by the famous actor Geoffrey Rush. For this role, Taylor received a film festival award and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. The film itself was nominated seven times for an Oscar.
In the further career of the actor, there were many excellent roles in television and film projects: "Max", "Vanilla Sky", "Intimate Dictionary", "Lecture 21", "Submarine", "Rake", "Game of Thrones", "Peaky Blinders", Time Patrol, Edge of Tomorrow, Skyscraper, Hannah.
In addition to working in films, Noah is a professional musician. In the 1990s, he performed with The Honky Tonk Angels, and later formed his own musical group.
Personal life
In 2012, Taylor became the husband of Australian designer and fashion designer Dionne Harris.
Noah lives with his family in England. He devotes his free time to music and drawing. Sometimes Taylor gives concerts for his close circle, playing guitar and piano and performing his own songs.
