Noah Taylor (full name Noah George Taylor) is an Australian actor and musician. He began his creative career with performances on the theatrical stage as early as his school years. Taylor first appeared on the screen in 1986. Viewers know him from the films: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider", "Edge of the Future", "Sharp Peaks", "Preacher", "Game of Thrones".
Taylor’s creative biography has 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 in his free time he paints.
Facts from the biography
The boy was born in England in the fall of 1969. His parents were journalists by education, worked in a local publishing house. Father is a copywriter, and mom is an editor. The family moved from place to place several times. At 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 to earn his own living.
Taylor studied acting at a college at the University of Melbourne. Already in his student years, he began to take part in the performances of the Youth Theater on weekends.
Noah did not dream of an acting career. It was important for him to cope with his shyness. And the scene helped him in this. After some time, the young man was so carried away by the theater that he could not imagine any further life without creativity.
There was a difficult period in Noah's life when he lost his closest friend. Young people went to the Australian capital and were going to ride the train. When they stood on the platform, suddenly Noah's friend threw himself on the rails 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 to speak. Only after some time he managed 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 was invited to play a major role in the melodrama "The Year When My Voice Broke." The picture told about the first love and relationships of growing up young people who live in a small town and have known since childhood. Noah coped well with the role, having received well-deserved recognition from the audience and high ratings from film critics.
A few years later, Taylor took part in the sequel to the picture. 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 praised by the audience and film critics.
After the first successful work in the cinema, Noah began to receive new invitations from directors who saw him as a very extraordinary actor with an atypical appearance.
In the movie Shine, Taylor played the young brilliant pianist David Helfgott. At the heart of the picture is the story of a young man dreaming of a musical career and living next to a tyrannical father who does not allow him to do what he loves. Overcoming difficulties, hardships and hard times, the young man goes to his goal and becomes a great musician who conquered the whole world.
Noah played in the film of young David Helfgott. The image of an already mature musician was performed by the famous actor Jeffrey Rush. For this role, Taylor received an award at the film festival and a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award. The film itself was nominated for an Oscar seven times.
In the future career of the actor, there were many wonderful roles in television and film projects: “Max”, “Vanilla Sky”, “Intimate Dictionary”, “Lecture 21”, “Submarine”, “Rake”, “Game of Thrones”, “Sharp Peaks” "Patrol of time", "Edge of the future", "Skyscraper", "Hannah".
In addition to working in films, Noah is professionally involved in music. In the 1990s, he performed as a member of The Honky Tonk Angels, and later assembled his own musical group.
