Taylor Handley
Born
Taylor Laurence Handley

(1984-06-01) June 1, 1984
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
SpouseAudra Lynn Handley
Children1[1]

Taylor Laurence Handley (born June 1, 1984) is an American actor.

Early life

Handley was born in Santa Barbara, California. He attended Santa Monica City College.[2]

Career

In 1998, Handley played Rory Buck in the movie Jack Frost. In 2000, Handley starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Phantom of the Megaplex. Handley appeared in three episodes during the last season of Dawson's Creek and guest starred during an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 2003 and 2004, Handley appeared as Oliver Trask in six episodes of the first season of The O.C. In 2005, he starred in Zerophilia, a speculative-fiction romantic comedy exploring gender identity. In 2006, Handley appeared in two films: The Standard and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Handley's next film, September Dawn, was released to theaters on August 24, 2007.

Also in 2007, Handley starred as Johnny Miller in the short-lived series Hidden Palms, on The CW.

On April 9, 2009, he guest-starred in the pilot of Southland, playing Wade. He returned as Wade in the second episode of the second season.

Handley also co-starred alongside Dennis Quaid in the series Vegas, playing the character Dixon Lamb.

In 2013, he appeared in the commercial "Greatness Awaits" for the PlayStation 4 console, and in 2020 in the State Farm Insurance commercial "Not the One", in which he played a rejected contestant from a Bachelorette-esque program who is comforted by "Jake from State Farm".[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Jack Frost Rory Buck
2005 Zerophilia Luke
2006 The Standard Ryan
2006 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Dean
2007 September Dawn Micah Samuelson
2010 Skateland Kenny Crawford
2011 Battle: Los Angeles LCpl. Corey Simmons
2011 Sink Into You John D Short
2012 Chasing Mavericks Sonny
2013 Channeling Wyatt Maddox
2013 Greatness Awaits Short
2013 Mentryville Dean
2015 Toxin Dean
2018 Bird Box Jason

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Sons of Thunder Joseph McNulty Episode: "Fighting Back"
1999 Odd Man Out Roberto Episode: "Punch Line"
2000 Phantom of the Megaplex Pete Riley TV movie
2001 Go Fish Hazard Main role; 5 episodes
2002 Frasier Trent Episode: "Juvenilla"
2002 NYPD Blue Nick Bowen Episode: "Oh, Mama!"
2002 Touched By An Angel Ricky Collette Episode: "A Rock and a Hard Place"
2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Max Newman Episode: "Let the Seller Beware")
2003 Becker Brad Episode: "Bad to the Bone")
2003 Dawson's Creek Patrick 3 episodes
2003 Then Came Jones TV Movie
2003–04 The O.C. Oliver Trask 6 episodes
2005 Blind Justice Tyler Mills Episode: "Under the Gun"
2005 Cold Case Steve Jablonski Episode: "One Night"
2006 In from the Night Bobby TV Movie
2007 CSI: Miami Travis Peck Episode: "Born to Kill"
2007 Hidden Palms Johnny Miller 8 episodes
2009 Numb3rs James Arthur Episode: "Animal Rites"
2009 Southland Wade 2 episodes
2009 The Cleaner Travis Nathanson Episode: "The Turtle & The Butterfly"
2010 CSI: NY Billy Travis Episode: "Damned If You Do"
2011 The Glades Trey Lancer Episode: "Moonlighting")
2011 Law & Order: LA Eric Kentner Episode: "Westwood"
2012 Vegas Dixon Lamb 21 episodes
2013 Horizon George Howl TV movie
2016 Scorpion Cody Decker 2 episodes
2017 APB Officer Roderick Brandt
2018 Imposters Fluke Episode: "Fillion Bollar King"
2019 Proven Innocent Ronnie Peterson Episode: "Cross to Bear"
2019 The I-Land Jordan Mini series; 1 episode
2019 Hawaii Five-O Agent Coen Episode: "Ka 'i'o"
2021 Animal Kingdom Liam 2 episodes
2021– Mayor of Kingstown Kyle McLusky Main cast
2023 Magnum P.I. Tate Walker Episode: "Consciousness of Guilt"

Producer

  • Sink Into You (2011)

References

  1. "Taylor Handley on Instagram: "Dang, Ana Maria. You're special. We appreciate you. - ❤️ the Handley Fam."".
  2. Lee, Luaine (June 16, 2007). "For Hidden Palms star, success is hard work". The Ottawa Citizen. Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. McClatchy-Tribune News. p. K 3. Retrieved 31 July 2019 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Gianatasio, David (February 14, 2020) "The New 'Jake From State Farm' Has a Bigger Role, Including Soothing Spurned Bachelors" Muse by Cio
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