Biography

Jackson Robinson-Taylor (full name: Jackson Routley Robinson-Taylor, née Jackson Taylor born 5 March, 1987 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an actor from New Zealand and as of 2009 is living and acting in Hollywood, California.

Jackson is also a trained singer in jazz, opera, classical and Broadway and trained with the Queen's Honorary Music Coach 'Maureen Potter' Jackson grew up in Taupo, New Zealand and considers that his hometown even though he trained in Wellington and Auckland.

At college in New Zealand he was in the Performing Arts Arena, performing in over 25 productions throughout his 5 years there. He was also a singer and for a few years was a keen dancer, but put dancing aside when in 2004 he enrolled at the New Zealand College Of Performing Arts in Wellington and trained there for 2 years, graduating with a Diploma in Stage and Screen Arts. He then moved to Auckland in 2007 and studied music for six months at UNITEC Institute of Technology, in the Music Department to improve his singing abilities and to perform in several Auckland productions.

At the end of 2007 he decided to return to Wellington and complete third year at The New Zealand College of Performing Arts and graduated with a Advanced Diploma in Stage and Screen Arts which is at Degree Level.

Jackson had his TV debut on the TV series Sensing Murder (2004) in 2007 and 2008 in New Zealand and had a thing for competing, acting in two Film Festivals as the Lead Actor in the short film 'Under Control' which screened all around New Zealand, and the short film Thriller/Drama 'Face Value'.

He then packed up and moved to Los Angeles, started training straight away at The Hollywood Film Acting Academy with Acting Coaches David 'Shark' Fralick, Andy Lauer, Cherie Johnson and James DiStefano and as of April 2009 is starting to train with 'A-Lister Acting Coach Aaron Speiser. Jackson made his American TV debut appearing on Cable Tru TV show Operación Repo (2006) also known as Operation Repo and had worked and acted on the film Raven (2010) starring Roland Kickinger and Steven Bauer.

He returned in 2012 to the New Zealand College of Performing Arts in Wellington and Completed his Bachelor of Applied Arts (Acting). He then in 2013 moved and lived in London for a year to continue acting.

In 2014/2015 He moved to Sydney, Australia

in 2016-2018 He moved back to Auckland to get into the travel industry. He met his now husband Zack Robinson.

In 2020 Jackson is now a Travel Agent in Sydney, he will continue to act later in life but after getting married in 2019 is looking at settling down and getting himself a home and family with his husband Zack in Sydney, Australia
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous