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==Biography== ==Biography==
===Personal life=== ===Personal life===
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He is currently live in Los Angeles,California. He is currently live in Los Angeles,California.

===Career=== ===Career===
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Lautner in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D, 2005

Taylor Daniel Lautner (born 11 February 1992) is an American child actor and martial artist. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the 2005 films The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D and Cheaper by the Dozen 2.

Biography

Personal life

Lautner was born in Grand Rapids, Michiganon Febuary 11,1992; he has a sister, Makena. Lautner enjoys football(running back on offence, and middle line backer on defence), baseball, swimming and horseback riding. He is currently live in Los Angeles,California.

Career

Lautner has been involved in martial arts since the age of six. He was trained by martial artist Mike Chat and was a member of the XMA Performance Team, competing professionally and achieving three Junior World Championships by the age of thirteen. Currently, he no longer competes profesionally, citing a lack of time.

Lautner began acting in 2001, appearing in the made-for-television film, Shadow Fury. He subsequently had roles on the series Summerland, The Bernie Mac Show and My Wife and Kids. In 2005, Lautner played Shark Boy in the children's fantasy-adventure The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D, which was released on June 10 and grossed $38 million domestically, making Lautner well-known among pre-teenage audiences. The same year, he also appeared in Cheaper by the Dozen 2, playing one of the many children of Eugene Levy and Carmen Electra's characters.

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Eliot
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D Shark Boy

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ "KarateAngels.com". Sarah's Corner Exclusive Interview with Taylor Lautner. Retrieved June 13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  2. "About.com". Lautner on Playing Shark Boy and Working with Robert Rodriguez. Retrieved June 13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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