Benedict Sean Taylor (born 18 April 1960) is a British actor.
Taylor was born in Hampstead, London, the eldest of six children of Richard, a documentary film maker, and Allegra, a writer. Taylor lived in Nigeria until 1965 and then was brought up in London.
Taylor started working as a child actor in 1969 with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He concentrated solely on acting and voice-overs until 1985. He appeared as Nicholas Lillie in the Tales of the Unexpected episode (9/5) "The Facts of Life" (1988).
Selected filmography
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
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| 1974 || The Turn of the Screw || Timothy || TV movie
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| 1980 || The Watcher in the Woods || Mike Fleming ||
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| 1981–1982 || Barriers || Billy Stanyon || TV series, lead role
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| 1982 || Beau Geste || Michael 'Beau' Geste || TV miniseries
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| 1983 || A Flame to the Phoenix || Max Kurowicki
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| rowspan=3 | 1984 || The Far Pavilions || Wally || TV miniseries
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| The Last Days of Pompeii || Antonius || TV miniseries
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| The First Olympics: Athens 1896 || Edwin Flack || TV miniseries
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| rowspan=5 | 1985 || Black Arrow || Richard || TV movie
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| The Corsican Brothers || Georges Du Caillaud|| TV movie
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| My Brother Jonathan || Harold Dakers || TV series
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| Thirteen at Dinner || Donald Ross || TV movie
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| Behind Enemy Lines || Simon || TV movie
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| 1986 || Every Time We Say Goodbye || Peter
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| rowspan=2 | 1987 || Vanity Fair || George Osborne || TV series
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| A Perfect Spy || Magnus Pym || TV miniseries
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| 1989 || Bergerac || Toby Lemaire
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| rowspan=2 | 1991 || Duel of Hearts || Lord Vane Brecon || TV movie
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| An Actor's Life for Me || Sebastian Groom || TV series
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|rowspan=3 | 1992 || The Darling Buds of May || Pieter || episode "Stranger at the Gates"
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| Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After || Prince Andrew, Duke of York || TV movie
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| Jewels || Julian || TV miniseries
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| rowspan=2 | 1993 || The 10 Percenters || Atin || TV series
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| Sharpe's Regiment || Col. William Lawford || TV series
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| 1998 || Monk Dawson || Bobby Winterman ||
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| rowspan=2 | 1999 || Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace || Fighter Pilot Bravo 2 ||
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| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Adventures in the Secret Service || Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (archive footage) ||
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| 2006 || Notes on a Scandal || Eddie
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| rowspan=2 | 2008 || Trial & Retribution || Jonathan Carlisle || TV series
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| Breaking Into Tesco || || TV series
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| 2009 || Breathe: Act One || John Franks || Short
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| rowspan=2 | 2010 || Wallander || Jurgen Nordfeldt || TV series
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| Perfect Life || Bristor
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| 2014 || Gone || Professor Thomas Verschwunden || Short
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| 2015 || Unforgotten || Mark Bennett || TV series
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| rowspan=2 | 2017 || The Hippopotamus || Chauffeur
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| The Watcher In The Woods || John Keller || TV movie
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