Benedict Taylor

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

Year Title Role Notes 1974 The Turn of the Screw Timothy TV movie 1980 The Watcher in the Woods Mike Fleming 1981–1982 Barriers Billy Stanyon TV series, lead role 1982 Beau Geste Michael 'Beau' Geste TV miniseries 1983 A Flame to the Phoenix Max Kurowicki 1984 The Far Pavilions Wally TV miniseries The Last Days of Pompeii Antonius TV miniseries The First Olympics: Athens 1896 Edwin Flack TV miniseries 1985 Black Arrow Richard TV movie The Corsican Brothers Georges Du Caillaud TV movie My Brother Jonathan Harold Dakers TV series Thirteen at Dinner Donald Ross TV movie Behind Enemy Lines Simon TV movie 1986 Every Time We Say Goodbye Peter 1987 Vanity Fair George Osborne TV series A Perfect Spy Magnus Pym TV miniseries 1989 Bergerac Toby Lemaire 1991 Duel of Hearts Lord Vane Brecon TV movie An Actor's Life for Me Sebastian Groom TV series 1992 The Darling Buds of May Pieter episode "Stranger at the Gates" Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After Prince Andrew, Duke of York TV movie Jewels Julian TV miniseries 1993 The 10 Percenters Atin TV series Sharpe's Regiment Col. William Lawford TV series 1998 Monk Dawson Bobby Winterman 1999 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Fighter Pilot Bravo 2 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Adventures in the Secret Service Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (archive footage) 2006 Notes on a Scandal Eddie 2008 Trial & Retribution Jonathan Carlisle TV series Breaking Into Tesco TV series 2009 Breathe: Act One John Franks Short 2010 Wallander Jurgen Nordfeldt TV series Perfect Life Bristor 2014 Gone Professor Thomas Verschwunden Short 2015 Unforgotten Mark Bennett TV series 2017 The Hippopotamus Chauffeur The Watcher In The Woods John Keller TV movie