---
name: "Benedict Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/benedict-taylor"
fi1m_id: "benedict-taylor"
imdb_id: "nm0852028"
tmdb_id: 37055
wikidata_id: "Q4887319"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 April 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T15:00:38.427660+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Benedict Taylor

## Identity

Benedict Taylor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/benedict-taylor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** benedict-taylor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0852028
- **TMDB ID:** 37055
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4887319
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4887319, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852028/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37055

Actor. Born 18 April 1960 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 April 1960, Hampstead, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1986–2008
- **Also known as:** Ben Taylor, Benedict Sean Taylor, Бенедикт Тейлор
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 52 (1), 2000s 76 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,096m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4887319, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852028/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37055

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Wallander*](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md) (76)

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## Biography

Benedict Taylor is a British actor born on 18 April 1960 in Hampstead, London. He began his career as a child actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1969.

Taylor is known for roles including Mike Fleming in *The Watcher in the Woods* (1980), young Magnus Pym in the series *A Perfect Spy* (1987), Fighter Pilot Bravo 2 in *Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace* (1999), Eddie in *Notes on a Scandal* (2006) and Jurgen Nordfeldt in *Wallander* (2008). His adoptive sister is Femi Taylor, who played Oola in *Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Wallander* (2008), Fi1m 76, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md)
- *Notes on a Scandal* (2006), Fi1m 75, as Eddie — [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-a-scandal.md)
- *Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace* (1999), Fi1m 52, as Fighter Pilot Bravo 2 — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Watcher in the Woods* (2017), as John
- *The Hippopotamus* (2017), as Chauffeur
- *Perfect Life* (2010), as Bristor
- *Wallander* (2008), series, Actor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md)
- *Wimbledon - Official film 2007* (2008), as Narrator
- *Notes on a Scandal* (2006), as Eddie — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-a-scandal.md)
- *Murder Investigation Team* (2003), series, as Neil Wake
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service* (1999), as Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma
- *Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace* (1999), as Fighter Pilot Bravo 2 — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace.md)
- *Psychos* (1999), series, as Gavin Davis
- *Monk Dawson* (1998), as Bobby Winterman
- *Sharpe: The Legend* (1997), as Lawford
- *Sharpe's Regiment* (1996), as The Honourable William Lawford
- *Sharpe* (1993), series, as Col. William Lawford
- *The 10 Percenters* (1993), series, Actor
- *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992), series, as Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma
- *Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After* (1992), as Prince Andrew
- *Duel of Hearts* (1992), as Lord Vane Brecon
- *An Actor's Life for Me* (1991), series, as Sebastian Groom
- *The Darling Buds of May* (1991), series, as Pieter
- *A Perfect Spy* (1987), series, as Magnus Pym
- *Vanity Fair* (1987), series, as George Osborne
- *Every Time We Say Goodbye* (1986), as Peter
- *Drums Along Balmoral Drive* (1986), as Peter
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, as Peter
- *Black Arrow* (1985), as Richard
- *Thirteen at Dinner* (1985), as Donald Ross
- *My Brother Jonathan* (1985), series, as Harold Dakers
- *The Corsican Brothers* (1985), as Georges Du Caillaud
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Mitch* (1984), series, as Barry Stanley
- *The First Olympics: Athens 1896* (1984), series, as Edwin Flack
- *The Last Days of Pompeii* (1984), series, as Antonius
- *The Far Pavilions* (1984), series, as Wally
- *A Flame to the Phoenix* (1983), as Max Kurowicki
- *Video Stars* (1983), as Max Loom
- *Beau Geste* (1982), series, as Michael 'Beau' Geste
- *Union Castle* (1982), series, as Buckleigh Thaxted
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Toby Lemaire
- *Barriers* (1981), series, as Billy Stanyon
- *The Watcher in the Woods* (1980), as Mike Fleming
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, as Nicholas Lillie
- *The Other Woman* (1976), as Ben
- *The Turn of the Screw* (1974), as Timothy
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Ben
- *The Laura Marlin Mysteries : Dead Man's Cove 2018*, as Uncle Calvin

## Gallery

- ![Benedict Taylor](https://film.one/media/person/415903/gallery-28ce663dcc9c.jpg) Benedict Taylor — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Benedict_Taylor_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-Benedict_Taylor_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Benedict Taylor](https://film.one/media/person/415903/gallery-738f82723b8f.jpg) Benedict Taylor — Image via TMDB
- ![Benedict Taylor](https://film.one/media/person/415903/gallery-42ac043e952f.jpg) Benedict Taylor — Image via TMDB
- ![Benedict Taylor](https://film.one/media/person/415903/gallery-efa624e5c55f.jpg) Benedict Taylor — Image via TMDB
- ![Benedict Taylor](https://film.one/media/person/415903/gallery-0322b46f5d7e.jpg) Benedict Taylor — Image via TMDB
- ![Benedict Taylor](https://film.one/media/person/415903/gallery-4409a07b42ff.jpg) Benedict Taylor — Image via TMDB
- ![Benedict Taylor](https://film.one/media/person/415903/gallery-afb72aabf956.jpg) Benedict Taylor — Image via TMDB

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