---
name: "James Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-taylor"
fi1m_id: "james-taylor"
imdb_id: "nm0852510"
tmdb_id: 97351
wikidata_id: "Q310300"
roles: ["Theme song performance"]
born: "12 March 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:33:00.670138+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."
---

# James Taylor

## Identity

James Taylor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-taylor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-taylor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0852510
- **TMDB ID:** 97351
- **Wikidata ID:** Q310300
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310300, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852510/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97351

Theme song performance. Born 12 March 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Theme song performance
- **Born:** 12 March 1948, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 1971–1973
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 crew
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310300, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852510/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97351

## Biography

James Taylor is an American actor and musician. He played the lead role of The Driver in the 1971 road film *Two-Lane Blacktop*, directed by Monte Hellman.

Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1948, was cast in the film after Hellman spotted his image on a billboard. The production marked his only feature film acting role; the other principal cast members were also musicians with limited acting experience.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Two-Lane Blacktop* (1971), Fi1m 81, as The Driver — [page](https://film.one/film/two-lane-blacktop.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Badlands* (1973), Fi1m 91, Theme Song Performance — [page](https://film.one/film/badlands.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Song to Woody: Greenwich Village, the Folk Revival, and Bob Dylan* (2024), Music
- *Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name* (2022), Consulting Producer
- *Russell Howard & Mum: Globetrotters* (2016), series, Executive Producer
- *Mr. Sunshine* (2011), series, as Billy
- *Funny People* (2009), as James Taylor
- *Geared-Up* (2006), Actor
- *James Taylor: Squibnocket* (2006), as Vocals
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, as James Taylor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *James Taylor - Live at the Beacon Theatre* (1998), as Vocals
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as James Taylor (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Morons from Outer Space* (1985), as Minister
- *Working* (1982), as Trucker · Lyricist, Songs
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Trucker
- *James Taylor in Concert: Live at Blossom Music Center* (1979), Actor
- *Badlands* (1973), as Theme Song Performance — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/badlands.md)
- *James Taylor in Concert - BBC Studios* (1971), as Singer
- *Two-Lane Blacktop* (1971), as The Driver — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/two-lane-blacktop.md)
- *James Taylor: [2015] Guitare Center Sessions*, Actor
- *James Taylor  Live in Italy*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![James Taylor](https://film.one/media/person/310039/gallery-33f97e0d1f33.jpg) James Taylor — Chuck Fadely - photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/James_Taylor_-_Winterfest.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![James Taylor](https://film.one/media/person/310039/gallery-4aabd827a9a3.jpg) James Taylor — Image via TMDB
- ![James Taylor](https://film.one/media/person/310039/gallery-47a915604462.jpg) James Taylor — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 5 won, 1 nominated

- Kennedy Center Honors 2016: Kennedy Center Honors (won)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom 2015: Presidential Medal of Freedom (won)
- MusiCares Person of the Year 2006: MusiCares Person of the Year (won)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2000: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (won)
- North Carolina Award for Fine Arts 1998: North Carolina Award for Fine Arts (won)
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1978: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Working*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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