Taz Skylar
Taz Skylar | |
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 Skylar in March 2024 | |
| Born | Tarek Yassin Skylar 5 December 1995 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
| Nationality | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2015–present |
Tarek Yassin "Taz" Skylar (born 5 December 1995) is a British-Spanish actor and screenwriter based in London. After the success of his self written off-West-end play, Warheads, he went on to write and star in Gassed Up for Amazon Prime and plays Sanji in the Netflix series One Piece (2023).
Early and personal life
[edit]Skylar was born and raised in Tenerife, Canary Islands to his father Hassan Yassin, an Arab of Sierraleonian-Lebanese origin, and his mother Gwen Skylar, English born in Yorkshire.[1]
He worked creating surfboards from the age of 15 after leaving high school.[2] He attempted to enlist as a reservist in the British Army in 2016, but failed medical tests after a car accident that caused him to suffer a concussion. He had to wait a year before he could reapply to join the army, so he began writing and acting.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Skylar began his career in the United Kingdom, where he started acting in various small roles. In 2015, he appeared in the short films Venom and Beautiful. He then played David in the short film Trophy (2016) before appearing as Caps in The Reserves from 2018 to 2019, which he also wrote and produced.[1]
In 2018, Skylar made his directorial debut with the short film Multi-Facial. The following year, he made his feature film debut in The Kill Team, where he played Sergeant Dawes. That year, he played Marty in Lie Low and Betim in the short film Final Gift. In 2020, he played Jason in Villain. In 2022, he joined the cast of Agatha Raisin, playing Harry Beam in two episodes of the series. Next, the actor played Gin in The Deal (2022) and appeared as Walt in an episode of The Lazarus Project (2022).[1]
In 2021, Skylar joined the cast of One Piece and portrayed Sanji.[5][6][7] The series is set to return for a second season to premiere in 2025.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Venom | Victim | Short film |
| Beautiful | Jasper | ||
| 2016 | Trophy. | David | |
| 2018 | Neon | Neon | |
| Multi-Facial | Mike | ||
| 2019 | The Kill Team | Sergeant Dawes | |
| Lie Low | Marty | ||
| Final Gift | Betim | Short film | |
| 2020 | Villain | Jason | |
| 2021 | Boiling Point | Billy | |
| Split Sole | Short film | ||
| 2022 | Dead Silent | Liam | |
| The Deal | Gin | ||
| 2023 | Gassed Up | Dubz | |
| 2025 | Cleaner | TBA |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2019 | The Reserves | Caps | |
| 2022 | Agatha Raisin | Harry Beam | 2 episodes |
| The Lazarus Project | Walt | 2 episodes | |
| 2023 | Boiling Point | Billy | 4 episodes[8] |
| 2023–present | One Piece | Sanji | Main role and English and Spanish-language versions |
Awards
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | People's Choice Award | Best Motion Picture | Multi-Facial | Won |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Tarek "Taz" Yassin Skylar". independenttalent.com.
- ^ "Taz Yassin & VISSLA". surferrule.com. 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Tarek Skylar". 2016.
- ^ "Taz Skylar Voicebank London". voicebanklondon.co.uk.
- ^ "The Spanish Sanji of One Piece live-action demonstrates his powerful kick". alfabetajuega.com. 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Netflix's One Piece: Taz Skylar Readies to Play Sanji in New Photo". comicbook.com.
- ^ Alexandra Del Rosario (9 November 2021). "'One Piece': Iñaki Godoy To Star As Monkey D. Luffy In Netflix Live-Action Series; Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Jacob Romero Gibson & Taz Skylar Board Cast". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ "Full casting announced for Boiling Point, as filming begins on the brand new BBC drama series". bbc.com. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- Taz Skylar at IMDb
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Male actors from the Canary Islands
- Spanish male film actors
- 21st-century Spanish male actors
- English male film actors
- 21st-century English male actors
- Spanish people of Lebanese descent
- Spanish people of Sierra Leonean descent
- Spanish people of English descent
- English people of Lebanese descent
- English people of Sierra Leonean descent