Robin Lord Taylor

Robin Lord Taylor
Taylor at the 2014 NY PaleyFest for Gotham
Born	Robin Lord Taylor June 4, 1978[1] Shueyville, Iowa, U.S.
Other names	Robin Taylor Robin L. Taylor
Occupation	Actor Director[2]
Years active	2005–present
Known for	Abernarthy Darwin Dunlap (Accepted) Jeff Williams (Another Earth) Julian (Would You Rather) Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham)
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]

Robin Lord Taylor (born June 4, 1978)^[1] is an American film and television actor and director, known for Accepted (2006), Another Earth (2011) and Would You Rather (2012). He stars in the television drama series Gotham as Oswald Cobblepot.

Early life

Born in Shueyville, Iowa to Robert Harmon Taylor^[4] and Mary Susan (née Stamy) Taylor. He attended Solon High School and Northwestern University, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in theatre.

Career

Taylor has appeared in several television series, such as The Walking Dead, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Good Wife and Person of Interest. He had a recurring role as "Darrell, the Late Show page with the fake British accent" on Late Show with David Letterman. He played Abernathy Darwin Dunlap in Accepted. He appeared in such independent films as Would You Rather, Cold Comes the Night, and Another Earth; the last of which won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.^[3]

Taylor was featured in Spike Lee's segment "Jesus Children of America" of the 2005 anthology film on the theme of childhood and exploitation All the Invisible Children (Venice Film Festival), The House is Burning (produced by Wim Wenders (Cannes Film Festival), Pitch (Cannes Film Festival), Kevin Connolly's The Gardener of Eden (Tribeca Film Festival) and Assassination of a High School President (Sundance Film Festival).^[3]

Taylor co-created and co-starred in Creation Nation: A Live Talk Show with Billy Eichner, which they performed at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as well as at the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival and throughout New York City and Los Angeles. He has also appeared onstage in Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, The Shooting Stage,^[5] Henry IV and No. 11 Blue and White, as well as numerous productions in Stephen Sondheim's Young Playwrights Festival at the Cherry Lane Theater.^[6]

Gotham

Taylor was cast as Oswald Cobblepot in February 2014.^[7][8] His performance as Cobblepot has been described by Esquire as a "standout performance of the first episode [...] disarming and multilayered",^[9] by The Wall Street Journal as "a passionate performance ... [who] "steals the show",^[10] and as "spectacularly cast as the Penguin".^[11]

Personal life

Taylor was raised Presbyterian.^[12] Since 2000, he has lived in New York, where Gotham is filmed.^[13]

In a November 2014 Glamour interview, Taylor was asked, "I notice you are wearing a wedding ring on your ring finger. Are you married?" To which he responded, "I am married! I like to keep it private, but I've been married for over three years, and we've been together for 10 1/2. No kids. No kids yet!"^[14]

In March 2015, Slate noted Taylor in an article discussing "Several actors who are openly gay or who have been cast in multiple gay or bisexual roles and the typecasting of gay roles". Taylor, himself, added: "I feel like the landscape has totally changed. Regardless of sexual preference, it's more that as a character actor, the less I reveal about myself, the better. My favorite actors are the ones I know least about." ^[15] In October 2016, Taylor openly identified as gay.^[16][17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Jesus Children of America	Mike	Short film credited as Robin Taylor
2006	Pitch	Pete	Short film credited as Robin Taylor
	The House is Burning	Phil	credited as Robin Taylor
	Accepted	Abernathy Darwin Dunlap
2008	Assassination of a High School President	Alex Schneider	credited as Robin Taylor
	August	Guy Employee
2009	Last Day of Summer	Jason	credited as Robin Taylor
2010	Step Up 3D	Punk Kid
2011	Return	Vonnie	credited as Robin Taylor
	Another Earth	Jeff Williams
	The Melancholy Fantastic	Dukken	credited as Robin Taylor
2012	Would You Rather	Julian
2013	Cold Comes the Night	Quincy
2016	Full Dress	Noah
2017	The Long Home		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Law & Order	Jared Weston	Episode: "Sects" (S 15:Ep 19) credited as Robin L. Taylor
2008	Life on Mars	Jimmy	Episode: "My Maharishi Is Bigger Than Your Maharishi" (S 1:Ep 8)
	Law & Order	Dale	Episode: "Personae Non Grata" (S 18:Ep 17) credited as Robin L. Taylor
2010	Law & Order	Cedric Stuber	Episode: "Innocence" (S 20:Ep 16)
2012	Person of Interest	Ajax	Episode: "Blue Code" (S 1:Ep 15)
	The Good Wife	Brock Dalyndro	Episode: "Battle of the Proxies" (S 4:Ep 10)
2013	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dylan Fuller	Episode: "Traumatic Wound" (S 14:Ep 21)
	The Walking Dead	Sam	Episode: "Indifference" (S 4:Ep 4) Episode: "No Sanctuary" (S 5:Ep 1)
2014	Taxi Brooklyn	Sami	Episode: "Precious Cargo" (S 1:Ep4)
	Gotham	Oswald Cobblepot	Series regular

Video game

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Dishonored 2	The Outsider	Replacing Billy Lush

References

1. Aged 36 as of interview dated February 16, 2015, usatoday.com; accessed February 17, 2015.
2. "Robin Lord Taylor". Facebook. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
3. "Robin Lord Taylor Bio". IMDb.com. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
4. "Robert Taylor". Cedar Memorial. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
5. "Rising Stars: Hunter Gilmore, Noah Peters, and Robin Lord Taylor shine in The Shooting Stage". theatermania.com. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
6. Portantiere, Michael (2005-03-07). "Rising Stars". TheaterMania. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
7. Goldberg, Lesley (February 11, 2014). "Fox's Batman Prequel 'Gotham' Casts Penguin, Alfred". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
8. AJ Marechal (February 11, 2014). "Fox's 'Gotham' Casts Classic 'Batman' Characters the Penguin, Alfred Pennyworth". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
9. "Talking to the new Penguin: Gotham's Robin Lord Taylor on how to inhabit he vile villain". esquire.com. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
10. "Meet Robin Lord Taylor, the 'Gotham' Penguin". blogs.wsj.com. September 22, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
11. "Gotham Takes Chance on Origins Story". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
12. Profile, earwolf.com; accessed May 15, 2015.
13. "Robin Lord Taylor profile". Hooplanow. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
14. "What It's Like to Spend the Afternoon With Robin Lord Taylor A.K.A. Gotham's Penguin". Glamour. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
15. "The "Straight Coach" in The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt isn't so far-fetched". Slate. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
16. Snicks (October 20, 2016). "Robin Lord Taylor Says Being Gay, Overweight Teen Helped Him Prepare To Play The Penguin". New Now Next. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
17. Preston, Dominic (October 20, 2013). "Robin Lord Taylor: Growing up overweight and gay prepared me to play The Penguin". Pink News. Retrieved October 23, 2016.

External links

• Robin Lord Taylor at the Internet Movie Database
• Robin Lord Taylor at TVGuide.com
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