Scott Anthony Taylor (born 6 October 1982) is an

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Acting career

Taylor's acting career started with a role in the 2000 Christmas special of ITV1's '' Heartbeat'' of which ''The Royal'' is a spin-off. He played Noel Stringer, the bank manager's son, who was kidnapped. An appearance in three episodes of ''

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'' followed where he played university student Stuart Fergus, a school friend of

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, who encouraged Todd to become a student. Taylor soon moved to

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to play Tom Bradley, a

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, in the

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'' Doctors''. Prior to his present role Taylor played Harchester United midfielder Danny Rawsthorne, for two series, in the

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''. He appeared as the ambulance driver Frankie Robinson in the

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''. Scott has also recently played a role of Peter Sutherland on '' Waterloo Road''. He starred in hit BBC Three sketch show ''

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''. In January 2011 Scott joined the cast of ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffa ...

'' as Joe Chappell.

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* 1982 births Living people English male television actors Male actors from Manchester {{UK-tv-actor-1980s-stub