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
Coronation Street followed where he played university student Stuart Fergus, a school friend of
Todd Grimshaw, who encouraged Todd to become a student. Taylor soon moved to
Birmingham to play Tom Bradley, a
paranoid schizophrenic, in the
BBC daytime soap opera Doctors. Prior to his present role Taylor played Harchester United midfielder Danny Rawsthorne, for two series, in the
Sky One drama
Dream Team. He appeared as the ambulance driver Frankie Robinson in the
ITV1 drama series
The Royal. Scott has also recently played a role of Peter Sutherland on
Waterloo Road. He starred in hit BBC Three sketch show
Scallywagga. In January 2011 Scott joined the cast of
Emmerdale as
Joe Chappell. ==References==