Jax Taylor | |
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Born | Jason Michael Cauchi |
Occupation(s) | Television personality, actor, model, business owner |
Television | Vanderpump Rules |
Spouse |
Brittany Cartwright
(
m. 2019;
sep. 2024) |
Children | 1 |
Jason Michael Cauchi, known professionally as Jax Taylor, is an American television personality, model, and actor. He was a series regular on the Bravo reality television series Vanderpump Rules (2013–2020) for eight seasons and its spin-off series The Valley (2024–present). [1] [2]
Taylor was raised Catholic and attended church until he was 19 years old. [3] In 1998, he graduated from Eisenhower High School in Shelby Township, Michigan. [4] He attended Michigan State University and community college, but he dropped out of school to enter the Navy. [5] He was in the Navy for 6 months, 4 days and was trained at a base in Norfolk, Virginia. [5] [6] [7]
From 2002 to 2010, Taylor worked as a model in Europe and lived in Miami. [8] Taylor signed with Ford Models in New York City. [8] He has appeared in several magazines, including Trump Magazine, V Man, GQ Japan, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, 944 Magazine, Esquire, Instinct, CosmoGirl and Out. [9] He has also starred in campaigns for Target, Macy's, JCPenney, Old Navy, Nordstrom, Kohl's, Skechers, Paul Mitchell, AussieBum, 2(x)ist, Taco Bell and Abercrombie & Fitch. [9] [10] In 2018, he resumed his modelling career by starring in a Jack Victor campaign. [11] In 2014, Taylor collaborated with Xcalibur Brand to create a shoe and sweater collection. [12] [13] In 2014, Taylor also created a fitness application, which was discontinued after a few months. [14]
Early in his career, he worked as an uncredited background actor in several television shows such as 2 Broke Girls, The O.C., Arrested Development, Dexter and Will & Grace. [15] In 2009, he was credited as Hot Guy 2 in Dance Club on Desperate Housewives, giving a drink at a club to Nicollette Sheridan's character. [15] He started working at Lisa Vanderpump's restaurants SUR and Villa Blanca, which earned him a spot on the reality television series Vanderpump Rules in 2013, following the lives of the SUR and Villa Blanca servers. Taylor and Brittany Cartwright got their own spin-off television series Vanderpump Rules: Jax & Brittany Take Kentucky, which followed the couple's visit to Cartwright's hometown in Kentucky. [16] The couple have also appeared in three episodes of Vanderpump Rules: Watch with Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor (2022–23) on Peacock. [17] In November 2023, at BravoCon event, Vanderpump Rules' executive producers announced that Taylor will appear as a guest in the eleventh season of Vanderpump Rules. [2]
In a May 2023 interview with the Rolling Stone, Taylor confirmed that he had filmed a new reality show titled House of Villains. [17] [18] The series premiered on October 12, 2023 on E!. The show followed ten television villains competing for a $200,000 prize and the title of "America’s Ultimate Supervillain." [19] He was the first contestant to be voted off the competition. [20]
On June 28, 2023, Variety reported that a Vanderpump Rules spin-off starring Taylor, Brittany Cartwright and Kristen Doute was in early development at Bravo. [21] On January 18, 2024, Bravo released a trailer for the reality series called The Valley, which premiered on March 19, 2024. [22] The series stars five couples, including Taylor and Cartwright. [23] [24]
In October 2023, Taylor opened up a sports bar "Jax's" in Studio City, California with wife Cartwright and three other business partners. He worked out a deal with the owners of Rocco's tavern and was able to open extremely quickly due to the bones of a bar being in place from a previous venture. People magazine noted that "Cartwright, a Kentucky native, even incorporated her family's famed "Mamaw's Beer Cheese" into the menu (a plot line when the two were on VPR.)" [25]
He began dating Brittany Cartwright in 2015. The couple got engaged in Malibu, California on June 7, 2018 at the beachside restaurant Neptune’s Net. [26] The couple wed on June 29, 2019, at the Kentucky Castle in Versailles, Kentucky. [27]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Arrested Development | Diner guest | Uncredited |
2006 | The O.C. | Party guest | Episode: "Earth Girls Are Easy"; Uncredited [15] |
2009 | Desperate Housewives | Hot Guy 2 in Dance Club | Episode: " Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know" |
2011 | 2 Broke Girls | Guy Carrying Boxes | Episode: "And the Really Petty Cash" |
2012 | Dexter | Uncredited extra | Episode: " This Is the Way the World Ends" [28] |
2016 | Sharknado: The 4th Awakens | Guardsman #2 | Television film |
2022 | Savage Salvation | Good Ol' Boy | Film |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2012–14 | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | 7 episodes |
2013–20, 2024 | Vanderpump Rules | Main role: seasons 1–8; Guest: season 11; 165 episodes |
2015–23 | Watch What Happens Live! | 6 episodes |
2015 | The Real Housewives of New York City | Episode: "London Calling"; uncredited |
2017 | Then and Now with Andy Cohen | Episodes: "2003" & "1990" |
Vanderpump Rules: Jax & Brittany Take Kentucky | 6 episodes; also executive producer | |
2019 | Basically Stassi | Episode: "Stassi and Beau Go Toe to Toe with Jax and Brittany" |
2020 | Celebrity Call Center | Episode: "The Shift With the Gen X Tik Tok" |
2022 | The Doctors | Episode: "Reality Star Gets Brotox!" [29] |
2023 | Vanderpump Rules: Watch with Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor | 3 episodes [17] |
House of Villains | Contestant on season 1; 4 episodes [30] | |
2024 | The Valley | Main role |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2023–
present |
When Reality Hits with Jax and Brittany | Host | PodcastOne [31] |