Jax Taylor
Jax Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jason Michael Cauchi
July 11, 1979 |
| Occupation(s) | Television personality, actor, model |
| Television | Vanderpump Rules |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Spouse |
Brittany Cartwright (m. 2019) |
| Children | 1 |
Jason Michael Cauchi (born July 11, 1979), 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.
Early life and education
Taylor was born in Shelby Township, Michigan on July 11, 1979, to Marie and Ronald Cauchi. His mother is Australian, and his father was Maltese. He has a sister, Jenny Lynn. He was raised Catholic and attended church until he was 19 years old. In 1998, he graduated from Eisenhower High School in Shelby Township, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University and community college, but he dropped out of school to enter the Navy. He was in the Navy for 6 months, 4 days and was trained at a base in Norfolk, Virginia.
Career
Modeling
From 2002 to 2010, Taylor worked as a model in Europe and lived in Miami. Taylor signed with Ford Models in New York City. He has appeared in several magazines, including Trump Magazine, V Man, GQ Japan, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, 944 Magazine, Esquire, Instinct, CosmoGirl and Out. 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. In 2018, he resumed his modelling career by starring in a Jack Victor campaign. In 2014, Taylor collaborated with Xcalibur Brand to create a shoe and sweater collection. In 2014, Taylor also created a fitness application, which was discontinued after a few months.
Television
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. 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. 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. The couple have also appeared in three episodes of Vanderpump Rules: Watch with Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor (2022–23) on Peacock.
In a May 2023 interview with the Rolling Stone, Taylor confirmed that he had filmed a new reality show titled House of Villains. The series premiered on October 12, 2023 on E!. The show follows ten television villains competing for a $200,000 prize and the title of "America’s Ultimate Supervillain." He was the first contestant to be voted off the competition.
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. In November 2023, at BravoCon event, Vanderpump Rules' executive producers announced that Taylor will appear as a guest in the current eleventh season of the show.
Personal life
He began dating Brittany Cartwright in 2015, and she quickly uprooted to LA to join Taylor on Vanderpump Rules. The show followed their tumultuous relationship amidst cheating scandals and volatile outbursts, before culminating in the made-for-tv wedding. The couple got engaged in Malibu, California on June 7, 2018. The couple wed on June 29, 2019, in Kentucky.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sharknado: The 4th Awakens | Guardsman #2 | Television film |
| 2022 | Savage Salvation | Good Ol' Boy | Film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The O.C. | Party guest | Episode: "Earth Girls Are Easy"; Uncredited |
| 2009 | Desperate Housewives | Hot Guy 2 in
Dance Club |
Episode: "Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know" |
| 2012 | Dexter | Uncredited extra | Episode: "This Is the Way the World Ends" |
| 2012–14 | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | Himself | 7 episodes |
| 2013–20 | Vanderpump Rules | 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!" | |
| 2023 | Vanderpump Rules: Watch with Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor | 3 episodes | |
| House of Villains | Contestant on season 1; 3 episodes |
Podcasts
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–
present |
When Reality Hits with Jax and Brittany | Host | PodcastOne |