Taz Skylar

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Yassin and the second or maternal family name is Skylar.
Taz Skylar
Skylar in March 2024
Born
Tarek Yassin Skylar

(1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 (age 29)
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Nationality
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present

Tarek Yassin "Taz" Skylar (born 5 December 1995) is a British-Spanish actor and screenwriter based in London. After the success of his self written off-West-end play, Warheads, he went on to write and star in Gassed Up for Amazon Prime and plays Sanji in the Netflix series One Piece (2023).

Early and personal life

Skylar was born and raised in Tenerife, Canary Islands to his father Hassan Yassin, an Arab of Sierraleonian-Lebanese origin, and his mother Gwen Skylar, English born in Yorkshire.[1]

He worked creating surfboards from the age of 15 after leaving high school.[2] He attempted to enlist as a reservist in the British Army in 2016, but failed medical tests after a car accident that caused him to suffer a concussion. He had to wait a year before he could reapply to join the army, so he began writing and acting.[3][4]

Career

Skylar began his career in the United Kingdom, where he started acting in various small roles. In 2015, he appeared in the short films Venom and Beautiful. He then played David in the short film Trophy (2016) before appearing as Caps in The Reserves from 2018 to 2019, which he also wrote and produced.[1]

In 2018, Skylar made his directorial debut with the short film Multi-Facial. The following year, he made his feature film debut in The Kill Team, where he played Sergeant Dawes. That year, he played Marty in Lie Low and Betim in the short film Final Gift. In 2020, he played Jason in Villain. In 2022, he joined the cast of Agatha Raisin, playing Harry Beam in two episodes of the series. Next, the actor played Gin in The Deal (2022) and appeared as Walt in an episode of The Lazarus Project (2022).[1]

In 2021, Skylar joined the cast of One Piece and portrayed Sanji.[5][6][7] The series is set to return for a second season to premiere in 2025.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Venom Victim Short film
Beautiful Jasper
2016 Trophy. David
2018 Neon Neon
Multi-Facial Mike
2019 The Kill Team Sergeant Dawes
Lie Low Marty
Final Gift Betim Short film
2020 Villain Jason
2021 Boiling Point Billy
Split Sole Short film
2022 Dead Silent Liam
The Deal Gin
2023 Gassed Up Dubz
2025 Cleaner TBA

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2018–2019 The Reserves Caps
2022 Agatha Raisin Harry Beam 2 episodes
The Lazarus Project Walt 2 episodes
2023 Boiling Point Billy 4 episodes[8]
2023–present One Piece Sanji Main role and English and Spanish-language versions

Awards

Year Award Category Nominated Work(s) Result
2018 People's Choice Award Best Motion Picture Multi-Facial Won

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tarek "Taz" Yassin Skylar". independenttalent.com.
  2. ^ "Taz Yassin & VISSLA". surferrule.com. 25 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Tarek Skylar". 2016.
  4. ^ "Taz Skylar Voicebank London". voicebanklondon.co.uk.
  5. ^ "The Spanish Sanji of One Piece live-action demonstrates his powerful kick". alfabetajuega.com. 20 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Netflix's One Piece: Taz Skylar Readies to Play Sanji in New Photo". comicbook.com.
  7. ^ Alexandra Del Rosario (9 November 2021). "'One Piece': Iñaki Godoy To Star As Monkey D. Luffy In Netflix Live-Action Series; Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Jacob Romero Gibson & Taz Skylar Board Cast". Deadline Hollywood.
  8. ^ "Full casting announced for Boiling Point, as filming begins on the brand new BBC drama series". bbc.com. Retrieved 26 August 2023.