Jonathan Scott-Taylor is a Brazil-born English

England

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 former actor

Actor

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.

He was born in São Paulo, Brazil to English parents; his father was a consultant for the fishery industry in Brazil at the time. Scott-Taylor started going to drama school at age 11. He played the character of Jim Hawkins in a stage musical Treasure Island

Treasure Island

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in 1973. He went on to take minor roles in The Copter Kids, Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone

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, The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers

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and The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy

thumb|1st edition cover The Winslow Boy is an English play from 1946 by Terence Rattigan based on an actual incident in the Edwardian era, which took place at the Royal Naval College, Osborne.-Performance History:...

, after which he was chosen to play Damien Thorn

Damien Thorn

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 in Damien: Omen II

Damien: Omen II

Damien: Omen II, is a 1978 American horror film directed by Don Taylor, starring William Holden, Lee Grant, and Jonathan Scott-Taylor. The film was the second installment in The Omen series, set seven years after the first film, and was followed by a third installment, Omen III: The Final Conflict,...

in 1978, his most famous role.

Following Omen II, he had a few more roles in Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)

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as sadistic prep school bully Bruce "Galloping" Foxley" in the episode "Galloping Foxley

Galloping Foxley

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", as Tom Tulliver in The Mill on the Floss

The Mill on the Floss

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, Shadey and Troubles, and in the 1980s BBC soap opera Triangle

Triangle (TV series)

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, but has not performed since 1988.

Scott-Taylor lives in the east of the United Kingdom.