Taylor Zakhar Perez
Taylor Zakhar Perez (born December 24, 1991) is an American actor. He is known for featuring in the romantic comedy films The Kissing Booth 2 (2020), The Kissing Booth 3 (2021), and Red, White & Royal Blue (2023), and the sex comedy series Minx (2022). Early life
Perez was born in Chicago on December 24, 1991, and grew up in Chesterton, Indiana. He attended Chesterton High School, where he was a swimmer. Perez has Mexican, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean ancestry. Additionally, he is partially Croatian through his mother and partially Hungarian through his father. His mother is an aesthetician and he is the sixth of eight children. Perez used to change tires at the family auto body shop on weekends. He earned a swimming scholarship to Fordham University, but turned it down to attend UCLA, where he majored in Spanish Culture and Community and minored in Film and Television. Perez started by performing musicals in opera houses at an early age. He then began modeling. Career
Perez began his career by appearing in shows like iCarly, Suburgatory, Young & Hungry, Code Black, and Scandal. In 2020, Perez played Marco Valentin Peña in Netflix's The Kissing Booth 2 opposite Joey King. For his role, he took choreography and guitar lessons. In 2021, he reprised the role in the third film The Kissing Booth 3. In 2022, Perez starred in HBO Max's comedy series Minx as Shane Brody. He then starred in gaming comedy film 1Up as Dustin. In 2023, Perez starred in Amazon Prime Video's Red, White & Royal Blue as Alex Claremont-Diaz opposite Nicholas Galitzine. Philanthropy
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Perez partnered with Variant Malibu, a 3D tech company to make masks. They cut 90% of traditional manufacturing waste. He also designed masks with The Kissing Booth 2 co-stars Joel Courtney, Joey King, Meganne Young and Maisie Richardson-Sellers. The proceeds went to a Chicago organisation that helps disabled kids, adults and families with disabled kids in the Hispanic community. Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links
 
 Taylor Zakhar Perez at Instagram
 Taylor Zakhar Perez at Rotten Tomatoes
Living people
1991 births
American male film actors
American male actors of Mexican descent
American people of Middle Eastern descent
American people of Croatian descent
American people of Hungarian descent
American television actors
American male television actors
21st-century American male actors
People from Chesterton, Indiana
Male actors from Chicago
Male actors from Illinois