Taz Skylar is a Spanish-English actor, screenwriter, producer, and director based in London and Tenerife. He was born Tarek Yassin Skylar on 5 December 1995 in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, to his father Hassan Yassin, an Arab of Sierraleonian-Lebanese origin, and his mother Gwen Skylar, English born in Yorkshire. He holds dual nationality with Spain and the United Kingdom.
Skylar worked creating surfboards from the age of 15 after leaving high school. 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.
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. In 2016, he played David in the short film Trophy before appearing as Caps in The Reserves from 2018 to 2019, which he also wrote and produced. In 2018, Skylar made his directorial debut with the short film Multi-Facial. In 2019, he made his feature film debut in The Kill Team, where he played Sergeant Dawes. That year, he played Marty in Lie Low, Betim in the short film Final Gift, and his self-written Off West End play, Warheads, was met with great success. Skylar was just getting started. In 2020, he played Jason in Villain, and in 2021, Billy in Boiling Pont. In 2022, he joined the cast of Agatha Raisin, playing Harry Beam in two episodes of the series. Later that year, the actor played Gin in The Deal, and appeared as Walt in two episodes of The Lazarus Project.
Skylar's debut in a major production happened in 2023, when he starred as Sanji in the Netflix fantasy adventure series One Piece.
