Shaun Michael Taylor-Corbett (October 6, 1978) is an American actor, and is the son of choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett. Shaun is of Native American descent and has three sisters: Hunter, Conner, and Maddison. He also has a dog named Jazzbeau and four cats named Princess, Buster, Bambie, and Skooter. He is 5'7" and weighs 135 pounds. He has brown eyes and black hair.
Taylor-Corbett graduated from the University of Delaware. It was there he sang for an a cappella group called the University of Delaware YChromes. He was also the vice president of the university's World Peace Club and was an honors student. He had vocal training from Shirley Callaway. After college, he joined The New York Public Theater, where he performed Shakespeare. He also joined the Harrington Theater Arts Company and appeared on All My Children many times. He also appeared as Romeo in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at the McCarter Theater.
In 2003, he joined the American counterpart to the famous Australian kids' show Hi-5. As a member, he was the American counterpart of Nathan Foley. In Hi-5, his segment is Shapes and Space, where he would play with play objects, as if they were real life objects, like a giant pyramid and a tunnel underground. He would also explain the functions of shapes. Sometimes, various Hi-5 members, mostly Curtis Cregan, would drop in and help Shaun with these projects. Some of his solo songs include:
Shaun left Hi-5 in 2006 to further pursue his performing career. He played Juan in the hit Off-Broadway musical Altar Boyz from July 3, 2006 - May 6, 2007. He is currently appearing on Broadway in In the Heights.
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