Born on March 7, 1977 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, Mark Taylor is an actor best known for his role as Romeo on high school-themed Student Bodies and on CBS police drama Flashpoint. Taylor left Toronto but left when he was in high school to relocate to Palm Harbor, Florida, before returning to Canada. He has studied computer engineering technology at Seneca College and graduated from Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute. He gained mainstream popularity for his role in Cinderella Man. Meanwhile, his other screen credits include Doomstown, Degrassi: The Next Generation, and Drop the Beat, for which he earned a Gemini nom for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role. He also garnered an Outstanding Actor in a Film or Television Performance at the Reel Black Awards for the same role.