Jason Michael Cauchi (born July 11, 1979), known professionally as Jax Taylor, is an American television personality, model, and actor.[1] He was previously featured on the Bravo reality television series Vanderpump Rules.[1] until allegedly being fired in December 2020.
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Born | Jason Michael Cauchi (1979-07-11) July 11, 1979 (age 42) Shelby Township, Michigan, U.S. |
Occupation | Television personality, actor, model |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Television | Vanderpump Rules |
Spouse(s) | Brittany Cartwright (m. 2019) |
Taylor was born in Shelby Township, Michigan on July 11, 1979, to Marie and Ronald Cauchi.[1] His mother is an Australian, and his father is Maltese. He has a sister, Jenny Lynn. He was raised Catholic and attended church until he was 19 years old.[2] In 1998, he graduated from Eisenhower High School in Shelby Township, Michigan.[3] He attended Michigan State University and community college, but he dropped out of school to enter the Navy.[4] He was in the Navy for 6 months, 4 days and was trained at a base in Norfolk, Virginia.[4][5][6]
From 2002 to 2010, Taylor worked as a model in Europe and lived in Miami in an apartment with four other male models, including Channing Tatum.[7] Taylor signed with Ford Models in New York City.[7] He has appeared on several magazine editorials and front covers, including Trump Magazine, V Man, GQ Japan, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, 944 Magazine, Esquire, Instinct, CosmoGirl and Out.[8] He has also starred in campaigns for Target, Macy's, JCPenney, Old Navy, Nordstrom, Kohl's, Sketchers, Paul Mitchell, AussieBum, 2(x)ist, Taco Bell and Abercrombie & Fitch.[8][9] In 2018, he resumed his modelling career by starring in a Jack Victor campaign.[10]
He started working at Lisa Vanderpump's restaurants SUR and Villa Blanca, which earned him a spot on the reality television series Vanderpump Rules in 2013, following the lives of the SUR and Villa Blanca servers. Taylor and Brittany Cartwright got their own spin-off television series Vanderpump Rules: Jax and Brittany Take Kentucky, which followed the couple's visit to Cartwright's hometown in Kentucky.[11] In 2014, Taylor collaborated with XCALIBUR BRAND to create a shoe and sweater collection titled Jax Taylor by XCALIBUR BRAND.[12][13] In 2014, Taylor also created a fitness application.[14]
He began dating Brittany Cartwright in 2015. The couple got engaged in Malibu, California on June 7, 2018.[15] The couple wed on June 29, 2019, in Kentucky.[16] In September 2020, the couple announced were expecting their first child due in April 2021.[17] They had a boy named Cruz Michael Cauchi on April 12, 2021.
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2009 | Desperate Housewives | Hot Guy 2 in Dance Club | Episode: "Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know" |
2012 | Dexter | Uncredited extra | Episode: "This Is the Way the World Ends" |
2012–2014 | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | Himself | 6 episodes |
2013–2020 | Vanderpump Rules | Series regular | |
2015–2018 | Watch What Happens: Live | Himself / Guest | 11 episodes |
2016 | Sharknado: The 4th Awakens | Guardsman #2 | Television film |
2017 | Then and Now with Andy Cohen | Himself | Episodes: "2003" and "1990" |
2017 | Vanderpump Rules: Jax and Brittany Take Kentucky | TV Mini-Series; 6 episodes | |
2019 | Basically Stassi | Episode: "Stassi and Beau Go Toe to Toe with Jax and Brittany" | |
2020 | Celebrity Call Center | Episode: "The Shift With the Gen X Tik Tok" | |
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