A veteran of the summer stock program in his native Santa Barbara, 21-year-old Taylor Handley began acting at age 8. During the first season of Fox's smash hit, "The O.C.," he starred as the charming, yet enigmatic 'Oliver' who many viewers loved to hate. No stranger to memorable recurring arcs, Handley previously starred on The WB's "Dawson's Creek" and can soon be seen starring in CW Network's mid-season Kevin Williamson drama series "Hidden Palms," which focuses on the strange on-goings within a popular resort community of the rich and famous.

Handley most recently wrapped work on back-to-back features -- The Standard, a high school drama, followed by Chris Cain's September Dawn, about a deadly clash between a wagon train of settlers and a group of renegade Mormons. He also starred in the indie film Zerophilia, a romantic comedy that takes an unusual look into gender roles and gender identity.

Additional television roles include turns on "C.S.I.," "Becker," "Touched by An Angel," "NYPD Blue," and "Fraiser." In addition to starring in various pilots, Handley was a regular as Kiernan Culkin's happily oblivious best friend on the NBC sitcom "Go Fish." He also starred as Academy Award-winner Marcia Gay Harden's emotionally traumatized nephew in the Hallmark Hall of Fame telefilm, In From The Night.

He made his motion picture debut opposite Michael Keaton in Warner Bros.' Jack Frost, and went on to appear as the lead in the Disney Channel original telefilm, Phantom of the Megaplex.

Handley, whose father founded the popular sportswear company, Pornstar, has older twin brothers with whom he shares a passion for extreme sports including surfing, snowboarding, and skateboarding. In his spare time, he also sings in a band he started with friends.