STAGE & SCREEN

Acting

2008–2019

For over a decade, I acted in theater, television, and film. I’ve since turned my focus to writing and filmmaking.

WORK

Résumé

Theater	Role	Year	Details
Mothers and Sons Original Broadway Cast	Bud Ogden-Porter Supporting	2014	By Terrence McNally Directed by Sheryl Kaller Starring Tyne Daly Golden Theater
Mothers and Sons Pre-Broadway	Bud Ogden-Porter Supporting	2013	Bucks County Playhouse
New York Spring Spectacular	Steve Principal	2015	Directed by Warren Karlyle Starring the Rockettes, Laura Benanti, & Derek Hough Radio City Music Hall
On Borrowed Time Donor Reading	Pud Principal	2017	Directed by Joel Grey Roundabout Theater Company
Snow Day	Grant Principal	2017	By Catherine Filloux Directed by Susan Tenney Playwrights for a Cause
Petie	Petie Principal	2017	By Lori Fischer Directed by Martha Banta Theater East

Television	Role	Year	Details
Broad City Ep. 208, 408	Oliver Strandy Recurring	2014, 2017	Created by Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson Comedy Central
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Multiple Roles Recurring	2015–2017	With Stephen Colbert and Patrick Stewart CBS
The Colbert Report	Multiple Roles Recurring	2013–2014	With Stephen Colbert Comedy Central
Royal Pains Ep. 708, 801, 802	Sam Recurring	2015	USA Network
Inside Amy Schumer Season 4	Kid Chickering Supporting	2016	Comedy Central
Blue Bloods Ep. 403	Ryan Stone U-5	2013	CBS
Billions Ep. 107	Bruce Layner’s Son U-5	2015	Showtime
Team Umizoomi Ep. 215, 217, 316	Multiple Roles Supporting	2010	Nick Jr.

Film	Role	Year	Details
Who Framed Tommy Callahan? Feature Film	Hans Svelte Supporting	2017	Directed by Harry Kellerman
Montana Short Film	Lucas Supporting	2018	Directed by Michael Schwartz
Falling Short Film	James Lead	2017	Directed by Jiwon Uhm NYU student film
40 Nickels Short Film	Norm Lead	2018	Directed by Yasmin Gorenberg NYU student film
Bloodflowers Short Film	Jacob Lead	2019	Directed by Miguel Villalba SVA student film

Voice	Role	Year	Details
Crossbones Ep. 103, 109	Son ADR	2014	NBC
The Michael J. Fox Show Ep. 112	Graham’s Friend ADR	2013	NBC
Kid Trillionaire Audiobook	Narrator	2021	Written by John Louzonis

Voice

Role

Year

Details

Crossbones

Ep. 103, 109

Son

ADR

2014

NBC

The Michael J. Fox Show

Ep. 112

Graham’s Friend

ADR

2013

NBC

Kid Trillionaire

Audiobook

Narrator

2021

Written by John Louzonis

Commercial / Print / Radio		Years	Brands
Multiple national commercials		2008–2017	Lexus, Ocean Spray, Kraft Mac & Cheese, AT&T, ESPN, et al.

Details

DOB	05.10.2005
Hair	Brown
Eyes	Hazel
Unions	SAG-AFTRA • AEA • AGVA

Training

Voice / Speech Coaching	Susan Finch
Vocal Coaching	Bob Marks Brett Teresa
Audition Prep	A Class Act NY Broadway Workshop Broadway Kids Auditions

Skills

Taekwon-Do	2nd Dan Black Belt
Dialects	Studied British, Swedish, and Tennessee dialects
Instruments	Piano

Awards / Nominations

Best Play

Mothers and Sons

2014

Tony Awards nomination
Drama League Awards nomination

Best Featured Actor in a Play

Mothers and Sons

2014

BroadwayWorld Awards nomination

CRITICAL RECEPTION

Press

Grayson Taylor, one of the best child actors that your reviewers have seen on a New York stage, more than holds his own amongst this roster of damaged characters as an open, affectionate, and enthusiastic Petie.

– CultureCatch

For his part, young Taylor is not only letter perfect but pitch perfect as a boy who loves his two dads but wishes he had a grandmother to add to them.

– Huffington Post by David Finkle

As Bud, Taylor is a real find who brings delightful levity to a room where the memories of a lost generation looms heavily.

– Theatremania

That child, incidentally, is Bud, played effusively by Grayson Taylor, whose innocence and frankness overwhelm Katharine, and help to defuse an otherwise tense afternoon.

– NBC New York by Robert Kahn

As the couple’s son, Taylor is appropriately adorable… Taylor is in one of the most touching scenes in the play. Bud asks Katharine if he’ll be his grandma, since he does not have one. Together, they can be one happy family, he says.

– Asbury Park Press

It’s then that the boy, played well by Grayson Taylor, pipes up and reveals that he might be the most honest one of the bunch.

– Wall Street Journal

Her exchanges with Grayson Taylor’s wide-eyed Bud—who, of course, bonds with Katharine instantly, both charming and further unsettling the adults—are genuinely disarming.

– USA Today by Elysa Gardener

…impossibly cute little Bud Ogden-Porter (Grayson Taylor).

– Variety by Marilyn Stasio

And finally there is Bud, the 6-year-old son of Cal and Will… For Bud, having two dads is no different than not having a grandmother, as he charmingly explains to Katharine when trying to persuade her to assume that role in his life.

– Huffington Post