who plays jacob black in the twilight movies?
Taylor Lautner
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 Taylor Daniel Lautner ( / ˈlaʊtnər / ; born February 11 , 1992 ) is an American actor , model and martial artist . Lautner is best known for playing Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga film series based on the novels of the same name by Stephenie Meyer . 

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 Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black , an old childhood friend of Bella and a member of the Quileute tribe . 

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 Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black , a cheerful companion who eases Bella 's pain over losing Edward . He reveals to Bella that he is part of a pack of werewolves whose main goal is to protect her from the vampires Laurent and Victoria . 

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 In 2010 , Hawke starred as a vampire hematologist in the science fiction horror film Daybreakers . Filmed in Australia with the Spierig brothers , the feature received reasonable reviews , and earned US $ 51 million worldwide . His next role was in Antoine Fuqua 's Brooklyn 's Finest as a corrupt narcotics officer . The film opened in March to a mediocre reception , yet his performance was well @-@ received , with the New York Daily News concluding , " Hawke — continuing an evolution toward stronger , more intense acting than anyone might 've predicted from him 20 years ago — drives the movie . " 

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 In 2007 , filmmakers began a search for actors to portray Jacob Black , a Native American friend of lead character Bella Swan in Twilight , the first film in the The Twilight Saga film series . In January 2008 , an open casting call was held in Portland , Oregon . Lautner had not heard of the Twilight series before , but was urged by his agent to audition . At his audition , he read lines with Kristen Stewart , who had already been cast as Bella , and they acted out scenes from The Twilight Saga : New Moon and The Twilight Saga : Eclipse . The film was a commercial success , earning $ 69 million its opening weekend , and has grossed $ 392 million worldwide . It received mixed reviews from critics , having a " Rotten " rating with a weighted average of 5 @.@ 5 / 10 . In describing the critical consensus , it stated : " Having lost much of its bite transitioning to the big screen , Twilight will please its devoted fans , but do little for the uninitiated . " On Metacritic , which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 reviews from film critics , it has an average score of 56 from the 37 reviews . At the 2009 MTV Movie Awards , Lautner was nominated for Male Breakthrough Performance , which was won by co @-@ star Robert Pattinson . 
