who plays jacob black in twilight?
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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 The series , originally titled Twilight , was commissioned by Warner Bros. Television as a presentation lasting 14 – 20 minutes . Alex O 'Loughlin , Shannon Lucio , Rade Šerbedžija and Amber Valletta were cast in the lead roles , and Rod Holcomb was hired as director . The project was renamed Moonlight when picked up by CBS for the 2007 – 2008 American television season . David Greenwalt joined the staff in May 2007 as showrunner and executive producer alongside Joel Silver ; however , health reasons forced Greenwalt to leave the series . All of the original actors save for the male lead role were recast in June 2007 , and Sophia Myles , Jason Dohring and Shannyn Sossamon replaced them . With an almost entirely different cast , a retooled , full @-@ length pilot for television audiences was re @-@ shot . 
