Daniel Lawrence Taylor (born May 1983) is a British actor, comedy writer, and producer.
Taylor grew up in South London. He studied drama and theatre studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 2004.
He appeared in several sitcoms including Uncle, How Not to Live Your Life, and Hunderby. He starred in ITV2's 2015 comedy Cockroaches and had a small role in The Inbetweeners. He is one half of the comedy duo Ginger & Black (with Eri Jackson). He appeared in series 2 of Lobby Land, a BBC Radio 4 political satire broadcast.
Taylor created, wrote and starred in the ITV2 sitcom Timewasters. The first series of Timewasters aired in 2017 and the second series aired in spring 2019. Series 1 was nominated for a BAFTA in 2018 for Best Scripted Comedy. In 2018, Taylor was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit. He serves as showrunner, head writer and has a supporting role on the BBC Three comedy-drama series Boarders which was broadcast in 2024.
Taylor resides in London and is based in the Forest Hill area. He has two daughters with his wife Tess.