From facebook: Taylor Lautner was in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl.. Thats why he was so familiar...

He was 13. looks way younger than us at that age right? (i'm adressing ppl who are the same age as me)

Like Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee before him, Taylor Lautner came to be an actor after a top-ranking career in martial arts. He was encouraged to try his hand at acting after establishing himself as a karate champion at age nine, and his martial arts skills immediately came in handy for his feature debut as a tween superhero in Robert Rodriguez’s “The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D” (2005). More roles in family films like “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” (2004) followed, and while Lautner’s TV career seemed cursed with failed series, it did not hinder the young actor from evolving into a heartthrob with the teen set. In 2008, Lautner was launched to stardom after landing a supporting role in “Twilight” (2008), the pop culture phenomenon based on the teen vampire romance book series by Stephanie Meyers. Due to the overwhelming popularity of the film, Lautner reprised his role as shapeshifter Jacob Black in the sequels “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” (2009) and “Eclipse” (2010), vying for the love of human Bella (Kristen Stewart) with an adventurous spirit that earned the actor increasing interest from film directors looking for a new young adult star who could both woo the girls with his intensity and impress the boys with his rugged agility.

Born Taylor Daniel Lautner in Grand Rapids, MI on Feb. 11, 1992, he was studying martial arts at the age of six and earning first place trophies in competition only a year later. Under the guidance of seven-time world champion and actor Mike Chat, he received such a degree of proficiency that he was asked to represent the United States in the 12 and under division at the World Karate Association. There, he took home three gold medals and earned the title of Junior Forms and Weapons champion. At the advice of Chat, he also began auditioning for acting roles at nine. After flying to Los Angeles to try out for a television commercial, he found this new pursuit to his liking and began auditioning on a regular basis. Eventually, the constant flights proved wearying enough for Lautner and his family – as well as detrimental to his school work and training – that they relocated permanently to Los Angeles in 2002.

Lautner continued to compete regularly on the martial arts circuit, which yielded top honors at the World Karate Association in 2001 and a first-place ranking in the world for several disciplines in 2003. He also broadened his interests to include jazz and hip-hop dance; even finding time to play on his school’s football and baseball teams. Despite an extra-curricular schedule that would overpower most children his age, Lautner still found time to audition for film and television roles, which he began to land with some regularity in 2001.

He made his television debut in the 2001 TV-movie “Shadow Fury,” and soon logged appearances on episodes of “The Bernie Mac Show” (Fox, 2001-06) and “Summerland” (The WB, 2004-05). In 2003, director Robert Rodriguez was won over by Lautner’s abundant self-confidence and cast him as Sharkboy, a young hero raised by sharks, in his CG-driven kids’ fantasy “The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D.” Rodriguez was apparently unaware of Lautner’s extensive martial arts training prior to hiring him for the role, and later asked him to choreograph all of his fight scenes in the film.

After completing filming on “Sharkboy” in 2004, Lautner transitioned to another larger-than-life character – the highly competitive son of Eugene Levy in “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” (2004). The role, which afforded him some exceptionally mild moments of romance with pre-teen actress and dancer Alyson Stoner, helped to elevate him to heartthrob status among girls twelve and under. Lautner also added voice-over work to his growing resume by playing Youngblood, the malevolent, hook-handed ghost of a young boy on the animated series “Danny Phantom” (Nickelodeon, 2004-2007). By this point, Lautner had officially retired from martial arts competition to focus solely on acting.

More voice-over work preceded his first turn as a semi-regular character on a TV series with the short-lived “Love, Inc.” (UPN, 2005-06). The sitcom fell victim to the merger of UPN and the WB, but Lautner was back on television in 2008 with the highly touted “My Own Worst Enemy” as the son of amnesiac secret agent, Christian Slater. Unfortunately, it was also pulled shortly after its debut due to low ratings. Lautner’s up-and-down fortunes on television were soon eclipsed by the whirlwind of excitement surrounding his next feature, an adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s extraordinarily popular Gothic romance “Twilight” (2008). Lautner was cast as Jacob Black, a young Native American and the descendent of a long line of werewolves. Though the character was relatively minor in the original novel the character proved exceptionally popular with readers, leading Meyer to develop his character in subsequent books.

In the films, Black provided both romantic interest and essential information to the female lead, Bella (Kristen Stewart) about the vampire population in her hometown. His key scene – shirtless, of course – helped to make him a second-tier crush object for the book’s abundant teenaged fans. Over the hype and huge box office numbers of the sequels, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” (2009) and “Eclipse” (2010), Black began to be considered for adult roles outside the franchise. Garry Marshall gave him his first shot when he cast him in the romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day” (2010) alongside some of the hottest young names including Emma Roberts, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Biel.

• Also Credited As:
  Taylor Daniel Lautner
• Born:
  Taylor Daniel Lautner on February 11, 1992 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
• Job Titles:
  Actor

Family

• Father: Dan Lautner.
• Mother: Deborah Lautner.
• Sister: Makena Lautner.

Significant Others

• Companion: Selena Gomez. Reportedly dated in 2009; no longer together
• Companion: Taylor Swift. Met when they starred together in the movie, Valentine s Day ; rumored to be dating as of October 2009

Education

• Valencia High School, Valencia, CA, 2008

Milestones

• 2001 Made acting debut in the Japanese film, Shadow Fury
• 2004 First TV appearance was a bit part on the WB s Summerland
• 2005 Cast in the role of Shark Boy in the Robert Rodriguez film, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
• 2005 Lent his voice to the Cartoon Network series, What s New, Scooby-Doo?
• 2005 Played the son of Eugene Levy and Carmen Electra in Cheaper by the Dozen 2(i didn't know this)
  
• 2005 Voiced the recurring role of Youngblood on the Nickelodeon series, Danny Phantom
• 2006 Voiced the Bully in the ABC special, He s a Bully, Charlie Brown
• 2008 Played Christian Slater s son in the short-lived NBC series, My Own Worst Enemy
• 2008 Played Native American character Jacob Black in Twilight, the movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyer s novel
• 2009 Reprised the role of Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga: New Moon
• Will star in Garry Marshall s ensemble romantic comedy, Valentine s Day

And i'm not obssesed with him. Just happen to stumble across this info and finds this interesting.