My Take
Taz Skylar is one of those performers who makes you do a double-take once you learn his backstory — born in Tenerife, raised with that Atlantic island energy, and somehow ending up as one of the most talked-about breakout stars of 2023. His casting as Sanji in Netflix's live-action One Piece was the kind of role that could have gone badly wrong, but Taz absolutely owned it: the charm, the fighting stances, the ridiculous eyebrow. What I find genuinely impressive is that he's not just an actor for hire — he wrote and starred in Gassed Up and had an off-West End play, Warheads, under his belt before any of this. He's a creative who happens to be very good on camera, and that combination is rarer than it looks. Still in his late twenties as of 2024, the ceiling on this guy is hard to see.
Overview
Tarek Yassin Skylar (born 5 December 1995), known professionally as Taz Skylar, is a British and Spanish actor and screenwriter. After the success of his self written off-West-end play, Warheads, he went on to write and star in Gassed Up for Amazon Prime, subsequently playing Sanji in the Netflix series One Piece (2023).
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Taz Skylar
- Name (Japanese)
- タズ・スカイラー
- Reading
- たず・すかいらー
- Born
- December 4, 1995 (age 30)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Boar
- Origin
- Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Spain
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film producer / screenwriter / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | One Piece | — |
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.