Zeke Taylor

Zeke Taylor (born December 29, 2005) is an American actor, internet personality, YouTuber, Computer programmer, and musician. Zeke Taylor is best known for his roles as Jaden Newman in the American fantasy comedy web television series Merman Academy, his role as Danny Wests in the 2021 American fantasy film The Witches, as well as his role as Hakeem Zeki in the American dark fantasy mystery web series Lucid Nonsense. He is also notable for his comedic content he uploaded on YouTube.

Biography
Taylor was born in North Little Rock, Arkansas as Ezekiel Jermaine Shephard-Taylor on December 29, 2005. He grew up in Sherwood, Arkansas with his mother Alicia Taylor. Zeke Taylor has lived in Arkansas for his entire life.

Zeke Taylor is also of Native American, Siberian, and Portuguese descent.

Career
Zeke Taylor created a second series after NicheZeke known as Merman Academy in 2015 after watching the US Nickelodeon television programs Every Witch Way and WITS Academy. Taylor played the main character, Jaden Newman, as well as other characters such as Alice Newman, Jaden's older twin mermaid-witch sister and most of the other characters. Taylor also had his relatives and friends play other principle, supporting, and recurring characters. In Merman Academy, his friend's and relative's characters were primarily named after them but with a slight change. His cousins, Earnest and Jabari, portrayed Jaden's older brothers, Manman Newman and Jabari Newman. The show consisted of very poor acting and editing, and onset behind-the-scene footage were often left included in the final episode and was rarely edited out. Merman Academy lasted for three-to-four years ending with three seasons and 27 episodes.

Zeke Taylor had decided that he wanted to grow up and make major improvements. So he started moving on to try and explore different niches, genres, and industries. However, he still continues to work in the entertainment industries and has been working on more projects since. Taylor is still active on social media platforms, back in early 2017 he created a new YouTube channel in order to start fresh since.

Personal life
Zeke Taylor is the son of Alicia Taylor, whom is a physical therapist that helps people with physical limitations and disabilities get better. His father is Mark Shephard, an entrepreneur. Zeke Taylor's place of birth is North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.

At the age of eight, Zeke Taylor became interested in the acting and entertainment industry. Not long after and soon he started his first YouTube Channel in 2013. He uploaded a lot on social media and had a very consistent schedule, Zeke Taylor made short skits and created random web series' with his friends.

In 2015, Taylor started focusing more on his acting career. His friends consider him to be a hilarious person with very dark humor.