Taylor Olson is a multiple Canadian Screen Award nominee & ACTRA Award winner based in Kjipuktuk/ Halifax, N.S. Taylor has acted in numerous feature films such as Look At Me (Canadian Screen Award nomination), Black Cop, Hopeless Romantic (Outstanding Performance - Atlantic Film Festival 2018), Halloween Party, Dawn Her Dad & the Tractor, and his own feature film directorial debut Bone Cage - for which he won Best Actor at a number of film festivals, as well as his first ACTRA award. Olson won his second ACTRA Award for appearing in the feature film Bystanders, which he co-wrote alongside partner Koumbie. He has appeared in re-occurring roles on TV series such as Sex & Violence, Diggstown, Pure, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, King & Pawn, Revival, and as Larry in the new Trailer Park Boy's: Jail series. Taylor's feature film directorial debut Bone Cage was released to critical acclaim; sweeping the awards at the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival and earning over 30 additional accolades at festivals around the globe. Bone Cage appeared in competition at Camerimage, competed in the Forward Future section of the Beijing International Film Festival, and toured numerous US festivals before being nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards for Adapted Screenplay & Supporting Actress. Olson premiered his sophomore feature film Look At Me at the Slamdance Film Festival, with which he went on to win Best Performance at the Canadian Film Fest and was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Lead Actor. His third feature film What We Dreamed of Then won Best Dramatic Feature at Cinequest Film Festival, Olson walked away with multiple Best Actor awards on the festival circuit, and the film had a successful theatrical release through Vortex before landing on Crave. For television, Olson was nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards for his co-created series Hey Halifax, Hello! Today! for Best Sketch Show & Ensemble Performance, as well as Best Direction, Variety or Sketch Comedy. Olson also has directed six episodes of This Hour Has 22 Minutes on CBC, three seasons of the documentary series Disrupt for AMI, a 6 x half hour season of television for TPB+, and screened their AR series Alone Together at festivals such as the Reykjavik International Film Festival and the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Taylor is the recipient of the 2020 Arts Nova Scotia Emerging Artist Award.
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Biography from IMDb.
- British Columbia, Canada
- Actor, director, writer and producer
- 12 on MovieCove · 33 credits in all
What are Taylor Olson's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Taylor Olson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Taylor Olson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
33 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.
Stitches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
What We Dreamed Of Then (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Stitches(2026)
Sweetie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Look at Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Bystanders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Sugar Highs(2022)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
From(2022)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Second Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
I Hate You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Dawn, Her Dad & The Tractor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Cam Boy(2021)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Halloween Party(2019)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
I Am Syd Stone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Bone Cage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Jerky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Death of Winter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Entropic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Diggstown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Spinster(2019)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all filmsGreeness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
You Ruined Our Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Black Cop(2017)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Sinner(2017)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Ariyah & Tristan's Inevitable Breakup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Underneath the Makeup, There's Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Noon Gun(2015)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Your Money or Your Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Sex & Violence(2013)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Haven(2010)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all showsEndless Row of Trees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 49th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 32 titles, 30 of them dated from 2010 to 2026.
Film career
- 2020Screen debut· Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Taylor Olson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of the 5 of 6 with a score; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 54. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Taylor Olson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Taylor Olson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Zach Faye shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Zach FayeShared titles: Stitches (2026), Halloween Party (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Zach Faye
- Amy GroeningShared titles: Halloween Party (2019), Spinster (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Amy Groening
- Scott BaileyShared titles: Halloween Party (2019), Noon Gun (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Scott Bailey
Editors
- Shawn BeckwithShared titles: Stitches (2026), Noon Gun (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Shawn Beckwith
Producers
- Bill NivenShared titles: Halloween Party (2019), Spinster (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Bill Niven
- Jay DahlShared titles: Halloween Party (2019), Spinster (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Jay Dahl