Vanderpump Rules star Jason Michael Cauchi, better known by his stage name Jax Taylor, is an actor, model, and television personality from the United States. He began working at Lisa Vanderpump’s restaurants SUR and Villa Blanca, earning him a spot on the reality show in 2013, which follows the lives of the SUR and Villa Blanca servers. In 2015, Taylor began dating co-star Brittany Cartwright. Taylor and Cartwright’s own spin-off television series, Vanderpump Rules: Jax and Brittany Take Kentucky, documented the couple’s vacation to Cartwright’s hometown in Kentucky.
Taylor worked as a model in Europe from 2002 until 2010 and shared an apartment in Miami with four other male models, including Channing Tatum. In New York City, Taylor signed with Ford Models. Trump Magazine, V Man, GQ Japan, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, 944 Magazine, Esquire, Instinct, CosmoGirl, and Out have all featured him in editorials and front covers. Taylor teamed with XCALIBUR BRAND in 2014 to develop the Jax Taylor by XCALIBUR BRAND sneaker and sweater collection. Taylor also developed a workout app in 2014. Target, Macy’s, JC Penny’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom, Kohl’s, Sketchers, Paul Mitchell, AussieBum, 2(x)ist, Taco Bell, and Abercrombie & Fitch have all used him in commercials. Taylor revived his modelling career in 2018 by starring in a Jack Victor commercial.
In June 2018, Taylor got engaged to Cartwright in Malibu, California. The pair married in Kentucky in June 2019. The couple announced in September 2020 that they were expecting their first child and in April 2021 they gave birth to Cruz Michael Cauchi.