After a week of meticulous exploration on Instagram, we present our selection for this week’s Celebrity Instahottie — Taylor Napier.
Fantasy fans first fell for Taylor Napier as Maksim, the sword-swinging Warder in The Wheel of Time. Then he started posting, and the rest of us caught up fast.
Born December 8, 1989, in Morristown, Tennessee, Napier holds a BFA in Acting from Emerson College and an MA with distinction in Acting from London’s Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Before his big break, he worked in reality TV on shows such as The Voice, Celebrity Wife Swap and Survivor.
His casting as Maksim was announced in December 2019, and he spent three seasons opposite Rosamund Pike playing a loyal warder in a loving queer throuple, quickly becoming a fan favorite. The series ended after three seasons, but Napier, who is queer, walked away with a devoted fanbase.
He’s kept busy since. Napier had recurring roles on BBC’s Wreck and Amazon’s Hanna, guest-starred on Amazon’s Ride or Die with Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham, and plays Acar, the older and more dominant of Laban’s two sons, in Fox’s The Faithful.
Then there’s the Instagram. Napier (@taylornapier89) stripped down to a Speedo for a photoshoot and embraced the sex symbol title as flattering. That beachy spread was shot by photographer Ramon Christian for Out. He also posed for a steamy black-and-white spread in Behind the Blinds, captured by Dean Ryan McDaid.
The secret to the physique? He told Instinct, “There’s a lot of eating only grilled chicken and rice.” Plus sword fighting and stunts. Normal actor stuff.
Follow him for the thirst traps. Stay for the Warder energy.
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