Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Shaun Michael Taylor-Corbett, also known by his Blackfeet name I'Pyooksisstiiko'om, is an American actor, singer, and writer born on October 6, 1978, in Jennersville, Pennsylvania. Of Blackfeet, Scandinavian, and Black descent, Taylor-Corbett is the only son of choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett and music executive Michael Corbett, and has three sisters. He was raised in Rockville Centre, New York.

Taylor-Corbett attended the University of Delaware, where he was an honors student, served as vice president of the World Peace Club, and sang with the a cappella group the University of Delaware YChromes. He received vocal training from Shirley Callaway. Following his graduation, he joined The New York Public Theater, performing Shakespeare, and later appeared with the Harrington Theater Arts Company. He also played Romeo in a production of Romeo and Juliet at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey, and made multiple appearances on the soap opera All My Children.

In 2003, Taylor-Corbett joined Hi-5, the American counterpart to the Australian children's program of the same name. His segment on the show was Shapes in Space, in which he interacted with oversized geometric objects and performed three songs per episode, both as a soloist and as part of the Hi-5 band. He departed the program in 2006 to continue his performing career, subsequently playing Juan in the Off-Broadway musical Altar Boyz from July 3, 2006, through May 6, 2007.

Taylor-Corbett's Broadway career spans 2008 to 2011, during which he appeared in Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights and in Jersey Boys. He also performed in the second national tour of Jersey Boys. Additional stage credits include Between Two Knees, a production by The 1491s, and Distant Thunder, a musical he co-created in which he stars as the character Darrell Walters.

Beyond the stage, Taylor-Corbett has established a career as an audiobook narrator, with credits that include There There by Tommy Orange, The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones, and Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse.