Jim Taggart is Eureka's "biological containment specialist." If it walks, talks, eats, breathes, or bleeds, it falls within Taggart's domain. A big brute of an Aussie (or so he claims), Taggart often butts heads with the sheriff and townsfolk who refuse to appreciate the delicate and unique wildlife situation in Eureka. Luckily for Carter, Taggart knows every breed of animal, bird, and insect like the back of his hand — and he's got the tools to handle any situation.
Washington, D.C., native Matt Frewer trained at the Bristol Old Vic Drama School, from which he graduated in 1980. Frewer is perhaps best known to fans of science fiction as the star of the groundbreaking 1985 television series Max Headroom, in which he played the dual role of reporter Edison Carter and his virtual-reality alter ego, Max Headroom.
His early credits included supporting roles in such feature films as Supergirl, Spies Like Us, and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. His other film roles include turns in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe's War, the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead, and Stephen King's Riding the Bullet.
On television, Frewer has guest-starred on such popular shows as St. Elsewhere, Miami Vice, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Picket Fences, the revival series of The Outer Limits, and the Canadian series Da Vinci's Inquest. He also has appeared in such acclaimed miniseries as Stephen King's The Stand and the SCI FI Original miniseries event Steven Spielberg presents Taken.
In addition, Frewer has also contributed his considerable vocal talents to providing voice characterizations for animation. Among the series for which he has voiced characters are Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman, Gargoyles, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk.
Frewer and his wife, Amanda Hillwood, divide their time between residences in Malibu, Calif., and Quebec.
