Alexander Taylor is a film producer in Hollywood, and the head of Eidolon Productions. He is very wealthy, living in a huge mansion on Crest Road in Bel Air. He is a large man, over 6 ft. tall and 250 lbs., with brown hair, blue eyes and a beard. In 1998, Taylor was approached with LAPD detectives Kizmin Rider and Harry Bosch after the murder of production assistant Angella Benton. Several days later, a film that Taylor was producing was shut down after an on-set robbery and shooting during which Bosch was present.