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Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Acting

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

EN cinema · 40 credits

Born

13 June 1990 (age 36)

Birthplace

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Also known as Aaron Johnson · Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson

Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson (né Johnson; born 13 June 1990) is a British actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two British Academy Film Awards and a British Independent Film Award. As a child actor, Taylor-Johnson performed in films including Shanghai Knights (2003), The Illusionist (2006), and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008). He had his breakthrough performance as John Lennon in the biopic Nowhere Boy (2009), directed by Sam Taylor-Wood, whom he married in 2012, adding her surname. He gained recognition for his portrayal of the title character in Kick-Ass (2010) and its sequel, Kick-Ass 2 (2013), as well as for performances in the crime thriller Savages (2012), the period drama Anna Karenina (2012), and the monster film Godzilla (2014). Taylor-Johnson next portrayed the Marvel Cinematic Universe character Pietro Maximoff in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). For playing a psychopathic drifter in the thriller film Nocturnal Animals (2016), he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has since appeared in the action films Tenet (2020), Bullet Train (2022) and The Fall Guy (2024), as well as starring roles in the horror films Nosferatu (2024) and 28 Years Later (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aaron Taylor-Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

Blood on Snow

Blood on Snow

ENNot rated

as Olav

Cry to Heaven poster

Cry to Heaven

ENNot rated

as Guido Maffeo

Werwulf poster

Werwulf

EN · 2026Not rated

as Man

Fuze poster

Fuze

EN · 20257.1

as Will

28 Years Later poster

28 Years Later

EN · 20256.6

as Jamie

The Fall Guy poster

The Fall Guy

EN · 20246.9

as Tom Ryder

Kraven the Hunter poster

Kraven the Hunter

EN · 20246.4

as Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter

Nosferatu poster

Nosferatu

EN · 20246.7

as Friedrich Harding

Nosferatu: An Inside Look poster

Nosferatu: An Inside Look

EN · 20245.5

as Self

Bullet Train poster

Bullet Train

EN · 20227.4

as Tangerine

The King's Man poster

The King's Man

EN · 20216.7

as Archie Reid

Tenet poster

Tenet

EN · 20207.2

as Ives

A Million Little Pieces poster

A Million Little Pieces

EN · 20196.2

as James Frey, Screenplay, Producer

The Making of 'Nocturnal Animals' poster

The Making of 'Nocturnal Animals'

EN · 2019Not rated

as Self

Outlaw King poster

Outlaw King

EN · 20186.8

as James Douglas, Lord of Douglas

The Wall poster

The Wall

EN · 20176.4

as Isaac

Nocturnal Animals poster

Nocturnal Animals

EN · 20167.4

as Ray Marcus

Avengers: Age of Ultron poster

Avengers: Age of Ultron

EN · 20157.3

as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver

Godzilla poster

Godzilla

EN · 20146.4

as Ford Brody

Captain America: The Winter Soldier poster

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

EN · 20147.7

as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (uncredited)

Kick-Ass 2 poster

Kick-Ass 2

EN · 20136.4

as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass

Savages poster

Savages

EN · 20126.4

as Ben

Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina

EN · 20126.7

as Vronsky

Albert Nobbs poster

Albert Nobbs

EN · 20116.3

as Joe Mackins

Kick-Ass poster

Kick-Ass

EN · 20107.1

as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass

Chatroom poster

Chatroom

EN · 20105.8

as William

A New Kind of Superhero: The Making of 'Kick Ass' poster

A New Kind of Superhero: The Making of 'Kick Ass'

EN · 2010Not rated

as Self

The Greatest poster

The Greatest

EN · 20096.2

as Bennett Brewer

Nowhere Boy poster

Nowhere Boy

EN · 20097.2

as John Lennon

Dummy poster

Dummy

EN · 20096.2

as Danny

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging poster

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

EN · 20086.5

as Robbie Jennings

The Magic Door poster

The Magic Door

EN · 20074.1

as Flip

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars poster

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

EN · 20076.8

as Finch

The Illusionist poster

The Illusionist

EN · 20067.3

as Young Eisenheim

The Thief Lord poster

The Thief Lord

EN · 20066.0

as Prosper

The Best Man poster

The Best Man

EN · 20064.3

as Michael Sheldrake (age 15)

Dead Cool poster

Dead Cool

EN · 20055.0

as George

The Apocalypse poster

The Apocalypse

EN · 20045.5

as Johanan

Shanghai Knights poster

Shanghai Knights

EN · 20036.1

as Charlie Chaplin

Tom & Thomas poster

Tom & Thomas

EN · 20026.7

as Tom / Thomas