Aaron Taylor-Johnson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 13, 1990 (age 36)
- Birthplace
- High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Blood on Snow
Movie · as Olav
Cry to Heaven
Movie · as Guido Maffeo
Enigma Variations
TV · as Paul · 1 ep
Werwulf
Movie · as Man
Fuze
Movie · as Will
28 Years Later
Movie · as Jamie
The Fall Guy
Movie · as Tom Ryder
Kraven the Hunter
Movie · as Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter
Nosferatu
Movie · as Friedrich Harding
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Movie · as Self
Bullet Train
Movie · as Tangerine
The King's Man
Movie · as Archie Reid
Calls
TV · as Mark (voice) · 1 ep
Marvel Studios Assembled
TV · as Self - Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage) · 1 ep
Marvel Studios Legends
TV · as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2 eps
Last Meals
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tenet
Movie · as Ives
A Million Little Pieces
Movie · as James Frey
The Making of 'Nocturnal Animals'
Movie · as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Outlaw King
Movie · as James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
The Wall
Movie · as Isaac
Nocturnal Animals
Movie · as Ray Marcus
Quotidien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Movie · as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Godzilla
Movie · as Ford Brody
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Movie · as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (uncredited)
Sock or Hat?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kick-Ass 2
Movie · as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
Savages
Movie · as Ben
Anna Karenina
Movie · as Vronsky
Albert Nobbs
Movie · as Joe Mackins
Kick-Ass
Movie · as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
Chatroom
Movie · as William
A New Kind of Superhero: The Making of 'Kick Ass'
Movie · as Self
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Greatest
Movie · as Bennett Brewer
Nowhere Boy
Movie · as John Lennon
Dummy
Movie · as Danny
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Movie · as Robbie Jennings
The Magic Door
Movie · as Flip
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Movie · as Finch
Nearly Famous
TV · as Owen Stephens · 6 eps
Talk to Me
TV · as Aaron · 4 eps
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
TV · as Finch · 2 eps
The Illusionist
Movie · as Young Eisenheim
The Thief Lord
Movie · as Prosper
The Best Man
Movie · as Michael Sheldrake (age 15)
El hormiguero
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Dead Cool
Movie · as George
I Shouldn't Be Alive
TV · as Mark · 1 ep
The Apocalypse
Movie · as Johanan
Feather Boy
TV · as Niker · 6 eps
Shanghai Knights
Movie · as Charlie Chaplin
Coming Up
TV · as Eoin · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Tom & Thomas
Movie · as Tom / Thomas
Family Guy
TV · as Jaidan (voice) · 1 ep
MTV Europe Music Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV · as Self / Presenter, Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Casualty
TV · as Joey Byrne · 1 ep
The Bill
TV · as Zac Clough · 1 ep