Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Biography

Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson (nĂ© 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.

Filmography

Young Eisenheim
Charlie Chaplin
Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
Bennett Brewer
John Lennon
William
Tom / Thomas
Joe Mackins
Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver
Ford Brody
Danny
Tom Ryder
Major Will Tranter
Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (uncredited)
George
Michael Sheldrake (age 15)
James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
Archie Reid
Ives
Tangerine
Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter
Friedrich Harding