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Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Born June 13, 1990 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

22 films

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). C-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards

1 win, 1 nomination

Filmography 22

28 Years Later (2025) movie poster
28 Years Later2025
Kraven the Hunter (2024) movie poster
Kraven the Hunter2024
Nosferatu (2024) movie poster
Nosferatu2024
Bullet Train (2022) movie poster
Bullet Train2022
A Million Little Pieces (2019) movie poster
A Million Little Pieces2019
Outlaw King (2018) movie poster
Outlaw King2018
The Wall (2017) movie poster
The Wall2017
Nocturnal Animals (2016) movie poster
Nocturnal Animals2016
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) movie poster
Avengers: Age of Ultron2015
Godzilla (2014) movie poster
Godzilla2014
Kick-Ass 2 (2013) movie poster
Kick-Ass 22013
Anna Karenina (2012) movie poster
Anna Karenina2012
Savages (2012) movie poster
Savages2012
Albert Nobbs (2011) movie poster
Albert Nobbs2011
Chatroom (2010) movie poster
Chatroom2010
Kick-Ass (2010) movie poster
Kick-Ass2010
Nowhere Boy (2009) movie poster
Nowhere Boy2009
The Greatest (2009) movie poster
The Greatest2009
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) movie poster
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging2008
The Illusionist (2006) movie poster
The Illusionist2006
The Thief Lord (2006) movie poster
The Thief Lord2006
Shanghai Knights (2003) movie poster
Shanghai Knights2003