Aaron Taylor-Johnson
English actor (born 1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson (né Johnson; born 13 June 1990) is an English actor.[1] He is known for his portrayal of the title character in Kick-Ass (2010) and its 2013 sequel, as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe character Pietro Maximoff in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
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Born | Aaron Perry Johnson (1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 (age 33) High Wycombe, England |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1996–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
As a child actor, he 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 and adopted the same surname (Taylor-Johnson) with. He followed this with roles in the crime thriller Savages (2012), period drama Anna Karenina (2012), and monster film Godzilla (2014).
For his performance as a psychopathic drifter in the thriller film Nocturnal Animals (2016), Taylor-Johnson won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He has since appeared in the action films Tenet (2020), Bullet Train (2022) and The Fall Guy (2024).