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Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Born 1990-06-13
📍 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

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).

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Filmography 56

Werwulf
2026
Fuze
as Will Tranter
2026
28 Years Later
as Jamie
2025
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
as Self
2024
Nosferatu
as Friedrich Harding
2024
Kraven the Hunter
as Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter
2024
The Fall Guy
as Tom Ryder
2024
Bullet Train
as Tangerine
2022
The King's Man
as Archie Reid
2021
Calls
as Mark (voice)
2021
Marvel Studios Assembled
as Self - Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage)
2021
Marvel Studios Legends
as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Tenet
as Ives
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
A Million Little Pieces
as James Frey
2019
Outlaw King
as James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
2018
The Wall
as Isaac
2017
Nocturnal Animals
as Ray Marcus
2016
Quotidien
as Self - Guest
2016
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver
2015
Sock or Hat?
as Self
2014
Godzilla
as Ford Brody
2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (uncredited)
2014
Kick-Ass 2
as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
2013
Anna Karenina
as Vronsky
2012
Savages
as Ben
2012
Albert Nobbs
as Joe Mackins
2011
Chatroom
as William
2010
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
as Self
2010
Kick-Ass
as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
2010
Nowhere Boy
as John Lennon
2009
Dummy
as Danny
2009
The Greatest
as Bennett Brewer
2009
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
as Robbie Jennings
2008
Talk to Me
as Aaron
2007
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
as Finch
2007
The Magic Door
as Flip
2007
El hormiguero
as Self - Guest
2006
The Illusionist
as Young Eisenheim
2006
The Best Man
as Michael Sheldrake (age 15)
2006
The Thief Lord
as Prosper
2006
I Shouldn't Be Alive
as Mark
2005
Dead Cool
as George
2005
The Apocalypse
as Johanan
2004
Feather Boy
as Niker
2004
Coming Up
as Eoin
2003
Shanghai Knights
as Charlie Chaplin
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
Tom & Thomas
as Tom / Thomas
2002
Family Guy
as Jaidan (voice)
1999
MTV Europe Music Awards
as Self - Presenter
1994
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self / Presenter
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter
1992
Casualty
as Joey Byrne
1986
The Bill
as Zac Clough
1984
Cry to Heaven