Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Acting · Born 1990-06-13 in 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…

Filmography

• The Illusionist as Young Eisenheim
• Kick-Ass as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
• Nowhere Boy as John Lennon
• Avengers: Age of Ultron as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver
• The Fall Guy as Tom Ryder
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (uncredited)
• Nocturnal Animals as Ray Marcus
• Tenet as Ives
• Bullet Train as Tangerine
• Shanghai Knights as Charlie Chaplin

TV

• The Bill as Zac Clough
• Calls as Mark (voice)
• Marvel Studios Assembled as Self - Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage)
• Nearly Famous as Owen Stephens
• Feather Boy as Niker
• Family Guy as Jaidan (voice)
• Marvel Studios Legends as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage) (uncredited)
• MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter
• I Shouldn't Be Alive as Mark
• Coming Up as Eoin