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Jun 13, 1990 (34)
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson (né Johnson; born 13 June 1990) is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of the title character in Kick-Ass (2010) and its 2013 sequel, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) character Pietro Maximoff in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). Taylor-Johnson began performing at age six and has appeared in such films as Shanghai Knights (2003), The Illusionist (2006), The Thief Lord (2006), and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008). He had his breakthrough performance in the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy (2009). Taylor-Johnson went on to portray Ben in the Oliver Stone-directed crime thriller Savages (2012), Russian aristocrat Count Vronsky in Joe Wright's adaptation of Anna Karenina (2012), and Lt. Brody in Gareth Edwards' monster movie Godzilla (2014). For his performance as psychopathic drifter Ray Marcus in Tom Ford's thriller Nocturnal Animals (2016), he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Taylor-Johnson later starred as military commander Ives in Christopher Nolan's spy action epic Tenet (2020), and assassin Tangerine in David Leitch's thriller Bullet Train (2022). As part of Sony's Spider-Man Universe he will star as another Marvel character, Kraven the Hunter, in a 2023 self-titled film.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| — | Blood on Snow | Olav |
| 2025 | 28 Years Later | |
| — | Fuze | |
| 2024 | The Fall Guy | Tom Ryder |
| 2024 | Nosferatu | Friedrich Harding |
| 2024 | Rothko | |
| 2024 | Kraven the Hunter | Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter |
| 2022 | Bullet Train | Tangerine |
| 2021 | The King's Man | Archie Reid |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios Legends | Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios Assembled | Self - Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Calls | Mark (voice) |
| 2020 | Tenet | Ives |
| 2019 | A Million Little Pieces | James Frey |
| 2018 | Outlaw King | James Douglas, Lord of Douglas |
| 2017 | The Wall | Isaac |
| 2016 | Nocturnal Animals | Ray Marcus |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (uncredited) |
| 2014 | Godzilla | Ford Brody |
| 2014 | Godzilla: Force of Nature | Himself |
| 2014 | Sock or Hat? | Self |
| 2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina | Vronsky |
| 2012 | Savages | Ben |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers | Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs | Joe Mackins |
| 2010 | Kick-Ass | Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass |
| 2010 | Chatroom | William |
| 2010 | Justin Lee Collins: Good Times | Self |
| 2009 | Nowhere Boy | John Lennon |
| 2009 | The Greatest | Bennett Brewer |
| 2008 | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging | Robbie |
| 2008 | Dummy | Danny |
| 2007 | Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars | Finch |
| 2007 | The Magic Door | Flip |
| 2007 | Talk to Me | Aaron |
| 2007 | Nearly Famous | Owen Stephens |
| 2006 | The Illusionist | Young Eisenheim |
| 2006 | The Thief Lord | Prosper |
| 2006 | The Best Man | Michael Sheldrake (age 15) |
| 2005 | I Shouldn't Be Alive | Mark |
| 2005 | Dead Cool | George |
| 2004 | The Apocalypse | Johanan |
| 2004 | Feather Boy | Niker |
| 2003 | Shanghai Knights | Charlie Chaplin |
| 2003 | Coming Up | Eoin |
| 2002 | Tom & Thomas | Tom / Thomas |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Jaidan (voice) |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self / Presenter |
| 1986 | Casualty | Joey Byrne |
| 1984 | The Bill | Zac Clough |
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rothko | Producer |
| 2019 | A Million Little Pieces | Screenplay |
| 2019 | A Million Little Pieces | Producer |