Aaron Taylor-Johnson

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 (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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aaron Taylor-Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Family Guy

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Casualty

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

El hormiguero

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Quotidien

The Bill

All Movies (39)

• Werwulf2026
• Blood on Snow2026 · as Olav
• Fuze2026 · as Will
• 28 Years Later2025 · as Jamie
• Nosferatu: An Inside Look2024 · as Self
• Nosferatu2024 · as Friedrich Harding
• Kraven the Hunter2024 · as Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter
• The Fall Guy2024 · as Tom Ryder
• Bullet Train2022 · as Tangerine
• The King's Man2021 · as Archie Reid
• Tenet2020 · as Ives
• A Million Little Pieces2019 · as James Frey
• Outlaw King2018 · as James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
• The Wall2017 · as Isaac
• Nocturnal Animals2016 · as Ray Marcus
• Avengers: Age of Ultron2015 · as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver
• Godzilla2014 · as Ford Brody
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014 · as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (uncredited)
• Kick-Ass 22013 · as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
• Anna Karenina2012 · as Vronsky
• Savages2012 · as Ben
• Albert Nobbs2011 · as Joe Mackins
• Chatroom2010 · as William
• Kick-Ass2010 · as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
• Nowhere Boy2009 · as John Lennon
• Dummy2009 · as Danny
• The Greatest2009 · as Bennett Brewer
• Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging2008 · as Robbie Jennings
• Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars2007 · as Finch
• The Magic Door2007 · as Flip
• The Illusionist2006 · as Young Eisenheim
• The Best Man2006 · as Michael Sheldrake (age 15)
• The Thief Lord2006 · as Prosper
• Dead Cool2005 · as George
• The Apocalypse2004 · as Johanan
• Shanghai Knights2003 · as Charlie Chaplin
• Tom & Thomas2002 · as Tom / Thomas
• Cry to Heaven— · as Carlo Treschi
• Enigma Variations— · as Paul

All TV Shows (21)

• Calls2021 · as Mark (voice)
• Marvel Studios Assembled2021 · as Self - Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage)
• Marvel Studios Legends2021 · as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Quotidien2016 · as Self - Guest
• Sock or Hat?2014 · as Self
• Justin Lee Collins: Good Times2010 · as Self
• Nearly Famous2007 · as Owen Stephens
• Talk to Me2007 · as Aaron
• El hormiguero2006 · as Self - Guest
• I Shouldn't Be Alive2005 · as Mark
• Feather Boy2004 · as Niker
• Coming Up2003 · as Eoin
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Family Guy1999 · as Jaidan (voice)
• MTV Europe Music Awards1994 · as Self - Presenter
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self / Presenter
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
• Casualty1986 · as Joey Byrne
• The Bill1984 · as Zac Clough
• Enigma Variations— · as Paul