Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Acting • Born 1990-06-13
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.
Filmography
57 credits
The Illusionist
Movie • 2006
Young Eisenheim
Shanghai Knights
Movie • 2003
Charlie Chaplin
Kick-Ass
Movie • 2010
Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
The Greatest
Movie • 2009
Bennett Brewer
Nowhere Boy
Movie • 2009
John Lennon
The Thief Lord
Movie • 2006
Prosper
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Movie • 2008
Robbie Jennings
Chatroom
Movie • 2010
William
Tom & Thomas
Movie • 2002
Tom / Thomas
Savages
Movie • 2012
Ben
Albert Nobbs
Movie • 2011
Joe Mackins
The Apocalypse
Movie • 2004
Johanan
Kick-Ass 2
Movie • 2013
Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
Anna Karenina
Movie • 2012
Vronsky
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Movie • 2015
Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver
Godzilla
Movie • 2014
Ford Brody
Dummy
Movie • 2009
Danny
The Magic Door
Movie • 2007
Flip
The Fall Guy
Movie • 2024
Tom Ryder
Fuze
Movie • 2026
Will Tranter
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Movie • 2014
Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (uncredited)
Nocturnal Animals
Movie • 2016
Ray Marcus
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Movie • 2007
Finch
28 Years Later
Movie • 2025
Jamie
The Wall
Movie • 2017
Isaac
Dead Cool
Movie • 2005
George
The Best Man
Movie • 2006
Michael Sheldrake (age 15)
Outlaw King
Movie • 2018
James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
A Million Little Pieces
Movie • 2019
James Frey
The King's Man
Movie • 2021
Archie Reid
Tenet
Movie • 2020
Ives
Bullet Train
Movie • 2022
Tangerine
Kraven the Hunter
Movie • 2024
Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter
Blood on Snow
Movie
Olav
Nosferatu
Movie • 2024
Friedrich Harding
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Movie • 2024
Self
Werwulf
Movie • 2026
Cry to Heaven
Movie
The Bill
TV • 1984
Zac Clough
Calls
TV • 2021
Mark (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled
TV • 2021
Self - Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage)
Nearly Famous
TV • 2007
Owen Stephens
Feather Boy
TV • 2004
Niker
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
TV • 2010
Self
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Jaidan (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
TV • 2021
Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage) (uncredited)
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self / Presenter
Coming Up
TV • 2003
Eoin
I Shouldn't Be Alive
TV • 2005
Mark
Casualty
TV • 1986
Joey Byrne
Sock or Hat?
TV • 2014
Self
MTV Europe Music Awards
TV • 1994
Self - Presenter
El hormiguero
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
Quotidien
TV • 2016
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Talk to Me
TV • 2007
Aaron
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self - Presenter