Aaron Taylor-Johnson
British actor and Golden Globe winner celebrated for transformative roles across action, horror, and dramatic cinema.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Personal Information
- Name: Aaron Taylor-Johnson
- Date of Birth: June 13, 1990
- Place of Birth: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Also Known As: Aaron Johnson, Aaron Perry Johnson
- Crew Jobs: Screenplay, Producer
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).
Selected Filmography
A selection of Aaron Taylor-Johnson's most notable recent screen appearances across film and television.
- Werwulf (2026)
- Fuze (2026) as Will Tranter
- 28 Years Later (2025) as Jamie
- Nosferatu: An Inside Look (2024) as Self
- Nosferatu (2024) as Friedrich Harding
- Kraven the Hunter (2024) as Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter
- The Fall Guy (2024) as Tom Ryder
- Bullet Train (2022) as Tangerine
- The King's Man (2021) as Archie Reid
- Calls (TV - 2021) as Mark (voice)
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