Aaron Taylor-Johnson

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).

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Known For

Avengers: Age of Ultron Not in library

Avengers: Age of Ultron

2015

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Not in library

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

2014

Kick-Ass Not in library

Kick-Ass

2010

Tenet Not in library

Tenet

2020

Godzilla Not in library

Godzilla

2014

Nocturnal Animals Not in library

Nocturnal Animals

2016

Bullet Train Not in library

Bullet Train

2022

Kick-Ass 2 Not in library

Kick-Ass 2

2013

The Illusionist Not in library

The Illusionist

2006

The King's Man Not in library

The King's Man

2021

Acting

2026 Fuze as Will Tranter In Library
2026 Werwulf
2025 28 Years Later as Jamie
2024 The Fall Guy as Tom Ryder
2024 Kraven the Hunter as Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter
2024 Nosferatu as Friedrich Harding
2024 Nosferatu: An Inside Look as Self
2022 Bullet Train as Tangerine
2021 The King's Man as Archie Reid
2021 Calls as Mark (voice) (1 episode)
2021 Marvel Studios Assembled as Self - Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage) (1 episode)
2021 Marvel Studios Legends as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage) (uncredited) (2 episodes)
2020 Tenet as Ives
2019 A Million Little Pieces as James Frey
2018 Outlaw King as James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
2017 The Wall as Isaac
2016 Nocturnal Animals as Ray Marcus
2016 Quotidien as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver
2014 Godzilla as Ford Brody
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (uncredited)
2014 Sock or Hat? as Self (1 episode)
2013 Kick-Ass 2 as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
2012 Savages as Ben
2012 Anna Karenina as Vronsky
2011 Albert Nobbs as Joe Mackins
2010 Kick-Ass as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
2010 Chatroom as William
2010 Justin Lee Collins: Good Times as Self (1 episode)
2009 The Greatest as Bennett Brewer
2009 Nowhere Boy as John Lennon
2009 Dummy as Danny
2008 Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging as Robbie Jennings
2007 The Magic Door as Flip
2007 Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars as Finch
2007 Nearly Famous as Owen Stephens (6 episodes)
2007 Talk to Me as Aaron (4 episodes)
2006 The Illusionist as Young Eisenheim
2006 The Thief Lord as Prosper
2006 The Best Man as Michael Sheldrake (age 15)
2006 El hormiguero as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2005 Dead Cool as George
2005 I Shouldn't Be Alive as Mark (1 episode)
2004 The Apocalypse as Johanan
2004 Feather Boy as Niker (6 episodes)
2003 Shanghai Knights as Charlie Chaplin
2003 Coming Up as Eoin (1 episode)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2002 Tom & Thomas as Tom / Thomas
1999 Family Guy as Jaidan (voice) (1 episode)
1994 MTV Europe Music Awards as Self - Presenter (1 episode)
1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter (1 episode)
1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter (1 episode)
1986 Casualty as Joey Byrne (1 episode)
1984 The Bill as Zac Clough (1 episode)
Blood on Snow as Olav
Cry to Heaven
Enigma Variations as Paul (1 episode)

Writing

2019 A Million Little Pieces Screenplay

Production

2019 A Million Little Pieces Producer