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Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson (né Johnson; born 13 June 1990) is an English actor.[1] He is known for his portrayal of the title character in Kick-Ass (2010) and its 2013 sequel, as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe character Pietro Maximoff in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Aaron Perry Johnson

(1990-06-13) 13 June 1990
High Wycombe, England

Actor

1996–present

(m. 2012)

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Taylor-Johnson began performing as a child and appeared 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-Johnson, whom he married in 2012. He followed this with roles in the crime thriller Savages (2012), period drama Anna Karenina (2012), and monster film Godzilla (2014).


For his performance as a psychopathic drifter in the thriller film Nocturnal Animals (2016), Taylor-Johnson won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He has since appeared in the action films Tenet (2020) and Bullet Train (2022).

Early life

Aaron Perry Johnson was born in High Wycombe on 13 June 1990.[2][3][4] His father, Robert, was a civil engineer and his mother, Sarah, "stayed at home [and] worked odd jobs here and there so [they] could get by."[4][5][6] He has a sister named Gemma, who later had a small role in his film Tom & Thomas (2002).[7] Johnson is Jewish.[8]


He went to Holmer Green Senior School and attended the Jackie Palmer Stage School in High Wycombe, studying drama, tap, jazz, acrobatics, and singing.[9][10] He left school at 15.[11][12]

Personal life

After Johnson met filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood in 2009 on the set of their film Nowhere Boy, when he was 18 and she was 42,[30][31][32] the two began dating and were married in the chapel at Babington House on 21 June 2012.[33] They subsequently changed both their surnames to Taylor-Johnson.[34] They have two daughters, and he is a stepfather to her two daughters from a previous marriage.[35]


Taylor-Johnson was named one of GQ's 50 best dressed British men in 2015.[36] In a 2019 interview with GQ Australia, he defined his style as elegant and "timeless."[37] Taylor-Johnson lives with his wife and their four daughters on a farm near Bruton, Somerset, and he is an avid vegetable farmer.[38]

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson