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

• 2026Fuze — Will
• 2026Werwulf
• 202528 Years Later — Jamie
• 2024Kraven the Hunter — Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter
• 2024Nosferatu — Friedrich Harding
• 2024The Fall Guy — Tom Ryder
• 2022Bullet Train — Tangerine
• Calls — Mark (voice)
• Marvel Studios Legends — Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2021The King's Man — Archie Reid
• 2020Tenet — Ives
• 2019A Million Little Pieces — James Frey, Screenplay, Producer
• 2018Outlaw King — James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
• 2017The Wall — Isaac
• 2016Nocturnal Animals — Ray Marcus
• 2015Avengers: Age of Ultron — Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver
• 2014Captain America: The Winter Soldier — Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (uncredited)
• 2014Godzilla — Ford Brody
• 2013Kick-Ass 2 — Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
• 2012Anna Karenina — Vronsky
• 2012Savages — Ben
• 2011Albert Nobbs — Joe Mackins
• 2010Chatroom — William
• 2010Kick-Ass — Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
• 2009Dummy — Danny
• 2009Nowhere Boy — John Lennon
• 2009The Greatest — Bennett Brewer
• 2008Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging — Robbie Jennings
• Nearly Famous — Owen Stephens
• 2007Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars — Finch
• Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars — Finch
• Talk to Me — Aaron
• 2007The Magic Door — Flip
• 2006The Best Man — Michael Sheldrake (age 15)
• 2006The Illusionist — Young Eisenheim
• 2006The Thief Lord — Prosper
• 2005Dead Cool — George
• I Shouldn't Be Alive — Mark
• Feather Boy — Niker
• 2004The Apocalypse — Johanan
• Coming Up — Eoin
• 2003Shanghai Knights — Charlie Chaplin
• 2002Tom & Thomas — Tom / Thomas
• Family Guy — Jaidan (voice)
• Casualty — Joey Byrne
• The Bill — Zac Clough
• Blood on Snow — Olav
• Cry to Heaven — Guido Maffeo
• Enigma Variations — Paul

Appearances as themselves (12)

• 2024Nosferatu: An Inside Look — Self
• Last Meals — Self
• Marvel Studios Assembled — Self - Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Quotidien — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Sock or Hat? — Self
• Justin Lee Collins: Good Times — Self
• El hormiguero — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• MTV Europe Music Awards — Self - Presenter
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self / Presenter, Self - Presenter