
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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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.
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Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver

Fuze (2026)
as Will

28 Years Later (2025)
as Jamie

Kraven the Hunter (2024)
as Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter

The Fall Guy (2024)
as Tom Ryder

Bullet Train (2022)
as Tangerine

Nosferatu (2024)
as Friedrich Harding

Godzilla (2014)
as Ford Brody

Tenet (2020)
as Ives

Kick-Ass (2010)
as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass

The King's Man (2021)
as Archie Reid

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (uncredited)

The Illusionist (2006)
as Young Eisenheim

Werwulf (2026)
as The Farmer

Nocturnal Animals (2016)
as Ray Marcus

Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass

Anna Karenina (2012)
as Vronsky

Outlaw King (2018)
as James Douglas, Lord of Douglas

The Wall (2017)
as Isaac

Shanghai Knights (2003)
as Charlie Chaplin

Savages (2012)
as Ben

Cry to Heaven (—)
as Carlo Treschi

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
as Robbie Jennings

Nowhere Boy (2009)
as John Lennon

Albert Nobbs (2011)
as Joe Mackins

The Greatest (2009)
as Bennett Brewer

Chatroom (2010)
as William

Tom & Thomas (2002)
as Tom / Thomas
Blood on Snow (—)
as Olav

The Thief Lord (2006)
as Prosper

A Million Little Pieces (2019)
as James Frey

The Apocalypse (2004)
as Johanan

Nosferatu: An Inside Look (2024)
as Self

Dead Cool (2005)
as George

The Best Man (2006)
as Michael Sheldrake (age 15)

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
as Finch

Dummy (2009)
as Danny

The Magic Door (2007)
as Flip

Enigma Variations (—)
as Paul





