Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson (né Johnson; born 13 June 1990) is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of the title character in Kick-Ass (2010) and its 2013 sequel, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) character Pietro Maximoff in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). Taylor-Johnson began performing at age six and has appeared in such films as Shanghai Knights (2003), The Illusionist (2006), The Thief Lord (2006), and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008). He had his breakthrough performance in the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy (2009). Taylor-Johnson went on to portray Ben in the Oliver Stone-directed crime thriller Savages (2012), Russian aristocrat Count Vronsky in Joe Wright's adaptation of Anna Karenina (2012), and Lt. Brody in Gareth Edwards' monster movie Godzilla (2014). For his performance as psychopathic drifter Ray Marcus in Tom Ford's thriller Nocturnal Animals (2016), he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Taylor-Johnson later starred as military commander Ives in Christopher Nolan's spy action epic Tenet (2020), and assassin Tangerine in David Leitch's thriller Bullet Train (2022). As part of Sony's Spider-Man Universe he will star as another Marvel character, Kraven the Hunter, in a 2023 self-titled film.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · 28 Years Later as
- 2024 · Nosferatu as Friedrich Harding
- 2024 · Kraven the Hunter as Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter
- 2024 · The Fall Guy as Tom Ryder
- 2022 · Bullet Train as Tangerine
- 2021 · The King's Man as Archie Reid
- 2021 · Calls as Mark (voice)
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Assembled as Self - Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage)
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Legends as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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
- 2015 · Avengers: Age of Ultron as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver
- 2014 · Godzilla: Force of Nature as Himself
- 2014 · Sock or Hat? as Self
- 2014 · Godzilla as Ford Brody
- 2014 · Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (uncredited)
- 2013 · Kick-Ass 2 as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
- 2012 · Anna Karenina as Vronsky
- 2012 · Savages as Ben
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass (archive footage)
- 2011 · Albert Nobbs as Joe Mackins
- 2010 · Chatroom as William
- 2010 · Justin Lee Collins: Good Times as Self
- 2010 · Kick-Ass as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
- 2009 · Nowhere Boy as John Lennon
- 2009 · The Greatest as Bennett Brewer
- 2008 · Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging as Robbie Jennings
- 2008 · Dummy as Danny
- 2007 · Nearly Famous as Owen Stephens
- 2007 · Talk to Me as Aaron
- 2007 · Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars as Finch
- 2007 · The Magic Door as Flip
- 2006 · The Illusionist as Young Eisenheim
- 2006 · The Best Man as Michael Sheldrake (age 15)
- 2006 · The Thief Lord as Prosper
- 2005 · I Shouldn't Be Alive as Mark
- 2005 · Dead Cool as George
- 2004 · The Apocalypse as Johanan
- 2004 · Feather Boy as Niker
- 2003 · Coming Up as Eoin
- 2003 · Shanghai Knights as Charlie Chaplin
- 2002 · Tom & Thomas as Tom / Thomas
- 1999 · Family Guy as Jaidan (voice)
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter
- 1986 · Casualty as Joey Byrne
- 1984 · The Bill as Zac Clough
- Future · Blood on Snow as Olav
- Future · Rothko as
- Future · Fuze as