Aaron Taylor-Johnson is best known for his portrayal of the title character in Kick-Ass and its 2013 sequel, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe character Pietro Maximoff in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
19 Facts About Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson had his breakthrough performance as John Lennon in the biopic Nowhere Boy, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, whom he married in 2012.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson followed this with roles in the crime thriller Savages, period drama Anna Karenina, and monster film Godzilla.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson has since appeared in the action films Tenet and Bullet Train.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson was educated at Holmer Green Senior School, and attended the Jackie Palmer Stage School in High Wycombe between 1996 and 2008, studying drama, tap, jazz, acrobatics, and singing.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson appeared in Arthur Miller's All My Sons in 2000.
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In 2003, Aaron Taylor-Johnson appeared as a young Charlie Chaplin in Shanghai Knights alongside Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, with Chaplin depicted as a member of a London gang of street thugs.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson learned how to perform the balancing of the egg on the stick, although that was effected mechanically.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson appeared as John Lennon in the 2009 biographical film Nowhere Boy, directed by Sam Taylor-Wood.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson's performance saw him receive the Empire Award for Best Newcomer and he was nominated for Young British Performer of the Year by the London Film Critics' Circle.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson has appeared as the central character, William, in Hideo Nakata's Chatroom.
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In December 2010, Aaron Taylor-Johnson joined the cast of Albert Nobbs as a replacement for Orlando Bloom, who dropped out of the production due to his wife's pregnancy.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson starred in the Godzilla reboot, released in May 2014.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson played Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron, the sequel to 2012's The Avengers, as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson first appeared as the character in a post-credits scene of the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson became first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor winner since Richard Benjamin who did not receive an Academy Award nomination.
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In 2020, Aaron Taylor-Johnson had a supporting role in Christopher Nolan's Tenet.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson will reunite with Leitch in the action film The Fall Guy, and star in Robert Eggers horror film Nosferatu.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson was named one of GQs 50 best dressed British men in 2015.