1. Aaron Taylor-Johnson is known for his portrayal of the title character in Kick-Ass and its 2013 sequel, as well as 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-Wood whom he married in 2012, adding her surname.
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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, Bullet Train and The Fall Guy, as well as the horror film Nosferatu.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson Perry Johnson was born in High Wycombe on 13 June 1990.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson went to Holmer Green Senior School and attended the Jackie Palmer Stage School in High Wycombe, 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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Aaron Taylor-Johnson learned how to balance the egg on the stick, although that was mechanically effected.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson's performance won him 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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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 film Tenet.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson reunited with Leitch in the 2024 action film The Fall Guy.
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Also in 2024, Aaron Taylor-Johnson played another Marvel character in Kraven the Hunter, as part of Sony's Spider-Man Universe.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson was named one of GQs 50 best dressed British men in 2015.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson lives with his wife and their four daughters on a farm near Bruton, Somerset, and he is an avid vegetable farmer.