Aaron Taylor-Johnson
{{Short description|English actor (born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Aaron Taylor-Johnson
| image = Aaron Taylor-Johnson 2022 (Enhanced) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Taylor-Johnson in 2022
| birth_name = Aaron Perry Johnson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1990|6|13}}
| birth_place = High Wycombe, England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1996–present
| children = 2
| spouse = {{marriage|Sam Taylor-Johnson|2012}}
}}
Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson (né Johnson; born 13 June 1990) is an English actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/aaron-taylor-johnson-i-was-raised-by-women-now-i-m-raising-women-and-sam-s-the-best-woman-i-know-9323936.html|title=Aaron Taylor-Johnson: 'I was raised by women. Now I'm raising women. And Sam's the best woman I know'|website=Evening Standard|date=8 May 2014|last=Rafanelli|first=Stephanie|quote='I went into the audition looking like a nerd. My hair was really crazy, curly and wacky. Then they got me to meet Matthew. At the end, when I finally admitted I was English, he said. "Nah, your accent’s not that good." I was like, "Dude. I'm from High Wycombe."'|access-date=10 May 2020|archive-date=1 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901203057/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/aaron-taylor-johnson-i-was-raised-by-women-now-i-m-raising-women-and-sam-s-the-best-woman-i-know-9323936.html|url-status=live}} He is known for his portrayal of the title character in Kick-Ass (2010) and its 2013 sequel, as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe character Pietro Maximoff in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
As a child actor, he 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 followed this with roles in the crime thriller Savages (2012), period drama Anna Karenina (2012), and monster film Godzilla (2014).
For his performance as a psychopathic drifter in the thriller film Nocturnal Animals (2016), Taylor-Johnson won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He has since appeared in the action films Tenet (2020), Bullet Train (2022) and The Fall Guy (2024), as well as the horror film Nosferatu (2024).
Early life
Aaron Perry Johnson was born in High Wycombe on 13 June 1990.{{cite news |title=Aaron Johnson biography |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/893722/Aaron-Johnson/biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141208184220/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/893722/Aaron-Johnson/biography |archive-date=8 December 2014 |access-date=29 October 2011 |work=The New York Times}} His father, Robert, was a civil engineer and his mother, Sarah, "stayed at home [and] worked odd jobs here and there so [they] could get by."{{cite web|url=http://uk-tv-guide.com/celebrity/Aaron+Johnson/103417|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130913180604/http://uk-tv-guide.com/celebrity/Aaron+Johnson/103417|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 September 2013|title=Aaron Johnson profile|publisher=Uk-tv-guide.com|access-date=26 October 2011}}{{cite news|last=Maher|first=Kevin|title=Aaron Johnson: Beatle mania|newspaper=The Times|date=3 October 2009|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/london_film_festival/article6852334.ece?print=yes&randnum=1151003209000|access-date=24 April 2010|location=London|archive-date=15 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615153222/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/london_film_festival/article6852334.ece?print=yes&randnum=1151003209000|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Aaron Johnson |url=https://atlargemagazine.com/features/aaron-johnson/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=At Large Magazine |archive-date=3 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003235931/https://atlargemagazine.com/features/aaron-johnson/ |url-status=live }} He has a sister named Gemma, who later had a small role in his film Tom & Thomas (2002).{{Cite web|url=http://myeveryzine.com/story/10-things-know-about-aaron-johnson/|website=MyEveryzine|title=10 Things to Know About Aaron Johnson|first=Kairi|last=Coe|date=2011|archive-date=22 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722181154/http://myeveryzine.com/story/10-things-know-about-aaron-johnson|url-status=dead}} Johnson is Jewish.{{cite news | last=Shoard | first=Catherine | title=George Lazenby backs Aaron Taylor-Johnson for Bond | newspaper=The Guardian | date=25 March 2024 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/25/george-lazenby-backs-aaron-taylor-johnson-for-bond | access-date=25 March 2024 | archive-date=25 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325132247/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/25/george-lazenby-backs-aaron-taylor-johnson-for-bond | url-status=live }}
He went to Holmer Green Senior School and attended the Jackie Palmer Stage School in High Wycombe, studying drama, tap, jazz, acrobatics, and singing.{{Cite web |title=Hgss.co.uk |url=http://www.hgss.co.uk/default.aspx?id=373 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404070713/http://www.hgss.co.uk/default.aspx?id=373 |archive-date=4 April 2015}}{{cite news |last=Cain |first=Rebecca |date=3 January 2010 |title=Another successful year for the Jackie Palmer Stage School and agency |url=http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/4829177.Wycombe_s_stage_school_s_pupils_star_on_TV/ |access-date=3 January 2010 |newspaper=Bucks Free Press |archive-date=21 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021090645/http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/4829177.Wycombe_s_stage_school_s_pupils_star_on_TV/ |url-status=live }} He left school at 15.{{Cite web |date=15 February 2023 |title=Aaron Taylor-Johnson reflects on relationship with social media: 'Things still hurt' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/aaron-taylor-johnson-instagram-social-media-b2282887.html |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=The Independent |archive-date=16 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816154533/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/aaron-taylor-johnson-instagram-social-media-b2282887.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Catching up with Aaron Taylor-Johnson |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/weekend/entertainment/people/2013/09/30/catching-up-with-aaron-taylor-johnson/2704907/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=USA TODAY |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610193929/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/weekend/entertainment/people/2013/09/30/catching-up-with-aaron-taylor-johnson/2704907/ |url-status=live }}
Career
=Beginnings and rise to fame (1999–2015)=
File:Sam Taylor-Wood & Aaron Johnson.jpg in September 2010]]
Johnson began acting at the age of six. On stage, he appeared in a London production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, playing the son of Macduff alongside Rufus Sewell, who played Macbeth, in 1999.{{cite web |title=Sewell to Return to Stage in Macbeth |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E0607221502/Rufus+Sewell+to+Return+to+Stage+in+Macbeth.html |archive-date=12 April 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412044133/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E0607221502/Rufus+Sewell+to+Return+to+Stage+in+Macbeth.html |url-status=dead |access-date=16 February 2013 }} He appeared in Arthur Miller's All My Sons in 2000. His television roles have included Niker in the 2004 BBC adaptation of the novel Feather Boy, Aaron in Danny Brocklehurst's ITV1 serial Talk to Me, and Owen Stephens in Nearly Famous.{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6953190.ece|title=The Times: Entertainment|work=The Times|access-date=26 October 2011|first=Sadie|last=Gray|archive-date=15 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615153144/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6953190.ece|url-status=dead}} In 2003, 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 hooligans. That year, he also guest starred in a special live episode of ITV drama The Bill. In 2006, he appeared in The Illusionist, appearing in the early flashback scenes as Edward Norton's character, Eduard Abramovicz, as a teenager. The scenes show the young Eduard as he first learns magic. To do this, Johnson had to learn how to perform the ball trick that his character performs. He learned how to balance the egg on the stick, although that was mechanically effected.Writer/director Neil Burger explains this on the film's DVD commentary. Also in 2006, he starred in the film The Thief Lord as Prosper.
Johnson appeared as John Lennon in the 2009 biographical film Nowhere Boy, directed by Sam Taylor-Wood, whom he later married. His performance won him the Empire Award for Best Newcomer, and he was also nominated for Young British Performer of the Year by the London Film Critics' Circle. In 2010, Johnson appeared as David "Dave" Lizewski/Kick-Ass, the lead character in Kick-Ass, based on the superhero comic book of the same name by Scottish writer Mark Millar.{{cite web |url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43367 |title=Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news |website=Ain't It Cool News |access-date=26 October 2011 |archive-date=14 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014104638/http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43367 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Gholson|first=John|url=http://www.scifisquad.com/2009/12/14/kick-ass-kicks-ass-at-bnat|title='Kick-Ass' Kicks Ass at BNAT – The Moviefone Blog|publisher=Scifisquad.com|date=2 May 2011|access-date=26 October 2011|archive-date=23 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323031220/http://www.scifisquad.com/2009/12/14/kick-ass-kicks-ass-at-bnat|url-status=dead}} His performance in Kick-Ass saw him nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. He has also appeared as the central character, William, in Hideo Nakata's Chatroom. In December 2010, Johnson joined the cast of Albert Nobbs as a replacement for Orlando Bloom.{{cite web |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |date=6 December 2010 |title=Aaron Johnson Joins Mia Wasikowska in 'Albert Nobbs' |url=http://www.thewrap.com/node/23054 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204041052/http://www.thewrap.com/deal-central/column-post/aaron-johnson-joins-mia-wasikowska-albert-nobbs-23054 |archive-date=4 February 2013 |access-date=26 October 2011 |publisher=Thewrap.com}} Johnson starred in R.E.M.'s 2011 music video "Überlin", which was also directed by his then-fiancée.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2011/mar/02/rem-uberlin|title=Watch REM's Uberlin, starring Aaron Johnson – video|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 March 2011|access-date=4 December 2011|location=London|archive-date=30 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730145719/http://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2011/mar/02/rem-uberlin|url-status=live}}
File:Aaron Taylor-Johnson by Gage Skidmore.jpg]]
In 2012, Taylor-Johnson played Count Vronsky in Anna Karenina. Later that year, he starred as Ben in Oliver Stone's Savages. HitFix film critic Drew McWeeny was positive of the bond between Johnson and co-star Taylor Kitsch, which "seems not only credible but lived in and authentic throughout the film," and noted the evolution in maturity of Johnson since Kick-Ass.{{cite web|last=McWeeny|first=Drew|title=Review: Oliver Stone turns Aaron Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, and Blake Lively into 'Savages'|url=http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/review-oliver-stone-turns-aaron-johnson-taylor-kitsch-and-blake-lively-into-savages|work=HitFix|access-date=24 August 2012|date=30 June 2012|archive-date=31 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831113531/http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/review-oliver-stone-turns-aaron-johnson-taylor-kitsch-and-blake-lively-into-savages|url-status=live}} Taylor-Johnson starred in the Godzilla reboot, released in May 2014.{{cite web|work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/elizabeth-olsen-bryan-cranston-circling-godzilla-1118065783/ |title=Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston circling 'Godzilla' |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=6 February 2013 |access-date=17 March 2014 |archive-date=13 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313184951/http://variety.com/2013/film/news/elizabeth-olsen-bryan-cranston-circling-godzilla-1118065783/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-godzilla-trailer-widespread-destruction-bryan-cranston-20140225,0,942729.story |title='Godzilla' trailer: Bryan Cranston panics, destruction rains down |last=Gettell |first=Oliver |date=25 February 2014 |access-date=17 March 2014 |archive-date=26 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226182729/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-godzilla-trailer-widespread-destruction-bryan-cranston-20140225,0,942729.story#axzz2wDzJjMw7 |url-status=live }} Taylor-Johnson played Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), the sequel to 2012's The Avengers, as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.{{cite web|url=http://marvel.com/news/story/21563/official_elizabeth_olsen_aaron_taylor-johnson_join_avengers_age_of_ultron |title=Official: Elizabeth Olsen & Aaron Taylor-Johnson Join 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' |publisher=Marvel |date=25 November 2013 |access-date=25 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108033705/http://marvel.com/news/movies/2013/11/25/21563/official_elizabeth_olsen_aaron_taylor-johnson_join_avengers_age_of_ultron |archive-date=8 January 2014 |url-status=live }} Taylor-Johnson first appeared as the character in a post-credits scene of the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).{{cite magazine|first=Jenna |last=Milly |date=14 March 2014 |title='Captain America: The Winter Soldier' premiere: Crossover is the word |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/03/14/captain-america-the-winter-soldier-premiere/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=17 March 2014 |archive-date=15 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315010847/http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/03/14/captain-america-the-winter-soldier-premiere/ |url-status=live }} The role reunited him with Elizabeth Olsen, who played his wife in Godzilla.
=Career progression (2016–present)=
In 2016, he played Ray, a menacing Texan, in Tom Ford's thriller Nocturnal Animals. For the role, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. Taylor-Johnson also became first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor winner since Richard Benjamin who did not receive an Academy Award nomination. For the role, he also received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2017, he played an American soldier (alongside John Cena) in Doug Liman's thriller The Wall,{{cite news|last1=Kroll|first1=Justin|title=Aaron Taylor-Johnson Eyed for Lead in Doug Liman's 'The Wall' (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/aaron-taylor-johnson-the-wall-doug-liman-1201769484/|access-date=1 December 2016|work=Variety|date=9 May 2016|archive-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201210937/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/aaron-taylor-johnson-the-wall-doug-liman-1201769484/|url-status=live}} and in 2018, he appeared in Outlaw King, a British-American historical action drama about Robert the Bruce and the Wars of Scottish Independence.
In 2020, Taylor-Johnson had a supporting role in Christopher Nolan's film Tenet.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/christopher-nolan-tenet-movie-cast-release-date-1202620596/|title=Christopher Nolan's New Movie Gets A Title, Final Cast As Shooting Begins|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=22 May 2019|access-date=22 May 2019|archive-date=7 June 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190607191656/https://deadline.com/2019/05/christopher-nolan-tenet-movie-cast-release-date-1202620596/|url-status=live}} In 2022, he appeared in David Leitch's Bullet Train, an action-thriller film based on the novel Mariabītoru by Kōtarō Isaka.{{cite web|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/aaron-taylor-johnson-brad-pitt-bullet-train-1234813630/|title=Aaron Taylor-Johnson Joins Brad Pitt on 'Bullet Train' at Sony|work=Variety|date=22 October 2020|access-date=23 October 2020|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022231205/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/aaron-taylor-johnson-brad-pitt-bullet-train-1234813630/|url-status=live}} He reunited with Leitch in the 2024 action film The Fall Guy.{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=Aaron Taylor-Johnson Joins Ryan Gosling In The Fall Guy |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/aaron-taylor-johnson-ryan-gosling-the-fall-guy-1235157798/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=28 October 2022 |date=28 October 2022 |archive-date=6 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106212946/https://deadline.com/2022/10/aaron-taylor-johnson-ryan-gosling-the-fall-guy-1235157798/ |url-status=live }} Also in 2024, Taylor-Johnson played another Marvel character in Kraven the Hunter, as part of Sony's Spider-Man Universe.{{Cite web|last=Verhoeven|first=Beatrice|date=26 May 2021|title=Aaron Taylor-Johnson to Play Spider-Man Villain Kraven the Hunter in Solo Movie|url=https://www.thewrap.com/aaron-taylor-johnson-kraven-the-hunter-sony-spider-man-villain-movie/|access-date=26 May 2021|website=TheWrap|archive-date=26 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526215047/https://www.thewrap.com/aaron-taylor-johnson-kraven-the-hunter-sony-spider-man-villain-movie/|url-status=live}} He also featured in Robert Eggers' horror film Nosferatu.{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=Aaron Taylor-Johnson Joins Robert Eggers' Nosferatu Movie For Focus |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/aaron-taylor-johnson-robert-eggers-nosferatu-focus-1235277625/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=3 March 2023 |date=3 March 2023 |archive-date=3 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303192032/https://deadline.com/2023/03/aaron-taylor-johnson-robert-eggers-nosferatu-focus-1235277625/ |url-status=live }}
He will next star in 28 Years Later, a sequel to the 2002 film 28 Days Later, which will be directed by Danny Boyle.{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson And Ralph Fiennes To Star In 28 Years Later For Danny Boyle And Sony Pictures |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/28-years-later-movie-aaron-taylor-johnson-jodie-comer-ralph-fiennes-1235894028/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=24 April 2024 |date=April 24, 2024}}
Personal life
Johnson met filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood in 2008 when he auditioned for her film Nowhere Boy. He was 18, and she was 41.{{Cite web |title=Aaron Taylor-Johnson Responds to Criticism Over Age Gap With Wife Sam |url=https://www.etonline.com/aaron-taylor-johnson-claps-back-at-criticism-over-23-year-age-gap-with-wife-sam-222115 |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Entertainment Tonight |language=en-US |archive-date=25 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325222824/https://www.etonline.com/aaron-taylor-johnson-claps-back-at-criticism-over-23-year-age-gap-with-wife-sam-222115 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-11 |title=Aaron Taylor-Johnson Blasts 'Bizarre' Criticism of His Personal Life |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/aaron-taylor-johnson-sam-taylor-johnson-relationship-timeline |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Glamour |language=en-US |archive-date=25 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325222824/https://www.glamour.com/story/aaron-taylor-johnson-sam-taylor-johnson-relationship-timeline |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine|last1=Jessen|first1=Monique|last2=Chi|first2=Paul|url=https://people.com/archive/shes-having-his-baby-vol-73-no-17/|title=She's Having His Baby!|magazine=People|date=3 May 2010|access-date=27 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207054956/https://people.com/archive/shes-having-his-baby-vol-73-no-17/|archive-date=7 December 2020|url-status=live}} They began dating soon after filming wrapped and became engaged in October 2009.{{Cite web |date=2009-10-30 |title=Sam Taylor-Wood to marry actor, 19 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/6469510/Sam-Taylor-Wood-to-marry-actor-19.html |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Standard |first=Felix Allen, Evening |date=2012-04-11 |title=We don't mind the age gap say family of Sam Taylor-Wood's fiancé |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/we-don-t-mind-the-age-gap-say-family-of-sam-taylorwoods-fiance-6768278.html |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=The Standard |language=en}} Johnson stated in an interview: ‘A year to the minute after we met, exactly one year to the minute, I got down on one knee and asked her to marry me.’{{Cite web |date=2019-11-12 |title=Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson Open Up About Why They're One of Hollywood's Most Private Couples |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/a29663490/sam-aaron-taylor-johnson-interview-2019/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-US}}
The couple were married in the chapel at Babington House on 21 June 2012.{{cite web |last1=Buchanan |first1=Kyle |url=http://www.vulture.com/2012/06/aaron-johnson-sam-taylor-wood-marry.html |title=Aaron Johnson, Sam Taylor-Wood Marry |website=Vulture |url-access=limited |date=22 June 2012 |access-date=23 June 2012 |archive-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710133559/http://www.vulture.com/2012/06/aaron-johnson-sam-taylor-wood-marry.html |url-status=live }} They subsequently changed both their surnames to Taylor-Johnson.{{cite web|last1=Shira|first1=Dahvi|url=https://people.com/celebrity/aaron-johnson-sam-taylor-wood-marry/|title=Aaron Johnson Marries Sam Taylor-Wood|work=People|date=22 June 2012|access-date=23 October 2020|archive-date=15 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015152954/https://people.com/celebrity/aaron-johnson-sam-taylor-wood-marry/|url-status=live}} They have two daughters, born in 2010 and 2012, and Johnson is stepfather to Sam's two daughters from her previous marriage.{{cite web|last1=Gilbey|first1=Ryan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/23/aaron-taylor-johnson-avengers-age-ultron-interview|title=Aaron Taylor-Johnson: 'Changing my name felt beautiful'|work=The Guardian|date=23 April 2015|access-date=2 May 2021|archive-date=14 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114021801/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/23/aaron-taylor-johnson-avengers-age-ultron-interview|url-status=live}}
Taylor-Johnson was named one of GQ{{'}}s 50 best dressed British men in 2015.{{cite news|title=50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2015 |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-01/05/best-dressed-men-2015/ |work=British GQ |date=5 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107145128/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-01/05/best-dressed-men-2015 |archive-date=7 January 2015 }} In a 2019 interview with GQ Australia, he defined his style as ‘elegant’ and ‘timeless'. In 2024, he was named The Most Handsome Man Alive with a 93% of perfection in his face. {{Cite web |last=Chekoufi |first=Farouk |title=Aaron Taylor-Johnson On Style, Storytelling And Staying Creative |url=https://www.gq.com.au/culture/entertainment/aaron-taylorjohnson-on-style-storytelling-and-staying-creative/news-story/7d70d5d2bb8cbd1d109c83d3b97a616d |website=GQ Australia}} Taylor-Johnson lives with his wife and their two daughters on a farm near Bruton, Somerset, and he is an avid vegetable farmer.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-19 |title=The anti-James Bond: Why kale-growing Aaron Taylor-Johnson would be a 007 like no other |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/jewish-hands-dad-why-aaron-180652299.html |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Yahoo Life |language=en-US |archive-date=21 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321131844/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/jewish-hands-dad-why-aaron-180652299.html |url-status=live }}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2000
| Johanan | |
| 2002
| Tom Sheppard / Thomas | |
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| Sam Goodwin | |
| Shanghai Knights
| |
| 2004
| George | |
| rowspan="4" | 2006
| {{sortname|The|Thief Lord|dab=film}} | Prosper | |
| {{sortname|The|Illusionist|dab=2006 film}}
| Young Eisenheim | |
| Fast Learners
| Neil | Short film |
| {{sortname|The|Best Man|The Best Man (2005 film)}}
| Michael (Aged 15) | |
| 2007
| "Flip" | |
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| Dummy | Danny | |
| Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
| Robbie Jennings | |
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| {{sortname|The|Greatest|dab=2009 film}} | Bennett Brewer | |
| Nowhere Boy
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| Kick-Ass | |
| Chatroom
| William Collins | |
| 2011
| Joe Mackins | |
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| Savages | Ben Leonard | |
| Anna Karenina
| Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky | Final credit as Aaron Johnson |
| 2013
| Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass | First credit as Aaron Taylor-Johnson |
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Uncredited cameo; mid-credits scene |
| Godzilla
| Lieutenant Ford Brody | |
| 2015
| Pietro Maximoff | |
| 2016
| Ray Marcus | |
| 2017
| The Wall | Sergeant Allen "Ize" Isaac | |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| James Douglas, Lord of Douglas | |
| A Million Little Pieces
| Also writer and producer |
| 2020
| Tenet | Ives | |
| 2021
| Archie Reid | |
| 2022
| Tangerine | |
| rowspan=3|2024
| Tom Ryder | |
| Nosferatu
| Friedrich Harding | |
| Kraven the Hunter
| Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter | |
| 2025
| {{pending film|28 Years Later}} | rowspan="2" | Jamie | Post-production |
| 2026
| {{pending film|28 Years Later: The Bone Temple}} | Post-production |
| rowspan="2"| {{TableTBA}}
| {{pending film|Fuze}} | {{TableTBA}} | Post-production |
| {{pending film|Blood on Snow}}
| Olav | Filming |
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=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2001
| Armadillo | Young Lorimer Black | |
| 2003
| {{sortname|The|Bill}} | Zac Clough | Episode: "162" |
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| Family Business | Paul Sullivan | 1 episode |
| Feather Boy
| Niker | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| Mark | 4 episodes |
| Casualty
| Joey Byrne | Episode: "Silent Ties" |
| rowspan="4" | 2007
| Aaron | 4 episodes |
| Coming Up
| Eoin | Episode: "99,100" |
| Nearly Famous
| Owen Stephens | 6 episodes |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
| Finch | Television film |
| 2021
| Calls | Mark (voice) | Episode: "The Beginning" |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Voice role |
|---|
| 2010
| Kick-Ass |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Association !Work !Category !Result |
| rowspan="2"|2009
| London Film Critics Circle Awards | Nowhere Boy and Dummy | Young British Performer of the Year | {{nominated}} |
| British Independent Film Awards
| rowspan="2"|Nowhere Boy | Best Actor | {{nominated}} |
| rowspan="5"|2010
| {{won}} |
| rowspan="3"|Scream Awards
| rowspan="6"|Kick-Ass | Best Breakout Performance - Male | {{nominated}} |
| Best Fantasy Actor
| {{nominated}} |
| Best Superhero
| {{nominated}} |
| Teen Choice Awards
| Choice Movie: Male Breakout Star | {{nominated}} |
| rowspan="2"|2011
| {{nominated}} |
| British Academy Film Awards
| {{nominated}} |
| 2012
| Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction (shared with Keira Knightley) | {{nominated}} |
| 2016
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | rowspan="4"|Nocturnal Animals | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="3"|2017
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | {{won}} |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival
| Virtuoso Award | {{won}} |
| British Academy Film Awards
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | {{nom}} |
| 2022
| Himself |
References
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