Aaron Perry Taylor-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 Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron
(2015). Taylor-Johnson began performing at age six and has appeared in
films, such as Shanghai Knights (2003), playing a young Charlie
Chaplin, 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).
is best known for his portrayal of the title character in Kick-Ass
(2010) and its 2013 sequel, and Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron
(2015). Taylor-Johnson began performing at age six and has appeared in
films, such as Shanghai Knights (2003), playing a young Charlie
Chaplin, 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).
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