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Aaron Taylor-Johnson

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson is an English actor, born in High Wycombe on 13 June 1990 as Aaron Perry Johnson and later adding his wife's surname. He began acting as a child, with stage work in a London production of Macbeth and television parts, and appeared in films such as Shanghai Knights and The Illusionist. His breakthrough came with the role of John Lennon in the biographical film Nowhere Boy, followed by the title role in Kick-Ass and its sequel. Further screen work includes Savages, Anna Karenina, Godzilla, and Pietro Maximoff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first seen in a post-credits scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. For his part as a menacing drifter in Nocturnal Animals he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Later films include Tenet, Bullet Train, The Fall Guy, Nosferatu and 28 Years Later.

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Golden Globe Award 1
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    Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson (né Johnson; born 13 June 1990) is an English actor.
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    is an English actor.
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    he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.
  • Lead, nationality
    is an English actor.
  • Associated With: Film, Lead, film
    As a child actor, Taylor-Johnson performed in films including Shanghai Knights (2003), The Illusionist (2006)
  • Associated With: Television, Career, television
    His television roles have included Niker in the 2004 BBC adaptation of the novel Feather Boy
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