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6	[[caption-width-right:350:"[[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron You didn't see that coming?]]"]]
7	->''"Life is more important than 'what film I do next.'"''
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9	Aaron Taylor-Johnson (born Aaron Perry Johnson on 13 June 1990 in High Wycombe, England) is an English actor.
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11	Taylor-Johnson is perhaps best known for playing Dave "Kick-Ass" Lizewski in the {{superhero}} comedy series ''Film/KickAss'' and for playing ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse films ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
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13	Some of his other film credits include Lt. Ford Brody in 2014's ''Film/{{Godzilla\|2014}}'', and Ray Marcus in ''Film/NocturnalAnimals'', for which he won a Golden Globe in the Best Supporting Actor category.
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15	Early in his career he was credited as "Aaron Johnson". Since his marriage to director Creator/SamTaylorJohnson in 2012, he has been credited as "Aaron Taylor-Johnson". They met while filming ''Nowhere Boy'', and they have two children. He is also the stepfather to her daughters from a previous marriage.
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18	!! Selected filmography[[note]]Roles prior to 2012 credited as "Aaron Johnson"[[/note]]:
19	* ''Series/TheBill'' (2003) as Zack Clough [[note]]episode: "162"[[/note]]
20	* ''Film/ShanghaiKnights'' (2003) as Creator/CharlieChaplin
21	* ''Film/{{The Illusionist\|2006}}'' (2006) as young Eisenheim
22	* ''[[Literature/ConfessionsOfGeorgiaNicolson Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging]]'' (2008) as Robbie
23	* ''Film/NowhereBoy'' (2009) as Music/JohnLennon
24	* ''Film/KickAss'' (2010) as Dave "Kick-Ass" Lizewski
25	** ''Film/KickAss2'' (2013)
26	* ''Film/AlbertNobbs'' (2011) as Joe Mackins
27	* ''Film/{{Savages}}'' (2012) as Ben
28	* ''Literature/AnnaKarenina'' (2012) as Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky
29	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as [[ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver]]:
30	** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' (2014)
31	** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' (2015)
32	* ''Film/{{Godzilla\|2014}}'' (2014) as Lieutenant Ford Brody
33	* ''Film/NocturnalAnimals'' (2016) as Ray Marcus [[note]]Golden Globe win for Best Supporting Actor[[/note]]
34	* ''Film/{{The Wall\|2017}}'' (2017) as Sergeant Allen Issac
35	* ''Film/OutlawKing'' (2018) as [[UsefulNotes/BlackDouglas James "Black" Douglas]]
36	* ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' (2020) as Ives
37	* ''Film/TheKingsMan'' (2021) as Lee Unwin
38	* ''Film/BulletTrain'' (2022) as Tangerine
39	* ''Film/{{The Fall Guy\|2024}}'' (2024) as Tom Ryder
40	* ''[[Film/KravenTheHunter2024 Kraven the Hunter]]'' (2024) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven the Hunter]]
41	* Robert Eggers' ''Nosferatu'' remake as Friedrich Harding
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43	!!Tropes in his works:
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45	* FakeAmerican: In ''Film/KickAss'' and ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}''.
46	** FakeNationality: ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' gives him a European accent of some sort.
47	* MrFanservice: As the picture above shows, he's very definitely one of these.
48	* StarMakingRole: ''Film/NowhereBoy'' earned him some recognition among British audiences, but ''Film/KickAss'' was where he really made it big.
49	* ThoseTwoActors: With Creator/ElizabethOlsen. The two appear as husband and wife in ''Godzilla'', and then as twins in ''Avengers: Age of Ultron''.

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