Aaron Taylor-Johnson (born Aaron Perry Johnson; 13 June 1990) is an English actor. He began performing at age six, and appeared in films such as Angus,

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Thongs and Perfect Snogging and The Illusionist before graduating to starring roles in the films Nowhere Boy, in which he played John Lennon, Kick-Ass in which he played David «Dave» Lizewski / Kick-Ass. Initially credited as «Aaron Johnson», he will be billed as «Aaron Taylor-Johnson» in Anna Karenina (scheduled for 2012); he took the new legal name after marrying director Sam Taylor-Wood.

Johnson was born 13 June 1990 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, the son of a housewife mother and a civil engineer father. Johnson has cited actor Daniel Day-Lewis as one of his idols.

Johnson began acting at the age of 6, performing as the son of Macduff alongside Rufus Sewell