Aaron Taylor-Johnson was born on 13 June 1990, in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England to a housewife mother and a civil engineer father. Aaron’s family is of Jewish ancestry. He is an actor, best known for his roles in the “Kick-Ass” franchise, and as Quicksilver in “Avengers: Age of Ultron”.
So just how rich is Aaron-Taylor Johnson as of late 2017? Authoritative sources report that Johnson’s net worth is as high as $16 million, accumulated from his acting career, which began in the late ‘90s.
Aaron Johnson Net Worth $16 million
Johnson began acting at an early age, when attending the Holmer Green Senior School and later on the Jackie Palmer Stage School, where he studied drama alongside other entertainment skills. He debuted on stage in “Macbeth” in 1999, followed by ‘’All My Sons’’ in 2000, then made his silver screen debut with ‘’The Apocalypse’’ in the same year. In 2003, he portrayed Owen Stephens in ‘’Nearly Famous’’, a TV drama mini-series, followed in 2004 in a BBC adaptation of ‘’Feather Boy’’, a novel by Nicky Singer, well establishing his net worth.
In 2006 Aaron played young Eisenheim in ‘’The Illusionist’’; the movie received positive reviews from the critics and grossed over $87.8 million at the box office. In 2009, he landed the starring role of John Lennon in ‘’Nowhere Boy’’, which ended up being nominated for four British Academy Film Awards, and as of today ‘’Nowhere Boy’’ holds a score of seven point two out of ten stars on IMDB, with Johnson’s performance earning him the Empire Award for Best Newcomer in addition to being nominated for Young British Performer of the Year. In 2010 he landed a starring role in ‘’Kick-Ass’’, a movie based on the comics about a superhero of the same name, and for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. In 2011, Aaron appeared in the music video for ‘’Überlin’’ by R.E.M, then in 2012 played in the adaptation of the book ‘’Anna Karenina’’, portraying Vronsky Johnson starring alongside Keira Knightley and Jude Law, which received mildly positive reviews. In the same year, he appeared in an American crime thriller movie entitled ‘’Savages’’; his performance was praised, and the HitFix film critic Drew McWeeny acknowledged the bond between Johnson and his co-star. In 2013, he starred in a sequel of ‘’Kick-Ass’’, however, it was received with a negative response.
Johnson made a small appearance in ‘’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier’’ in 2014, and in the same year, he played the main character in ‘’Godzilla’’, a science-fiction adventure movie. His next major role was in 2015 playing Quicksilver in ‘’ Avengers: Age of Ultron’’, a superhero movie based on Marvel Comics, then in 2016 he got the part of Ray Marcus in ‘’Nocturnal Animals’’. As of 2017, Aaron is filming ‘’Outlaw King’’, an action drama movie.
In his personal life, Johnson has been married to Sam Taylor-Wood since 2012, and the couple has two daughters together, Wylda Rae and Romy Hero. Johnson is also a stepfather to Sam’s two daughters from her previous marriage.
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominations
BAFTA Rising Star Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, British Independent Film Award for Best Actor, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout Star - Male, Empire Award for Best Actor, British Comedy Award for the Best British Comedy Performance in Film, BAFTA R...
Movies
Avengers: Age of Ultron, Kick-Ass, Godzilla, Anna Karenina, Nowhere Boy, Kick-Ass 2, Savages, Nocturnal Animals, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Shanghai Knights, Albert Nobbs, The Illusionist, Tom & Thomas, Chatroom, The Thief Lord, The Greatest, Dummy, Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irre...
TV Shows
Nearly Famous, Talk to Me, Nearly Famous, Talk to Me, Nearly Famous, Talk to Me, Nearly Famous, Talk to Me
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[on his facial hair being compared to that of a Hasidic Jew] That was nice because I have really curly hair and also I'm Jewish.
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[on the impressive physicality of co-star Chris Hemsworth] You look around the room and the only one who has an essentially otherworldly superhero physique is Chris Hemsworth. The size of his arms is like the size of my thighs. Just to be an actor and transform your physique and body to that level, essentially he's a God, and he's 6 foot 4, but he's such a great guy. Everyone is charming and brilliant, and a lot of fun, but you look around the room and you go 'well that guy is definitely the superhero'.
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[on his costume for the Avengers] Because it's so early on [in the character development], I'm more of a civilian, more like Eastern European traveler picking up clothes as we go along. The way that we've designed picking out the costumes is with that thought in mind. Some of the things I wear is a lot more sporty, long-sleeve, a cycle top, compression T-shirts and things like that, to show that kind of physique and get a sense and idea of it.
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I don't marry myself into any genre. I ride on the back of the filmmaker and the character. I have to feel that character. I have to believe that character.
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I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
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I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me.
Was offered the role of Gary "Eggsy" Unwin in the Matthew Vaughn-directed movie Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), but turned it down. Taron Egerton was cast in the role instead, in his first ever feature film.
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Shares the role of Quicksilver with his Kick-Ass (2010) co-star Evan Peters.
Became a father for the 2nd time at age 21 when his fiancée [now wife] Sam Taylor-Johnson gave birth to their daughter Romy Hero Johnson on 18 January 2012.
Became a father for the 1st time at age 20 when his fiancée [now wife] Sam Taylor-Johnson gave birth to their daughter Wylda Rae Johnson on 7 July 2010.
His father is a civil engineer and his mother is a housewife.
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Confirmed that fiancée Sam Taylor-Johnson is pregnant with their first child together (7 January 2010).
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Announced his engagement to Sam Taylor-Johnson, having been in a relationship with her since May 2009 after meeting on the set of Nowhere Boy (2009) (31 October 2009).