Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson: what is the candidate for the role of James Bond known for?

According to The Sun’s source, Bond producers are considering Briton Aaron Taylor-Johnson for the role of James Bond. The actor’s biography is in the Kommersant certificate.

Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson (in his youth – Aaron Perry Johnson) was born on June 13, 1990 in Holmer Green (UK) into a family of British Jews. From his youth he was interested in acting, and at the age of six he began acting in commercials and playing roles in plays. At the age of 15 he left school to devote himself to acting.

In the early 2000s, he received his first minor roles in films and television series, and in 2002 he played two twin brothers in the TV series Tom and Thomas. He received his first significant role in the film “Shanghai Knights” (2003), where his partners on the set were Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson.

He played supporting roles in the drama “The Illusionist” (2006) and the youth melodrama “Angus, Thongs and Deep Kisses” (2008), but his breakthrough was the main role in the film “Becoming John Lennon” (2010), for which he received several acting nominations at the British Film Awards. The director of this film was Samantha Taylor-Wood, who later became the actor’s wife; she was 23 years older than Johnson. After marriage, Johnson changed his last name to Taylor-Johnson.

In 2010, he played the lead role in the teen comedy Kick-Ass, for which he also received several acting nominations, and voiced himself in a video game based on the film. In 2011, he appeared in REM’s music video “Uberlin”, directed by Samantha Taylor-Wood. He has starred with such directors as Oliver Stone (“Wanted”) and Joe Wright (“Anna Karenina”). He played in the sequel to Kick-Ass, as well as in Godzilla (2014). In 2015, GQ recognized the actor as one of the 50 most fashionable British men. In 2017, he starred in an advertisement for the new men’s fragrance Givenchy New Gentleman.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he played the role of the superhero Quicksilver in the film “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015), after which he began to receive more invitations to big-budget projects. In 2017, for his role as criminal Ray Marcus in the psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals, he received a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. In 2020, he played in Christopher Nolan’s action film Tenet, and in 2021 in King’s Man: The Beginning. In 2022, he starred in the action film Faster than a Bullet. In 2024, the actor is scheduled to appear in the comic book movie “Craven the Hunter,” where he played the main role, in the action movie “Stuntmen,” as well as in the film “Nosferatu” by Robert Eggers.