Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Birth Name: Aaron Perry Johnson

Place of Birth: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 13 June, 1990

Ethnicity: English, Ashkenazi Jewish, small amount of Irish

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson, previously credited as Aaron Johnson, is an English actor. His films include Tom & Thomas, Shanghai Knights, The Thief Lord, The Illusionist, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging; The Greatest, Nowhere Boy, Kick-Ass, and its sequel; Chatroom, Albert Nobbs, Savages, Anna Karenina (2012), Godzilla (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron, Nocturnal Animals, The Wall, Outlaw King, A Million Little Pieces, which he also co-wrote; Tenet, The King’s Man, and Bullet Train.

He is the son of Sarah and Robert Johnson, a civil engineer. He is married to director and artist Sam Taylor-Johnson, with whom he has two children. The couple hyphenated their surnames together.

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Aaron has mentioned that he is Jewish.

Aaron’s maternal grandfather is named James Collis.

Aaron’s maternal grandmother is Sarah Frankfort (the daughter of Alec Frankfort and Louisa Cushion). Sarah was born in Lambeth, London, England. Alec was a Jewish emigrant who was born in Russia. Louisa was the daughter of David Cushion, who had Irish ancestry, and of Ann Frances Robinson.

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