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.
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