Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Aaron Taylor-Johnson with wife Sam Taylor-Johnson in 2012, photo via Prphotos
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
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, previously credited as Aaron Johnson, is a British actor. His roles include the films 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; and television’s Talk to Me (2007), Nearly Famous, and Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars.
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.
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.
Source: Genealogy of Aaron Taylor-Johnson (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Aaron has Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry.
This guy played John Lennon in “Nowhere Man”
got one finally!
Thank you for this and Bill Nighy. So you did include his wife in there, sort of. On the IMDB, over half the topics are about his wife.
I can see why the discussion is about his wife!
hmm Im on to it.
Hey Adm, we need a picture here…