AARON JOHNSON
Date of Birth: June 13, 1990
By the age of 12, Aaron Johnson had already appeared on stage, television, and in feature films.
Born in Holmer Green, Buckinghamshire, England, he attended the Jackie Palmer Stage School in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England between 1996 and 2008. There he was tutored in jazz, tap, singing, acrobatics and drama.
Johnson began acting at the age of six, with his first role as the son of Macduff in Macbeth, followed by a role in Arthur Miller's play All My Sons. He made his television debut in the British series Armadillo, playing Young Lorimer Black, the younger version of the lead character. By 2004, Johnson played a regular role in the BBC-TV series Feather Boy, an adaption from a novel of the same name. In 2007 he played a recurring role in the series Talk to Me, followed by a lead role in the series Nearly Famous (also 2007).
At 12, Johnson made his big screen debut with the title role in Tom & Thomas (2002). He landed another starring role in The Thief Lord (2006), based on the book by Cornelia Funke. In 2006, Johnson was cast in the major motion picture The Illusionist, as the young Eisenheim in various flashbacks recalled by his older self, played by Edward Norton. Two years later Johnson snagged a role as a heart throb in the British teen comedy Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008). Just one year later, Johnson got the chance to play the role of a lifetime as John Lennon in the 2009 biopic Nowhere Boy. His performance in the film earned him a British Independent Film Award nomination.
Next, Johnson starred in Kick-Ass (2010) opposite Nicolas Cage, as a high school student who decides to become a superhero.
Johnson is currently engaged to his Nowhere Boy director, Sam Taylor Wood, despite a 23-year age gap. She's expecting their first child.
Filmography:
Kick-Ass(2010)
Nowhere Boy(2009)
Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging (2008)
Dummy(2008)
The Illusionist(2006)
The Thief Lord (2006)
Shanghai Knights(2003)
Tom & Thomas (2002)