Aaron Johnson

Aaron Johnson (born 1990) is an English actor who got into the profession at age 6, and appeared as the son of Macduff in a 1999 production of Macbeth. He played a young John Lennon in Nowhere Boy, and ended up meeting his partner Sam Taylor Wood. His biggest role so far has been starring in Kick-Ass.

Roles

 * Macbeth (1999 production) as the son of Macduff
 * All My Sons by Arthur Miller (2000 production)
 * Tom and Thomas (2002) as Tom and Thomas
 * The Bill (2003 episode) as Zack Clough
 * Shanghai Knights (2003) as Charlie Chaplin
 * Dead Cool (2004) as George
 * The Illusionist (2006) as young Eisenheim
 * Angus Thongs And Perfect Snogging (2008) as Robbie
 * The Greatest (2009) as Bennett Brewer
 * Nowhere Boy (2009, dir. Sam Taylor Wood) as John Lennon
 * Kick-Ass (2010) as Dave "Kick-Ass" Lizewski
 * Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall (2012) as Dave "Kick-Ass" Lizewski

Tropes

 * Fake American: In Kick-Ass.
 * Hollywood Homely: Definitely treated this way, notably in Kick-Ass where he was supposed to be geeky and unattractive. Lots of viewers saw the glasses come off and called bullshit.
 * Likes Older Women: Sam Taylor Wood is 23 years older than he is!