Wissenswertes

Shares the role of Quicksilver with his Kick-Ass (2010) co-star Evan Peters.

Was in consideration for the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), but Andrew Garfield was cast instead.

Was offered the role of Gary "Eggsy" Unwin in the Matthew Vaughn-directed movie Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), but turned it down. Taron Egerton was cast in the role instead, in his first ever feature film.

Worked with Elizabeth Olsen on three different films in two years - The Return of the First Avenger (2014), Godzilla (2014), and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

He named his five favorite films as Pulp Fiction (1994), Fight Club (1999), Apocalypse Now (1979), Boogie Nights (1997) and The Big Lebowski (1998).

Became a father for the 1st time at age 20 when his fiancée [now wife] Sam Taylor-Johnson gave birth to their daughter Wylda Rae Johnson on 7 July 2010.

Became a father for the 2nd time at age 21 when his fiancée [now wife] Sam Taylor-Johnson gave birth to their daughter Romy Hero Johnson on 18 January 2012.

Was in consideration for the role of Jack in Jack and the Giants (2013), but Nicholas Hoult was cast instead.

His favourite actor is Daniel Day-Lewis.

He is of English-Jewish descent.

Stepfather of Angelica Jopling and Jessie Jopling.

Attended the Jackie Palmer Stage School in High Wycombe between 1996 and 2008, where he was tutored in drama, tap, jazz, acrobatics and singing.

Announced his engagement to Sam Taylor-Johnson, having been in a relationship with her since May 2009 after meeting on the set of Nowhere Boy (2009) (31 October 2009).

Has portrayed two different superhero characters, the title character in Kick-Ass (2010) and Kick-Ass 2 (2013) and the Marvel comic book hero Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver) in The Return of the First Avenger (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

His father is a civil engineer and his mother is a housewife.

For his work in Nocturnal Animals (2016), he's one of only 7 actors to win the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a motion picture without receiving an Oscar nomination for the same performance. The other 6 are, in chronological order: Millard Mitchell in My Six Convicts (1952), Earl Holliman in Der Regenmacher (1956), Stephen Boyd in Ben Hur (1959), Oskar Werner in Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam (1965), Richard Attenborough, Kanonenboot am Yangtse-Kiang (1966) and Doctor Dolittle (1967) and Richard Benjamin in Die Sunny-Boys (1975).

Good friends with Imogen Poots.

His elder sister Gemma Johnson appeared as an extra in Tom & Thomas (2002).

Confirmed that fiancée Sam Taylor-Johnson is pregnant with their first child together (7 January 2010).

Brother-in-law of Kristian Taylor-Wood.

Second husband of Sam Taylor-Johnson.

Son of Robert (b. 1958) and Sarah (née Collis) Johnson (b. 1958).