All About Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Wife Sam Taylor-Johnson & Their 4 Children
"I live for my wife and my kids," The Fall Guy actor once said of his family.
While he’s starred in major blockbusters like Godzilla, Bullet Train, Nosferatu, and Universal's action-comedy The Fall Guy, Aaron Taylor-Johnson is not all about spending his days on movie sets. He's also a family man, with a wife and four children who he prioritizes above even the loftiest of film roles.
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Read on to learn all about Aaron Taylor-Johnson's family, how he met his wife over a decade ago, and more.
Who is Aaron Taylor-Johnson's wife, Sam Taylor-Johnson?
An actor for most of his life, Aaron Taylor-Johnson met his future wife, British director and artist Sam Taylor-Wood, on the set of the film Nowhere Boy in 2009. The film marked her feature directorial debut, and one of his meatiest roles up to the point. He starred in the film as a young John Lennon, and the chemistry between director and actor was immediate.
Since Nowhere Boy, Sam Taylor-Johnson has directed a long list of box office hits including Fifty Shades of Grey, Back to Black, and A Million Little Pieces. She's also worked as a sculptor and photographer.
When did Aaron and Sam Taylor-Johnson get married?
By the end of filming 2009's Nowhere Boy, Aaron and Sam Taylor-Johnson were dating. In fact, the actor knew he was going to marry her even before they went on a date.
"We were very professional through the entire film. But everyone on set knew. And as soon as we finished, he told me he was going to marry me. We had never been on a date, or even kissed," Sam told Harper's Bazaar in 2019 in a joint interview with her husband.
"A year to the minute after we met, exactly one year to the minute, I got down on one knee and asked her to marry me," Taylor-Johnson told Harper's Bazaar.
They married in 2012, at which point they merged their surnames to create a new hyphenated surname of "Taylor-Johnson." The actor made the name change official when he insisted that the marketing team on 2012's Anna Karenina include his new last name in promotional materials. “I said: ‘I want it changed! This is important,'" he told The Guardian. “It felt beautiful. It felt right.”
Aaron was 19 when they met, while Sam was in her 40s. For Aaron, though, he says the age gap doesn't matter. What mattered to him was living his life at his own pace, and that meant going from acting professionally throughout his teens to being a husband and father by his early 20s.
In an interview with Rolling Stone U.K., Taylor-Johnson said he finds the criticism over the age gap frustrating and confusing. “You’re doing something too quickly for someone else? I don’t understand that," he said. "What speed are you supposed to enjoy life at? It’s bizarre to me."
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How many children does Aaron Taylor-Johnson have?
Taylor-Johnson is a father of four daughters.
Early in their relationship, Aaron and Sam Taylor-Johnson set about creating a family together, one that now includes "four gorgeous daughters," as he told Rolling Stone U.K. Two of those daughters are Sam Taylor-Johnson's from a previous marriage, Angelica, born in 1997, and Jessie, born in 2006.
In 2010 and 2012, Aaron and Sam Taylor-Johnson welcomed two more daughters together, Wylda and Romy.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson's main "priority" is his wife and kids
When his daughters were born, Taylor-Johnson found himself immediately prioritizing time with his children over pursuing franchise roles.“I wanted, purely, to be with my babies,” he told Esquire. “I didn’t want to be taken away from them. I battled with what that would be like.”
Taylor-Johnson also echoed this sentiment in a 2013 interview with The Independent. “My whole thing, my priority, is my family, my kids and my wife. That’s my future. I don’t really care about what role is next. That s--- couldn’t bother me in the slightest," he said. "I live for my wife and my kids and I wake up to them and that’s what I enjoy."
These days, when he's not starring in films like 2025's 28 Years Later, the Taylor-Johnsons live on a farm in England, where they spend quality time together and do their best to keep the lives of their children private. For Taylor-Johnson, that means focusing on daily life more, and cherishing the privacy. "I enjoy the normality of things, the everyday stuff," he told Esquire. "Getting my kids ready in the mornings, taking them to school and activities — that’s plenty. That feeds my soul.”
Originally published Apr 30, 2024.
