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Taron Egerton
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present
AwardsFull list

Taron Egerton (

Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, a spy, in the action comedy films Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle
(2017).

Egerton has also starred in several biographical films, portraying military officer

Primetime Emmy Award, and as Henk Rogers in the biopic Tetris
(2023).

Early life

Egerton was born in Birkenhead on 10 November 1989.[2][3] His mother worked in social services, while his father ran a bed-and-breakfast near Liverpool;[4] both of them are Liverpool natives.[5] He has two younger half-sisters.[4] Although born in England, Egerton considers himself to be Welsh "through and through" and is fluent in both Welsh and English.[6][7]

Egerton's parents divorced when he was two, and he subsequently moved with his mother to the Welsh island of

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which he graduated in 2012.[9]

Career

Early work and Kingsman films (2012–2018)

Egerton performed in a stage production of the play The Last of the Haussmans at the

Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, a recruit for an espionage organisation.[16] Egerton rose to fame with the role.[5] He starred in the crime film Legend that same year.[4]

Global Education and Skills Forum

At the 69th British Academy Film Awards in 2016, Egerton received a nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.[17] In the same year, he played ski-jumper Eddie the Eagle in the eponymous biographical sports film and voiced Johnny, a passionate gorilla, in the animated musical film Sing.[5][18] Egerton reprised the role of Eggsy in the film Kingsman: The Golden Circle, a sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service, released the following year. It drew a mixed response from critics.[19] In 2018, he starred in the crime drama film Billionaire Boys Club and played the title character in the action-adventure film Robin Hood.[20][21] Both films were failures commercially and with critics.[8] Egerton later specified that Robin Hood was not the film he had signed up to create and that it had "lost its vision."[21] He attributed his involvement in Billionaire Boys Club and Robin Hood to monetary reasons.[8]

Recognition (2019–present)

Egerton starred as singer

Grammy Award nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for his work on the film's soundtrack.[27][28][29] That same year, Egerton narrated the audiobook version of John's autobiography, Me, and the two performed on stage together several times.[30][31]

Also in 2019, Egerton voiced

Marianne Elliott and held at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End, the production marked his West End debut.[35] After missing performances due to fainting on stage during the first night of performances in March 2022 and testing positive for COVID-19 later that month, Egerton exited for "personal reasons" the following month.[36][37] The production of Cock garnered mixed critical reception, with Egerton's performance gaining praise.[38] The Guardian's Arifa Akbar wrote he "is especially affecting in his romantic desperation".[39]

Egerton executive produced and portrayed American drug dealer Jimmy Keene in the miniseries Black Bird, an adaptation of Keene's memoir In with the Devil. It premiered on Apple TV+ in 2022.[8] Reviewing the series, Saloni Gajjar of The A.V. Club wrote that Egerton "aces Jimmy's duality while switching from being overtly confident to silently breaking down".[40] He received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.[41] The following year, Egerton portrayed entrepreneur Henk Rogers in the biographical film Tetris, about the video game of the same name, which also released on Apple TV+.[42] Lovia Gyarke of The Hollywood Reporter commended him for playing Rogers with an "earnest goofiness".[43]

Egerton will next star in the Netflix thriller film Carry-On,[44] and in the Apple TV+ miniseries Firebug.[45]

Public image and personal life

Egerton lives in

gay rights.[48]

Egerton was named one of the 50 best-dressed British men in 2015 and 2016 by

British GQ.[49][50]

Acting credits

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Testament of Youth Edward Brittain [12]
2015 Kingsman: The Secret Service
Gary "Eggsy" Unwin
 [5]
Legend Edward "Mad Teddy" Smith [4]
2016 Eddie the Eagle
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards
 [5]
Sing Johnny Voice role [18]
2017 TBT to That Time Archer Met Kingsman Gary "Eggsy" Unwin Short film; voice role [51]
Kingsman: The Golden Circle Gary "Eggsy" Unwin [19]
2018 Billionaire Boys Club Dean Karny [20]
Robin Hood Robin Hood [21]
2019 Rocketman Elton John [28]
2021 Sing 2 Johnny Voice role [34]
2023 Tetris Henk Rogers Also executive producer [42]
2024 Carry-On Ethan Kopek Post-production [44]
TBA She Rides Shotgun Nate Filming [52]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 Lewis Liam Jay 2 episodes [11]
2014 The Smoke Dennis "Asbo" Severs [13]
2018
Watership Down
 		El-Ahrairah Miniseries; voice role [53]
2019–2020 Moominvalley
Moomintroll
 Voice role [32]
2019 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Rian Voice role [33]
2022 Black Bird Jimmy Keene Miniseries; also executive producer [8]
TBA Firebug Upcoming miniseries; also executive producer [54]

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 The Last of the Haussmans Danny Royal National Theatre [10]
2013 No Quarter Tommy Royal Court Theatre [55]
2022 Cock M Ambassadors Theatre [38]

Music videos

Year Song Artist Ref.
2015 "The Breach" Lazy Habits [56]
2019 "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" Elton John, Taron Egerton [57]

Audio

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019 Me Narrator Audiobook [30]
2020
The Sandman
 		John Constantine Audio series [58]

Discography

Soundtrack albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[59] 		AUS
[60] 		AUT
[61] 		CAN
[62][63] 		FRA
[64] 		GER
[65] 		NLD

[66][67] 		NOR
[68] 		NZ
[69] 		US
[70]
Rocketman
(with Elton John)
  • Released: 24 May 2019
  • Label: EMI, Interscope
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 5 6 38 — 55 67 81 — 9 4
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Guest appearances

Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Thrill Me" 2016
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Hugh Jackman
 Fly (Songs Inspired by the Film Eddie the Eagle)
"The Way I Feel Inside" None Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"I'm Still Standing"
"Let's Go Crazy" 2022 Tori Kelly, Reese Witherspoon, Nick Kroll Sing 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Where the Streets Have No Name" Tori Kelly, Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon, Nick Kroll
"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" Tori Kelly
"A Sky Full of Stars" None
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" Keke Palmer, Tori Kelly, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson

Accolades

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Taron Egerton

Egerton won a

Golden Globe Award for his role in Rocketman.[26] He has also garnered a Grammy Award nomination for his work on its soundtrack.[28] He has been nominated by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for the BAFTA Rising Star Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.[17][27]

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