Taron Egerton
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Taron Egerton is a Welsh actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he performed in stage plays before gaining recognition for his starring role as a spy in the action comedy films Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), He has also voiced characters in animated projects like the Sing franchise (2016–present) and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019).
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Taron David Egerton is a British actor and singer born in Birkenhead in 1989. He holds United Kingdom citizenship and resides in West London. Egerton is educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and speaks English and Welsh. His professional career began in 2012.
He has received a Golden Globe award and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. As a musician, he performs pop music and uses his voice as an instrument.
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- singer
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- Welsh
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- English language
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- Golden Globes
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- pop music
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- voice
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- Residence
- West London
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- 1989-11-10
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- Taron Egerton
- birth name
- Taron David Egerton
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- 2012-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Taron Egerton (/ˈɛdʒərtən/ EJ-ər-tən; born 10 November 1989) is a Welsh actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he performed in stage plays before gaining recognition for his starring role as a spy in the action comedy films Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), He has also voiced characters in animated projects like the Sing franchise (2016–present) and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019).
Egerton has starred in several biographical films, portraying military officer Edward Brittain in the drama Testament of Youth (2014), the titular ski-jumper in the sports film Eddie the Eagle (2016), and singer Elton John in the musical Rocketman (2019). The last of these earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He also starred as Jimmy Keene in the miniseries Black Bird (2022), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, as Henk Rogers in the biopic Tetris (2023), and in the thriller film Carry-On (2024).
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