Taron EgertonΒ (/ΛΙdΚΙrtΙn/Β EJ-Ιr-tΙn; born 10 November 1989) is a Welsh actor. After graduating from theΒ Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he performed in stage plays before gaining recognition for his starring role as a spy in the action comedy filmsΒ Kingsman: The Secret ServiceΒ (2014) andΒ Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017). Egerton has starred in several biographical films, portraying military officerΒ Edward BrittainΒ in the dramaΒ Testament of YouthΒ (2014), theΒ titular ski-jumperΒ in the sports filmΒ Eddie the EagleΒ (2016), and singerΒ Elton JohnΒ in the musicalΒ Rocketman (2019). The last of these earned him aΒ Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He also starred asΒ Jimmy KeeneΒ in the miniseriesΒ Black BirdΒ (2022), for which he was nominated for aΒ Primetime Emmy Award, asΒ Henk RogersΒ in the biopicΒ Tetris (2023), and in the thriller filmΒ Carry-OnΒ (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Taron Egerton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.