Know About Taron Egerton; Movies, Height, Age, Girlfriend, Kingsman

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Published Date: 17 Dec, 2019 Updated date: 02 Mar, 2021 By Celebs Podium

Best known for his character of Gary “Eggsy” Unwin/Galahad in the Kingsman series, Taron Egerton is a renowned Welsh actor and singer. Since the short-term debut role in 2013, Taron has starred in plenty of movies and TV shows.

Taron Egerton’s name in the acting business came to highlight following his lead role in the 2014-aired British drama, The Smoke. While he kept on shining the progressive career with numerous projects, the actor found it difficult to nourish his relationship life.

Taron Egerton Short Bio: Age, Height, Family

Taron Egerton, age 29, was born as Taron David Egerton on 10 November 1989 in Birkenhead, Merseyside to parents from nearby Liverpool. His father and family ran a bed-and-breakfast while his mother engaged herself in social services. Though from England, Taron considers himself to be Welsh.

He grew up in Wirral Peninsula before moving to Lianfairpwllgwyngyll, on the Welsh island of Anglesey. There, he joined primary school. Later, when he was 12, he moved to Aberystwyth and attended Ysgol Penglais School.

Standing tall at a height of 5 feet and 9 inches (1.75 m), Taron graduated with BA (Hons) Acting from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2012.

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Taron Egerton Career, Net Worth

Taron Egerton’s acting career began with his two-episode stint as Liam Jay on British detective drama Lewis in 2013. A year later, he made a grand and to the point, his paramount appearance as Gary “Eggsy” Unwin on spy comedy flick Kingsman: The Secret Service. The film was directed and produced by British filmmaker Matthew Vaughn on a production cost between $81 to 94 million. Significantly, the action spy flick took away the box-office by storm and made $414.4 million.

Taron even got the fortune to play a starring role of Michael Edwards in the 2016 biographical sports comedy-drama film, Eddie the Eagle. The English actor and director, Dexter Fletcher shot the movie on a budget of $23 million collected almost twice as $46.1 million at the box office. In the same following years, he voiced the animated character of Johnny in the 2016 America cartoon film, Sing; In the same movie actor, Nick Kroll has voiced the character of Gunter.

He continued the role in the second edition of the movie named Kingsman: The Golden Circle in 2017. The second installment of the much popular franchise made almost four times a box-office collection of $410.9 million on a budget of $104 million.

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Taron Egerton as Gary Eggsy Unwin on Kingsman (Picture: Unilad)

With the Kingsman film series on his back, Taron’s other movie and TV appearances include Legend (2015), Love at First Sight (2017), and Watership Down (2018). He is set to fire up the showbiz with the upcoming biopic of Elton John, Rocketman. While fans can catch his voice as Moomintroll in 2019 Finnish-British animated drama series Moominvalley.

Also known for his 2018 appearance as Robin Hood in the same-named action/adventure, Taron Egerton enjoys a commanding net worth $6 Million.

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Splits With Girlfriend After Two-Year Romance

Taron’s relationship sage got a twisting turn in 2018 after he parted ways with British producer girlfriend Emily Thomas following a two-year romance. The couple first started dating in November 2016 and afterward was spotted attending numerous red carpet events.

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Taron Egerton pictured with his ex-girlfriend Emily Thomas (Picture: Dailymail)

Following the split, Taron appeared with a new bald hair look which was largely targeted for his upcoming Elton John’s biopic. While he also claimed that he reinvented himself in the wake of the recent breakup.

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Some Interesting Facts About Taron Egerton

  • Taron’s first name is the variation of ‘taran’, which means thunder in the Welsh language.
  • Though he shows fluency in the Welsh language, he admits it is not good as it previously was.
  • Taron voiced the character Johnny on animated musical drama Sing in 2016.
  • He starred in the Lazy Habit’s 2015 music video, The Breach.  
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