Taron Egerton ( EJ-ər-tən; born 10 November 1989) is a Welsh actor and singer. A graduate of 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 appeared 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 has 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 as art gallery employee Adam Samuels in Everybody Wants to Fuck Me (2026). He has had major roles in the Netflix original thriller films Carry-On (2024) and Apex (2026), portraying protagonist Ethan Kopek in the former and villain Ben in the latter.