Aaron Taylor-Johnson has seemingly found his doppelganger – a French doctor who lived in the 19th century. 

The Anna Karenina actor, 34, and his wife Sam, 58, made the startling discovery  during a recent visit to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art where they came across a painting by American artist John Singer Sargent. 

The 1881 artwork, called Dr Pozzi at Home, shows French doctor Samuel Jean de Pozzi posing in a striking red jacket in front of a coordinated background.

But what’s even more striking is the uncanny resemblance the doctor bears to British actor Aaron – he’s his spitting image. 

The pair have the same curly brown locks, a bizarrely similar facial structure and an almost identical brown beard. 

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 34, and his wife Sam, 58, spotted his doppelganger during a trip to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (pictured in 2024)

They discovered Aaron bears an uncanny resemblance to French doctor Samuel Jean de Pozzi, who’s depicted in John Singer Sargent’s 1881 painting, Dr Pozzi at Home 

Samuel Jean de Pozzi (left) and Aaron (right) could be doppelgangers his wife pointed out, with Sam writing: ‘Aaron wondering if he once knew #johnsingersargent’

Doctor Pozzi and Aaron’s alikeness was in fact so startling that his wife Sam took to her Instagram page to share it with her followers. 

Captioning a pH๏τo of the Nowhere Boy star gazing up at the oil painting in a blue denim jacket, film producer Sam wrote: ‘Aaron wondering if he once knew #johnsingersargent.’

And fans were quick to spot the pair’s resemblance too, with some taking to the comments section to express their shock at the ‘mental’ comparison.

Aaron and his wife’s discovery comes a little more than a month after Sam opened up on her yearning to work with her husband once again.

The filmmaker and the actor met some 17 years ago on the set of Nowhere Boy, in which Aaron played a young John Lennon in the biographical film that she directed. 

While their collaboration was a success, the pair have only teamed up once in the years since, with the duo co-writing the 2019 film adaptation of James Frey’s memoir A Million Little Pieces – which Sam directed and Aaron starred in.  

And speaking at an In Conversation event hosted by the magazine A Rabbit’s Foot on Wednesday night, Sam explained that the couple’s family commitments have made it ‘complicated’ for them to work together again.

Explaining the situation, Sam shared: ‘It’s quite weird leaving the house and thinking: “I’ve left the best actor at home”.’

Sam, 54, met the actor 17 years ago on the set of Nowhere Boy, in which he played a young John Lennon in the biographical film that she directed [pictured in 2009]

Sam questioned whether Aaron may have known the American artist in a different life in her Instagram post’s caption

Instagram users were quick to take to the comments section to express their shock at the uncanny resemblance

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She added: ‘It’s the best collaborative partnership, where we know each other so well and get to work together. But we do have four children, so it’s complicated.’ 

‘If his parents are free to babysit then we can make another film together.’

After falling in love in 2008, the two were engaged a year later and tied the knot in 2012, before going on to welcome two daughters Wylda, now 14, and Romy, now 13.

Their family also includes Sam’s eldest daughters Angelica, 27, and Jessie, 18, whom she shares with ex-husband Jay Jopling.

The Anna Karenina actor has previously opened up about keeping their youngest children out of the public eye during a past interview with Harper’s Bazaar.

‘We live behind walls. Literally, figuratively, and deliberately. You’ll never see our children or any of our most personal moments on social media or in the press.’

He continued to the outlet, ‘We have our professional lives and our life together, and we keep them apart.’

However, Aaron has been spotted with his stepdaughters and a few months earlier in October, he shocked fans by sharing a rare pH๏τo with Jessie on social media.