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Matthew Vaughn

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Matthew Vaughn

Born March 7, 1971 in London, England, UK8 films

Matthew Allard de Vere Drummond (born Matthew Allard Robert Vaughn; 7 March 1971), known professionally as Matthew Vaughn, is an English filmmaker. He has produced films including Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000), and directed Layer Cake (2004), Stardust (2007), Kick-Ass (2010), X-Men: First Class (2011), and Argylle (2024). Vaughn also co-created the Kingsman comic book series and resulting franchise, directing, producing and co-writing the films Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), and The King's Man (2021).

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Kingsman: The Secret Service posterFirst watchKingsman: The Secret Service20157.6The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a…View film

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8 films as director
  1. 2024ArgylleDirector
  2. 2021The King's ManDirector
  3. 2017Kingsman: The Golden CircleDirector
  4. 2015Kingsman: The Secret ServiceDirector
  5. 2011X-Men: First ClassDirector
  6. 2010Kick-AssDirector
  7. 2007StardustDirector
  8. 2004Layer CakeDirector