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Liam Aiken
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Liam Padraic Aiken (born January 7, 1990) is an American actor who has starred in a number of films, his most prominent role being that of Klaus Baudelaire in A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Career
- 1.3 Personal life
- 2 Filmography
- 3 Notes
- 4 External links
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Biography
Early life
Aiken was born in Manhattan, New York, the only child of Bill Aiken, an MTV producer, and an Irish immigrant mother, Moya Aiken. He made his professional acting debut in a Ford Motor Company Windstar commercial. Liam made his stage debut in the Broadway play A Doll's House at the age of seven and his film debut playing Parker Posey's son in Henry Fool in the same year. It was because of his need of a college fund, that his mother encouraged him to become an actor. When Liam found that he enjoyed acting, he decided to continue.
Career
Aiken's first major film role was playing
Susan Sarandon's young son in
Stepmom in 1998, which also starred
Julia Roberts and
Jena Malone. He appeared as
Tom Hanks' younger son in the 2002 film
Road to Perdition. He starred in the family film about dogs from space,
Good Boy! playing the lead, Owen Baker, in 2003. He turned down the role of Cole Sear in
The Sixth Sense (1999) because his mother felt he was too young for the death-fixated role; the role went instead to
Haley Joel Osment. Liam was also considered for the role of
Harry Potter, as he had previously worked with director
Chris Columbus on
Stepmom. Unfortunately, he was unable to take the part as he was not from the
British Isles, so a young British actor named
Daniel Radcliffe took the part. Liam then went on to play the intelligent 12 year old and orphan,
Klaus Baudelaire in
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events in 2004.
Liam's film roles have earned him critical acclaim[citation needed] as well as nominations (and at least one award) aimed at recognizing young acting talent. In December 2004, he was seen in one of his more recognized roles as Klaus Baudelaire, the orphaned, avid reader in the film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, starring Jim Carrey, based on the popular books of the same name.
Personal life
Aiken currently attends Dwight-Englewood School. He will graduate in 2008. A fan of punk music, he plays the electric and acoustic guitar, as well as the drums. He aspires to play the guitar like the guitarist, Tom Morello, of Rage Against the Machine. He was the lead guitarist and vocalist for the band Saint Levi in Connecticut who broke up in early 2007. His first dog, an Italian Greyhound, was named Kes (after the kestrel in Kes).
Filmography
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