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Liam Aiken Biography
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Liam Aiken
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 Aiken at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival |
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| Born | Liam Padraic Aiken January 7, 1990 New York City, New York |
| Years active | 1997 — present |
Liam Padraic Aiken (born January 7, 1990) is an American actor who has starred in a number of films, such as Stepmom and Good Boy!. He more recently starred as Klaus Baudelaire in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, based on the series of books. He is not related to Clay Aiken.
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Biography
Early life
Liam 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 Wind star 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.1 Unfortunately, he was unable to take the part as he was not British2, so a young British actor named Daniel Radcliffe took the part. Liam then went on to play the intelligent, 12-year-old orphan, Klaus Baudelaire in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events in 2004.
In the fall of 2008, Aiken entered New York University as an undergraduate studying film and television.3
Filmography
| Medium | Project | Year Released | Character | Director |
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| Stage/Broadway | A Doll's House | 1997 | Bobby Helmer | Anthony Page |
| Film | Henry Fool | 1997 | Ned Grim | Hal Hartley |
| Film | The Object of My Affection | 1998 | Nathan | Nicholas Hytner |
| Tv | Law & Order | 1998 | Jack Ericson | Various |
| Film | Stepmom | 1998 | Ben Harrison | Chris Columbus |
| Film | I Dreamed of Africa | 2000 | Young Emanuel | Hugh Hudson |
| Film | Sweet November | 2001 | Abner | Pat O’Connor |
| Film | The Rising Place | 2001 | Emmett Wilder | Tom Rice |
| Film | Road to Perdition | 2002 | Peter Sullivan | Sam Mendes |
| Tv | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 2002 | Robbie Bishop | Frank Prinzi |
| Film | Good Boy! | 2003 | Owen Baker | John Hoffman |
| Film | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | 2004 | Klaus Baudelaire | Brad Silberling |
| Film | Fay Grim | 2006 | Ned Grim | Hal Hartley |
| TV | Law & Order | 2007 | Tory Quinlann | Michael W. Watkins |
References
- ^ Guardian UK (accessed June 24, 2007)
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/993913.stm Rowling insists actor to play Harry Potter is British
- ^ Ja, Irene (2008-09-02). "Famous faces join campus". Washington Square News, http://www.nyunews.com/news/university/1.616460. Retrieved on 22 October 2008.
External links
- Liam Aiken at the Internet Movie Database
- Liam Aiken at Allmovie
Liam Aiken Videos and Clips
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Description: a video of Liam and Emily being interviewed about A Series Of Unfortunate Events
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Description: "Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events" movie detail with Liam Aiken, Emily Browning and "Baby Sunny"
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