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Liam Aiken
Aiken as Klaus Baudelaire in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Birth name	Liam Padraic Aiken
Born	January 7, 1990 (age 17) New York City, USA
Notable roles	Klaus Baudelaire in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

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

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.

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.

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).

Medium	Project	Year Released	Character	Director
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 and 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

• TBA: To Be Announced

• Liam Aiken at the Internet Movie Database