Freshman at New York University's Kanbar Institute of Film & Television. [September 2008]
Liam Aiken is an American actor. He was born in New York City, on January 7, 1990, to parents Bill Aiken, an actor, and Moya O’Connell, a writer. He has two older sisters, Erin and Maeve. Aiken’s first acting role was in a commercial for diapers, when he was just eighteen months old. He made his film debut in 1998’s Stepmom, starring Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. He has since appeared in a number of films, including Road to Perdition (2002), Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), and Good Luck Chuck (2007). Aiken has also had roles on television, including a recurring role on the show American Gothic (2016). His net worth is estimated to be $4 million.
General Info
Full Name
Liam Aiken
Height
1.72 m
Profession
Actor
Education
New York University, Dwight-Englewood School
Nationality
American
Family
Parents
Bill Aiken, Moya Aiken
Accomplishments
Nominations
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actor, Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor
Movies
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Stepmom, Road to Perdition, Ned Rifle, Electrick Children, Sweet November, Fay Grim, Henry Fool, Good Boy!, I Dreamed of Africa, How to Be a Man, Girls Against Boys, The Killer Inside Me, The Object of My Affection, The Rising Place, Weepah Way for No...
I hang out with the 'nerdy' people -- they have a different sense of humor than most kids.
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"It's actually kind of interesting to see one book transferred to another book, because they basically...where one book ends, they glue them together. So, but it's fun to see all of these characters that have been created from Lemony Snicket. From his mind, that they're just so incredible and deep and interesting. Klaus he's an avid reader. He reads many books. And he basically remembers everything he reads. And he uses that in the struggle to survive through all of these terrible things that happened." - talking about the Lemony Snicket books and talking about his character, Klaus, in the movie.
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I've never really tried to copy anyone, I like to have my own style.
4
I flew to England, and a week later I had the role. Then the next day, I didn't. But I understood; like James Bond, Harry has to be British. On not getting Harry Potter
5
More like me than any role I've played. [about his role in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events]
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[want to start a band] "But everybody at my new school's already got their own bands."
7
Shortly after my dad died, my mom figured that if I could do a few commercials, I'd get a college fund.
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I think I had this feeling that it wouldn't work out, but it was fine. I would have just been Harry Potter from then on. [about losing the Harry Potter role]
Facts
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Fact
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Filming Airborn, due May 2006 [June 2005]
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Freshman at New York University's Kanbar Institute of Film & Television. [September 2008]
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Currently attends high school in Englewood, New Jersey. He is part of the class of 2008. [December 2005]
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Freshman in High School, part of the class of 2008. [September 2004]
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Has a Miniature Italian Greyhound named Kes, the dog was given to him as a gift by the crew of Good Boy! (2003).
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Instead of getting tutored separately from his class, his on-set tutor actually brings him his school homework.
While out promoting the movie A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)--a movie in which he plays a child who is orphaned when his parents are killed in a fire--his house burned down.
