16 American actor is well known for his portrayal of Klaus Baudelaire in the adaptation of the group of books, A number of Unfortunate Events. He was created on the 7th of January, 1990. Liam was created on the brand new York City, NY. His film debut emerged up in 1997, when he was just 7 years too. Liam’s dad passed away when he was simply 2 yrs old and his mom brought him up. He do his schooling from the Dwight Englewood College and graduated from the institution in 2008. He continued to surface in the CBS series, A Gifted Man on September 2011. He played the function of the smart lad on Lemony Snicket’s A number of Unfortunate occasions and his function was critically acclaimed. After that, Liam produced his debut on stage on the Broadway creation play entitled A Doll’s Home, when he was simply seven years old. He’s the only kid of Irish mom Moya Aiken and MTV maker father Expenses Aiken who died because of cancer at age 34 on October, 1992. His notable film part came about in the entire year 1998 when he starred in the film Stepmom. The relation appears to have finished and there is absolutely no information concerning if he includes a girlfriend anyone at this time or not. on 2003. He was regarded as for the part of Harry Potter after becoming cast on Stepmom by the same director. Nevertheless, Daniel Radcliffe acquired the part because he was absent. On 2004, his perhaps most obviously role, as 12 yr older orphan Klaus Baudelaire arrived up. His curiosity in performing led him to debut in a industrial of the Ford Engine company. Then studied in the brand new York University and majored in film when learning there. The audiobook edition of Who Could That Become AS OF THIS Hour was also read by Liam on 2012. He was contained in the 1st installment of all Wrong Questions that was a prequel to A number of Unfortunate Occasions. He also browse the second audiobook installment in 2013. This celebrity, which rose in to the heights of fame since an extremely young age, is well-liked by young girls all over the world. He’s thought to have dated celebrity Emily Browning for some time previously. His following endeavor came into being in the entire year Street to Perdition on the entire year 2002 and on the film Great Boy! Liam includes a net well worth of 2 million dollars which may be attributed to his performing sprees since an extremely young age. He’s just 25 years and he hasn’t been wedded and doesn’t appear to plan on doing this anytime soon. It appears that he will have the ability to earn much more as time goes on. This handsome dude is definitely active on social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and specially Instagram.
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 Now, Like Lambs, The Frontier, Nor'easter, I Remember
TV Shows
A Gifted Man
Interesting 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.
His father, Bill Aiken, was a producer for MTV and Nickleodeon television programs who died of cancer when Liam was 2 1/2 years old.
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Started acting at age 6 shortly after his father died and at the urging of his mother.
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Tried out for the part of Harry Potter but lost to Daniel Radcliffe.
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First job in acting was starring in a Ford Windstar commercial.
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He enjoys doing magic tricks.
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Is an only child.
Quotes
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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.
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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
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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."
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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]
