- Born
- Birth nameLiam Padraic Aiken
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Liam Pádraic Aiken was born January 7, 1990 in New York City, to Moya and Bill Aiken, an MTV producer. His mother was born in Ireland, while his father was an American of Irish descent. It was apparent from the beginning that Liam was a natural actor. After securing a small part on Broadway in the award-winning production of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House," Liam's big break came in 1997, when he played Ned in the movie Henry Fool (1997). From there he has created a snowball of films that has yet to stop rolling through Hollywood. With his eyes and facial moves, he has been compared to Jim Carrey, but when it comes to character portrayals, Liam is his own person, with his own unique style. When on the set, he had a tutor who gave him homework.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tony Nudo
- ParentsMoya Aiken
- 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.
- Tried out for the part of Harry Potter but lost to Daniel Radcliffe.
- Turned down the role in The Sixth Sense (1999), which then went to Haley Joel Osment.
- Has appeared in two films alongside Jude Law (Road to Perdition (2002) and A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)) yet the two have never shared a scene.
- He enjoys doing magic tricks.
- 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]
- Shortly after my dad died, my mom figured that if I could do a few commercials, I'd get a college fund.
- [want to start a band] "But everybody at my new school's already got their own bands."
- More like me than any role I've played. [about his role in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events]
- [on not getting Harry Potter] 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.
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