Liam Aiken

Liam Aiken is one of those child actors whose work quietly held up. His Klaus in A Series of Unfortunate Events nailed the bookish older-sibling gravity the role needed, and going back to Stepmom, he had a naturalism that a lot of kid performers never find. What I appreciate is that he never chased the spotlight; he kept choosing interesting projects rather than franchise paydays, which makes his filmography feel curated rather than padded. He's the kind of actor you spot in a film and think, 'Oh, good, he's still at it,' and that low-key consistency is genuinely underrated.

Liam Aiken (born January 7, 1990, in New York City) is an American actor who began performing as a child. He is best known for playing Klaus Baudelaire in the 2004 film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and for early roles in films such as Stepmom and Road to Perdition. Aiken has worked across film, television, and the stage.

Name (English)

Liam Aiken

Name (Japanese)

リアム・エイケン

Reading

りあむ・えいけん

Born

January 7, 1990 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Horse

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

Actor / Stage actor / Television actor / Film actor

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam%20Aiken
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3
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Tags

• From New York
• Actor
• Stage actor
• Television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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