Liam Aiken: What Happened to the Most Adorable Kid of the ’90s?

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When the movie “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” was released in 2004, Liam Aiken was the movie’s leading star, playing a 12-year-old orphan called Klaus Baudelaire whose house burned down. Oddly enough, Aiken’s own house burned down while promoting the movie. Before “Lemony Snicket,” he starred in the heart-wrenching film “Step Mom” with Susan Sarandon.

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Even at a young age, the actor’s East Coast upbringing gave him a mature point of view that led to dark and moody roles like the character Klaus. Born to an Irish artist and an MTV producer, Aiken’s career started when he was six years old in “A Doll’s House.” But where is the star today? 

Although he was born in New Jersey, as many actors do, he ended up on the West Coast in adulthood. After his skyrocketing to fame in the early 2000s, Aiken graduated from Dwight-Englewood School in 2008 and moved to Los Angeles.

In 2021, Aiken appeared in director Nickson Fong’s movie “Bashira.” He played an electronic musician who was dealing with strange and terrifying nightmares. His recent work also includes the 2020 movie “The Bloodhood,” which was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s work “The Fall of the House of Usher.”

He’s also thriving as a musician. In January 2024, he released a track called Starling on Bandcamp, which is described as experimental electronic music. “Bashira” must have inspired him! There are images of him DJing on social media, showing off his musical side.