Early Life
Liam Aiken was born in New York City, the only child of Bill Aiken, an MTV producer, and an Irish-born mother, Moya Aiken. His father died of cancer in October 1992 at age 34, when Liam was 2 1/2 years old. Shortly after the death of his father, Liam Aiken was urged by his mother to start acting so he can fund his college. He attended Dwight Englewood School and graduating 2008. He then went on to major in film at NYU. He made his professional acting debut in a Ford Motor Company Windstar commercial. Aiken made his stage debut in the Broadway play A Doll's House at the age of seven and his film debut playing Parker Posey's son in Henry Fool in the same year. His mother encouraged him to begin acting because of his need for a college fund after his father's death in 1992 from cancer. When Aiken found that he enjoyed acting, he decided to continue.
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