Jaeden Martell

Jaeden Martell

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Acting

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    2003-01-04 (22 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Jaeden Martell (born January 4, 2003) is an American actor. He first gained recognition for his role as Bill Denbrough in the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel It (2017) and reprised this character in the sequel It Chapter Two (2019) . His other notable work includes the mystery film Knives Out (2019) and the miniseries Defending Jacob (2020). He is the son of Wes Lieberher, a Los Angeles-based executive chef, and Angela Teresa Martell. He has Korean heritage through his maternal grandmother, Chisun Martell. Initially growing up in South Philadelphia, he moved to Los Angeles at the age of eight in 2011. For the first six years of his career, he was credited under his family name, Lieberher, but in 2019, he adopted his mother's maiden name, Martell.

Jaeden's acting career began with a commercial for Hot Wheels and expanded to include various other advertisements for brands such as Google, Moneysupermarket.com, Liberty Mutual, Hyundai (for the 2013 Super Bowl), Verizon Fios, and General Electric. His first significant film role was in St. Vincent (2014) (2014), where he starred alongside Bill Murray. Murray later recommended Martell to Cameron Crowe, which led to his role in the 2015 film Aloha (2015) . He played the title character in The Book of Henry (2017) , further cementing his position as a talented young actor.

Acting

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