Aidan Mitchell
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Born | Aidan Daley Mitchell October 4, 1993 Boston, Massachusetts |
Occupation | Film, television actor |
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Aidan Daley Mitchell (born October 4, 1993 near Boston, Massachusetts) is an American film and TV actor.
Mitchell spent his first few years in Massachusetts, but when he was 3½ years his family relocated to his father's birthplace of Galway, Ireland where he spent the next 7 years. It was during this time that he made his acting debut at the Town Hall Theatre in a stage production of Oliver!.
In 2004, when Mitchell was 11 years old, his family moved back to the USA and settled in San Diego, California. Less than a year later Mitchell and his mother had moved to Hollywood where he was cast in his first movie role playing a young British boy in the film, The TV Set. Soon after he secured the lead role of Nate Gibbs in the award-winning feature film Simple Things. He was awarded with the "Best Child Actor in a Supporting Role" at the 2007 International Family Film Festival in Los Angeles, California.[citation needed]
He is best known for his current role on the FX series The Riches as Sam, the young cross-dressing son of Wayne and Dahlia Malloy.
He has also expressed interest in the role of Artemis Fowl in the upcoming movie, in which casting has not yet been released.