Cameron Monaghan

Cameron Monaghan
Monaghan at a press event in 2014
Born	Cameron Riley Monaghan (1993-08-16) August 16, 1993 (age 23) Santa Monica, California, United States
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Occupation
Years active	2002–present Height 5'11 1.82m

2002–present

Cameron Riley Monaghan (born August 16, 1993) is an American actor and model. Beginning with his professional career as a child model at the age of three, and child actor at the age of seven, Monaghan is best known for his role as Ian Gallagher on the Showtime comedy-drama (dramedy) series Shameless. He has also appeared as Kevin O'Doyle in Click (2006), Chad in the Fox comedy series Malcolm in the Middle, Corey Doyle in Prom (2011), Mason Ashford in Vampire Academy (2014), Asher in The Giver (2014), and as Jerome Valeska in the Fox crime series Gotham.

Monaghan was born in Santa Monica, California, the only child of Diane Monaghan, an insurance claims specialist and single mother. He and his mother relocated to Boca Raton, Florida shortly after his birth. Recognizing that Monaghan was an exceptionally outgoing child, his mother sent his picture to modeling agencies when he was three. He appeared on the cover of his first catalogue at the age of five and appeared in his first regional commercial at the age of seven.

He attended Addison Mizner Elementary School and began to develop his acting skills by appearing in the Little Palm Children's Theatre's productions of Stuart Little, Winnie-the-Pooh, and The Pumpkin King (a theatrical adaptation of The Nightmare Before Christmas), as well as appearing as Alex in the small independent film The Wishing Stone, which was filmed in the Lake Worth, Florida area.