Cameron Monaghan

At 30 years old, Cameron Monaghan has this physical status:

Cameron Riley Monaghan (born August 16, 1993) is an American actor and model.

Monaghan, who began his career as a child model and a child actor at the age of seven, is best known for his role as Ian Gallagher on the Showtime comedy-drama series Shameless.

Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska, characters who investigate the mythology and appear as potential sources to DC Comics supervillain Jack Spence and his companions, as well as Cal Kestis in the action-adventure game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

Early life

Monaghan was born in Santa Monica, California, as Diane Monaghan's only child and single mother. He and his mother migrated to Boca Raton, Florida, right after his birth. Recognizing that Monaghan was an exceptional outgoing boy, his mother sent his photo to modeling companies when he was three years old. He appeared on the front of his first catalogue at the age of five and was in his first regional commercial at seven.

He attended Addison Mizner Elementary School and learned how to act by playing The Pumpkin King (a dramatic adaptation of The Nightmare Before Christmas), as well as appearing as Alex in the small independent film The Wishing Stone, which was shot in the Lake Worth, Florida area.

Personal life

When he was about ten years old, Monaghan immigrated to the Los Angeles area.

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Career

Monaghan first came to national prominence in 2003 for his role as Winthrop Paroo in The Music Man's ABC television version. "There are some people, who put them up on film, kind of pop off the screen at you," director and executive producer Jeff Bleckner explained when recounting the decision to cast the 9-year-old Monaghan. That's how it was with Cameron. He was it from the second we saw him. We were looking for someone with the same captivating appeal. Cameron had it.

Monaghan began playing Chad, one of Dewey's classmates on Fox's Malcolm in the Middle, earning him the Young Artist Award as the Best Young Television Actor in a Recurring Role. Palmer Noid on the Nickelodeon situation comedy Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide debuted in the following year. The Glades, a subpoena, and Terriers followed shortly, with appearances on Criminal Minds, Numbers, The Mentalist, Monk, Three Rivers, Fringe, and Terriers.

Monaghan converted to theatre film roles in 2005, appearing as Timmy in the independent western Brothers in Arms. Kevin O'Doyle, the annoying next-door neighbor in the fantasy comedy Click's fourth year, appeared as Kevin O'Doyle, the annoying next door neighbor. Following appearances in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, Dog Gone, Safe Harbor, and Another Harvest Moon, as well as portraying young detective Bob Andrews in the Three Investigators film series, a series of subsequent feature film roles followed.

Monaghan was cast as an ensemble cast member of Showtime's comedy-drama series Shameless in April 2010. On the series, which premiered in January 2011, Monaghan portrays Ian Gallagher, the gay bipolar teenage son of a large dysfunctional Chicago family. Monaghan's role was lauded by Sarah Hughes of The Independent for "one of the more nuanced depictions of a gay teen to be seen on television." Monaghan's appearance was described as "extraordinary" by Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe. In addition, the gay-interest media website AfterElton.com cited Monaghan's portrayal of Ian in naming him to its list of "2011 Break-Out TV Actors." Showtime announced in February 2014 that it had revived the series for a fifth season, which was due to premiere in 2015. Monaghan received a Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his appearance in the fifth season. In October 2016, the seventh season of the Commodore appeared on televisions. In May 2017, the eighth season, which consisted of 12 episodes, was released; it premiered on November 5, 2017. The series was revived for its ninth season, which premiered on September 9, 2018. Following the sixth episode of the ninth season, Monaghan revealed via Instagram that he would be leaving the series. However, Cameron returned for the tenth season, which premiered in late 2019.

Monaghan appears in a variety of episodic television roles. Nick Peyton, a young boy accused of murdering his Marine father, appeared on the CBS crime show NCIS in 2011. Jonathan McKenna appeared on the TNT mystery series Rizzoli & Isles in the same year as Jonathan McKenna. Eddie Sandow, a 19-year-old boy who creates a hostage situation after his father is accused of sexual assault, appeared on the NBC crime series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2012.

Monaghan has appeared in a number of feature film roles. He costarred as high school sophomore Corey Doyle in the Disney teen drama Prom in 2011. In the sports themed comedy 2nd Serve, he portrayed Jake, the son of an attractive YMCA chief. Adam McCormick, a small-town high school athlete who is captivated by the death of one of his classmates in Jamie Marks Is Dead, starred in 2014. In the fantasy adventure film Vampire Academy, he appeared as Mason Ashford, the closest friend and romantic interest to Rose. In the dystopian film The Giver, he appeared as Asher.

In all five seasons of Fox's DC Comics-based television series Gotham, Monaghan appeared as a regular guest star from 2015 to 2019. Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska, the two brothers who were both inventing origin stories for the famous Batman villain The Joker, are antagonistic twin brothers.

Monaghan plays Cal Kestis, the player protagonist in the 2019 video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

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