Aidan Gallagher

Aidan Gallagher
Gallagher in 2018
Born (2003-09-18) September 18, 2003 (age 21)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Actor
  • musician
Years active2013–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboard
Websiteaidangallagher.com

Aidan Gallagher (born September 18, 2003)[1][2][3] is an American actor and musician. His first major television role was Nicky Harper on the Nickelodeon sitcom Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn.[4] In 2019, Gallagher began portraying Number Five on the Netflix superhero series The Umbrella Academy, which is his breakthrough role and has brought him widespread recognition and critical acclaim.[5] In 2018, Gallagher was appointed as a UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador for North America, becoming one of the youngest people to hold the position.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ Gallagher, Aidan (September 18, 2016). "I'm official. ThirTEEN!". aidanrgallagher. Archived from the original on May 15, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Instagram.
  2. ^ Gallagher, Aidan (September 18, 2017). "Thank you". aidanrgallagher. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ Gallagher, Aidan (September 18, 2018). "15". aidanrgallagher. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Instagram.
  4. ^ "Nickelodeon Greenlights New Comedy from Dan Schneider, Two Other Live-Action Series". Deadline Hollywood. March 13, 2014. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  5. ^ Holub, Christian (February 15, 2019). "Umbrella Academy actor explains how he nailed the timey-wimey weirdness of Number Five". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 19, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
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