Aiden Flowers

Aiden James Flowers (born December 13, 2004) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying a young Klaus Mikaelson in the CW network series The Originals. He also appeared in the films The Big Short, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and Nate Parker's The Birth of a Nation. Early life Flowers was born on December 13, 2004 in Gulfport, Mississippi, the son of Anthony Flowers, a software migration specialist, and Mandye Self Flowers, a hospital administrator. He has younger twin sisters, Camden and Carsen Flowers, born May 26, 2006. When Flowers was asked what he wanted to be, without hesitation, he always responded, "I want to be an actor." Flowers moved with his parents and twin sisters from Gulfport to Brandon in 2006. In 2011, he and his sisters were discovered by a New Orleans talent agent at a talent showcase in Jackson. Career In August 2012, Flowers officially began acting when he was cast in the supporting role of Peter Pinkerton in the musical adaptation of Victoria Kann's, Pinkalicious, a role for which he would later win, "Best Supporting Youth Actor," for the 2012 Actor's Playhouse season. Flowers played the son of a lead character in Home Sweet Hell (2015). Flowers was featured in John Schneider's, Smothered, where he played a supporting role as the brother of Abigail Breslin, (real life sister) Carsen Flowers, and the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger.