JAEDEN MARTELL

Jaeden Martell (born January 4, 2003) is an American actor. He first gained recognition for his role as Bill Denbrough in the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel It (2017) and reprised this character in the sequel It Chapter Two (2019) . His other notable work includes the mystery film Knives Out (2019) and the miniseries Defending Jacob (2020). He is the son of Wes Lieberher, a Los Angeles-based executive chef, and Angela Teresa Martell. He has Korean heritage through his maternal grandmother, Chisun Martell. Initially growing up in South Philadelphia, he moved to Los Angeles at the age of eight in 2011. For the first six years of his career, he was credited under his family name, Lieberher, but in 2019, he adopted his mother's maiden name, Martell.