Jaeden Martell

Jaeden Wesley Lieberher (born January 4, 2003), known professionally as Jaeden Martell, is an American actor, best known for his role as Bill Denbrough in the 2017 film adaptation of the Stephen King novel It.

Life and career
Martell was born on January 4, 2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Wes Lieberher, a Los Angeles-based chef de cuisine, and Angela Teresa Martell. He grew up in South Philadelphia, where he attended the Independence Charter School. In 2011, when he was 8 years old, he moved to Los Angeles. His maternal grandmother, Chisun Martell, is Korean.

Martell's first acting role was in a commercial for Hot Wheels. He appeared in several other commercials after that, including Google, Moneysupermarket.com, Liberty Mutual, Hyundai (for the 2013 Super Bowl), Verizon Fios and General Electric. His first major feature film role was in 2014's St. Vincent, where he starred alongside Bill Murray. Murray later recommended Martell to Cameron Crowe for the director's 2015 film, Aloha. He played the title character in the 2017 film The Book of Henry. He next starred as Bill Denbrough in It.

In November 2018, Martell joined the cast of the Rian Johnson murder-mystery film Knives Out. In March 2019, now credited as Martell, he joined the cast of the Apple miniseries Defending Jacob, based on the William Landay novel of the same name.