Louis Hynes

Louis Oliver Hynes (born 9 October 2001) is an English actor. They are best known for their leading role as Klaus Baudelaire in the Netflix series A Series of Unfortunate Events, which ran from 2017 to 2019.

Louis Hynes was born and raised in Oxford, England, the middle of three children. Louis plays bass guitar when they are not acting. They live with their parents, Andrew and Lisa Hynes, their elder brother Milo, and younger sister Lara just outside Oxford. In March 2020 they shaved their head live on Instagram to raise money for the Trussell Trust, a network of foodbanks in the UK.

Hynes began their career in an acclaimed performance as Franzl in "Intermezzo" produced by Bruno Ravella at Garsington Opera. They played Young Alaric in the History Channel's series "Barbarians Rising". From 2017 to 2019 they starred as Klaus Baudelaire in three seasons of the Netflix mystery-drama ''A Series of Unfortunate Events.

In July 2017 they appeared in a new adaptation of "The Saint" which was released on Netflix. They played the role of the young Simon Templar. It was filmed in 2013. In 2020 they appeared in the Hulu series "The Great".