Aidan Gould is an American

United States

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 child actor

Child actor

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. He is the brother of Nolan Gould

Nolan Gould

Nolan Gould is an American child actor best known for his starring role as Luke Dunphy on the ABC comedy Modern Family. He is the brother of Aidan Gould-Acting career:...

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Career

His career began as early as 2001; at age four he was considered for We Were Soldiers

We Were Soldiers

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, but instead made his debut in a television commercial. In 2008, he starred in the movie Julia

Julia (2008 film)

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opposite Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton

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. The movie was entered in the 2008 Berlinale

Berlin International Film Festival

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; one German critic called Gould's performance "impressive" ("beeindruckend"), and another said Gould's performance was "uncannily capable" ("unheimlich gekonnt"). Matthew Turner of View London

View London

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 called Aidan's performance a "remarkable job,"
and Amber Wilkinson of Eye for Film remarked, "Gould invests Tom with sufficient reticence." After Julia, Gould played "Young Evan" in the 2009 Mark Poisella comedy Dynamite Swine.

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