Louis Hynes


Louis Oliver Hynes is an English actor. He is best known for his leading role as Klaus Baudelaire in the Netflix series A Series of Unfortunate Events, which ran from 2017 to 2019.

Personal life

Louis Hynes was born and raised in Oxford, England, the middle of three children. Louis plays bass guitar when he is not acting.
He loves live music and goes to gigs as often as possible. He lives with his parents, Andrew and Lisa Hynes, his elder brother Milo, and younger sister Lara just outside Oxford. In March 2020 he shaved his head live on Instagram to raise money for the Trussell Trust, a network of foodbanks in the UK.

Career

Hynes began his career in an acclaimed performance as Franzl in Intermezzo produced by Bruno Ravella at Garsington Opera. He played Young Alaric in the History Channel's series Barbarians Rising. From 2017 to 2019 he starred as Klaus Baudelaire in three seasons of the Netflix mystery-drama A Series of Unfortunate Events. In July 2017 he appeared in a new adaptation of The Saint which was released on Netflix. He played the role of the young Simon Templar. It was filmed in 2013. In 2020 he appeared in the Hulu series The Great.
During the COVID-19 quarantine he started a podcast called . Guests have included , and . It is released every Thursday.

Filmography