Cameron Monaghan

Cameron moved to Los Angeles at the age of 10 and continues to live there.

He has been in a relationship with his ‘Shameless’ co-star Ruby Modine since 2016. He is known to have dated many of his co-stars in the past.

He is liberal about gay rights and has been vocal about it.

Cameron Monaghan was born in Santa Monica, California, on August 16, 1993. He was the only child of a single mother named Diane Monaghan, who worked as an insurance claims specialist. Her work took Diane to Florida, and Cameron spent the next few years of his life there.

Cameron was an extremely extroverted child when he was 3 years old, and that led his mom to believe that he might make a good career as a model. She got his portfolio made and sent it to various modeling agencies.

At the age of 5, he appeared in his first magazine catalogue. Soon, he developed an interest in acting in dramas and films. His mother made sure Cameron participated in school plays to hone his acting kills. Cameron appeared in his first TV commercial at the age of 7.

As a child, he attended the ‘Addison Mizner Elementary School’ and appeared in many theater productions while he studied there. Some of his famous shows were ‘Stuart Little,’ ‘Winnie-the-Pooh,’ and ‘The Pumpkin King.’

By the time he was in middle school, his future goals were sorted. He wanted to become an actor and had already started to get some real work. Thus, he was homeschooled for most of his high-school days. Meanwhile, he also learned to play the guitar.

In 2002, at the age of 9, he made his acting debut with a small-budget independent film named ‘The Wishing Stone.’ He then made appearances in independent films such as ‘Brothers in Arms’ and ‘Desperate Hippies.’

In 2003, he made his TV debut with the TV film ‘The Music Man.’ The director believed that Cameron suited the role perfectly.

The following year, Cameron got the first major break of his career when he was selected to play the role of a child with special needs in the series ‘Malcolm in the Middle.’ His role started as a recurring role but was made a regular part as the series progressed. Cameron earned a lot of critical appreciation for his role in the series and won the ‘Young Artist Award’ for the ‘Best Performance in a Television Series - Recurring Young Actor.’

In 2005, he appeared in small roles in the series ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ and ‘Threshold.’ The same year, he appeared in a small recurring role in the series ‘Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide,’ where he played the role of ‘Palmer Noid.’

As he entered his teenager years, he started appearing in more TV series. Some of them were ‘Criminal Minds,’ ‘The Mentalist,’ ‘Monk,’ and ‘Three Rivers.’ However, he mostly appeared in single-episode roles.