Louis Hynes

Louis Hynes
Biographical Information
Date of Birth	October 9, 2001 (age 24)
Place of Birth	Oxford, England, UK
Role
Role	Klaus Baudelaire
Season(s)	Season 1, Season 2, Season 3
First appearance	The Bad Beginning: Part One
Last appearance	The End
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Louis Hynes is an English actor who portrays Klaus Baudelaire in the Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events. They superseded the role of Liam Aiken.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Louis Hynes originally thought they had messed up their first audition for Klaus Baudelaire, but a few months later they were asked to do a chemistry read with Malina Weissman. Afterwards, they went out for dinner with Dylan Kingwell, who had also auditioned for Klaus and ended up receiving the dual role of Duncan and Quigley Quagmire.

Hynes took their inspiration for their portrayal of Klaus mainly from the books, and found "[Klaus] was very forthright in the way he stated what he meant, whilst managing to be polite and courteous." He had lived a sheltered life, and then was thrown into a dark world, and he and Violet were nervous and shell-shocked, but evolved into proactive young adults, something Hynes was excited to show over the course of three seasons.

They found it a bit difficult to balance school and work at the same time, and to put on an American accent while talking as fast as was necessary, but they stated that the whole cast and crew were "this great family, and so supportive of each other." They consider Weissman to be a sister figure to them in real life as well as on the show.

Hynes was originally nervous around Presley Smith, as they were afraid they would drop her.

One of Hynes's favorite and earliest memories of filming was during "A Bad Beginning: Part Two," where Joan Cusack and Neil Patrick Harris were playing off each other in the library. They found that watching the two comedic geniuses was very eye-opening and told them just "how bonkers this show was going to be." Their favorite episodes were The Hostile Hospital, as they could develop the Dr. Faustus disguise. They so found it very fun to play Klaus's awkwardness while flirting with Fiona in The Grim Grotto, describing it as "the first time Klaus had anything real happen romantically."

At the age of 14, in between Seasons One and Two, Hynes's hair began to curl, and they had to spend an hour every morning straightening their hair again to maintain consistency from the first season. Their hair was a little blonder than Klaus's, so it would be dyed every four to five weeks to match Weissman's hair. Hair Department Head Julie McHaffie told Hynes at the beginning of filming that by Season Three, when they were 16, they would hate the Klaus hair. While they didn't believe her then, by Season Three they agreed.

The only costume they took home from the series was the island robe. However, in September of 2020, they received a spyglass prop from the Netflix department.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	The Saint	Young Simon

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Barbarians Rising	Young Alaric
2017	A Series of Unfortunate Events	Klaus Baudelaire
2020	The Great	Vlad
	The Power	Ernest	One Episode

Gallery

18th Birthday.

Portrait.

Cast members.

Louis, Malina and Presley.

With Dylan Kingwell.

Behind the Scenes

As Klaus Baudelaire.

Makeup brushes.

With Malina Weissman

With Malina Weissman.

With Malina Weissman.

With Malina Weissman.

With Malina Weissman.

With Jacqueline Robbins and Joyce Robbins.

With Rose Lam, K. Todd Freeman, Presley Smith, Joan Cusack and Malina Weissman.

With John DeSantis.

With Malina Weissman.

With Barry Sonnenfeld and Malina Weissman.

With Malina Weissman and Paul Domick.

With Malina Weissman.

With Avi Lake, Dylan Kingwell and Malina Weissman.

With Kitana Turnbull and Malina Weissman.

With Usman Ally.

With Dylan Kingwell and Avi Lake.

With Malina Weissman, Presley Smith and Sara Rue.

With Malina Weissman and Presley Smith.

With Malina Weissman and Ithamar Enriquez.

With Malina Weissman and Dylan Kingwell.

With David Alan Grier, Malina Weissman and Presley Smith.

Behind the scenes of The Hostile Hospital: Part Two.

With Malina Weissman.

Behind the Scenes of The Carnivorous Carnival.

ADR for Season Two.

With Malina Weissman.

With Malina Weissman.

With Jacqueline Robbins and Joyce Robbins.

With Matty Cardarople.

With Malina Weissman.

With Malina Weissman and Presley Smith.

With Malina Weissman and Presley Smith.

With Malina Weissman and Colby Cremers.

Behind the Scenes of "The Grim Grotto: Part Two."

With Malina Weissman and Usman Ally.

With Malina Weissman and Allison Williams

With Malina Weissman and Presley Smith

With Max Greenfield, Malina Weissman and Presley Smith

With Malina Weissman and Presley Smith.

With Tony Hale

With Malina Weissman and Kitana Turnbull

With Nakai Takawira, Presley Smith and Malina Weissman

With Nakai Takawira and Malina Weissman

With Presley Smith and Malina Weissman.

With Presley Smith on the last day of shooting.

With Malina Weissman filming Chapter Fourteen.

With Malina Weissman and Patrick Warburton at the wrap party.

That's a wrap!

Wrap.

Louis with the Island robe.

With Malina Weissman and Dylan Kingwell for a dinner after the original chemistry reads for Violet and Klaus.

Louis, Dylan, Malina, and Avi just having fun and making cute and silly faces.

With Dylan Kingwell.

Videos

Malina Weissman & Louis Hynes On Netflix's "A Series of Unfortunate Events"

Interview.

Louis Hynes and Malina Weissman behind set tour

Behind Set

Trivia

• In early 2022, Hynes changed their pronouns on their Instagram to they/them. This has later been removed.
• Hynes is the second eldest out of all the child actors; the eldest being Kassius Nelson.
• Hynes is actually more than a year older than Malina Weissman, despite the fact that Hynes' character, Klaus, is nearly two years younger than Weissman's character; Violet.
• Hynes has an older brother, Milo, and a younger sister, Lara.