Jayden Greig (born October 19, 2003) is a Canadian actor best known for his lead role in Sean McNamara's film adaptation of Bruce Coville's novel,

Aliens Ate My Homework ''Aliens Ate My Homework'' is the first of a series of four books by Bruce Coville. The series is generally referred to as Bruce Coville's Alien Adventures or Rod Allbright's Alien Adventures. ''Aliens Ate My Homework'' was first published by Ala ...

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, and its sequel,

Aliens Stole My Body ''Aliens Stole My Body'' is a children's science fiction novel by Bruce Coville that was first published in 1998. This is the fourth book in a series about the fictional character Rod Albright. The illustrations and the front cover were done by ...

. Jayden has also appeared in

The Shape of Water ''The Shape of Water'' is a 2017 romantic fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer ...

(2017),

Murdoch Mysteries ''Murdoch Mysteries'' is a Canadian television drama series that premiered on Citytv on January 20, 2008, and currently airs on CBC. The series is based on characters from the ''Detective Murdoch'' novels by Maureen Jennings and stars Yannick B ...

(2013),

Super Why ''Super Why!'' (stylized as ''Super WHY!'') is a CGI-animated superhero preschool television series created by Angela C. Santomero (who also created ''Blue's Clues'') for PBS Kids and aimed for preschoolers ages 3 to 6. Produced by New York C ...

(2015) and Playdate (2015–2016). He was nominated at the Young Entertainer Awards for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film for his work in Aliens Ate My Homework and won Best Ensemble Performance in Film at the

Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award (originally known as the Youth in Film Award) is an accolade presented by the Young Artist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young ...

s, amongst many other awards and nominations.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greig, Jayden Canadian male film actors 2003 births Living people Canadian male television actors Canadian male child actors