Hayden Christensen (born April 19, 1981) is a Canadian actor. His father is of Danish descent and his mother has Swedish and Italian ancestry. Raised outside Toronto in Thornhill, Ontario, Christensen attended E.J. Sand Public School, Baythorn Public School and Unionville High School in Unionville, Ontario, Canada. Christensen’s first acting role was on the television series Family Passions, which aired on Canadian television in September 1993, when he was 12.
