Boyd was born in Bedford Texas He currently lives in Los Angeles California with his parents and actress sister Jenna Boyd Cayden plays the violin and cello is on a football team and is also a proud Christian Cayden is more experienced in the acting world than most children his age Growing up in Texas with his parents and sister Jenna Boyd he has been able to stay grounded and says My parents are a big help and theyre always making sure I have a normal life and my life isnt all just about acting and stuff Cayden landed his first roles small television roles and commercials as young as 6 and 7 He was cast alongside Sean Penn and Tim Robbins in film Mystic River In 2004 Cayden won the lead role in childrens film The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl Cayden has also appeared in a number of TV dramas including Crossing Jordan Cold Case and Close to Home He also had a small but crucial role in the film XMen The Last Stand In 2008 Cayden starred alongside Julia Roberts and Willem Dafoe in Fireflies in the Garden with a strong performance as young Michael In 2010 Cayden took the leading role in the pilot episode of a new TV show Past Life giving a very strong performance and is in possible talks to be returning to the show at a later date Boyd has had bit parts in several feature films including Freaky Friday and Dodgeball A True Underdog Story He also played Tim Robbinss son in Mystic River and appeared on the sitcom Scrubs Boyds biggest role to date may have been as Max in The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl Most recently he played young Warren Worthington III in XMen The Last Stand and he also had a starring role in the 2007 film Have Dreams Will Travel Description above from the Wikipedia article Cayden Boyd licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia