<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2003--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Height </Th> <Td> 5'6 </Td> </Tr> <P> Ethan Francis Cutkosky (born August 19, 1999) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Barto in The Unborn and as Carl Gallagher on the Showtime series Shameless . </P> <P> He got his first film role playing Carl in Fred Claus (2007), a Christmas comedy starring Vince Vaughn . Two years later he played Barto in the horror film The Unborn (2009), where he worked with Gary Oldman . A year later, he starred in the independent thriller Conviction (2010), with Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell . Currently, Ethan portrays Carl Gallagher, in the Showtime television series Shameless, whose protagonists are Emmy Rossum and William H. Macy . </P>

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