Shawn Spencer is a fictional character played by James Roday in the television series Psych. Young Shawn (shown in flashbacks) is played by Liam James (starting with the first season episode "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece" and ending with the fifth season episode "Shawn & Gus in Drag (Racing)"). Josh Hayden played Young Shawn in the pilot episode only. jpar played Young Shawn in the episode "Spellingg Bee" only. Starting in the fifth season, in the episode "Ferry Tale", Young Shawn is played by Skyler Gisondo.