Has any child actor ever made it big ?

**Cuse0323** · 12-21-10, 09:48 PM

A lot of kids from disney are crazy rich

**grekos** · 12-21-10, 09:50 PM

Ron Howard

**Cougar Bait** · 12-21-10, 09:51 PM

Drew Barrymore

**SportsMushroom** · 12-21-10, 09:52 PM

**QuantumLeap** · 12-21-10, 09:53 PM

Jackie Coogan
Mickey Rooney
Jodie Foster
Dean Stockwell
Natalie Wood
Kirsten Dunst
Christina Ricci
Roddy McDowall
Robert Blake
Natalie Portman
Elizabeth Taylor
Christina Aguilera
Annette Funicello

**HoulihansTX** · 12-21-10, 09:53 PM

Shia Lebouf

**MartinBlank** · 12-21-10, 09:56 PM

Shia LaBeouf was a kid actor and is now making Wall Street 2, and Transformers.

Jodie Foster made it huge.

Eilijah Wood was a few movies as a kid, and then made the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

Ricky Shroeder is back on is acting feet.

And that Ryan Gossling kid----he's done pretty well too.

**Doug** · 12-21-10, 09:56 PM

Originally posted by grekos

Ron Howard

good one there !

**Al Masters** · 12-21-10, 10:00 PM

Leif Garrett

**wtf** · 12-21-10, 10:03 PM

patrick bateman

child actor in that jap movie

**Doug** · 12-21-10, 10:08 PM

Originally posted by QuantumLeap

Jackie Coogan
Mickey Rooney
Jodie Foster
Dean Stockwell
Natalie Wood
Kirsten Dunst
Christina Ricci
Roddy McDowall
Robert Blake
Natalie Portman
Elizabeth Taylor
Christina Aguilera
Annette Funicello

I wouldn't know many of those as kid actors....like liz Taylor for example.

Robert Blake ( Barreta, right ?) ****** up later on.

**Doug** · 12-21-10, 10:09 PM

How does a Tom Cruise start as a movie star ?

**Dirty Sanchez** · 12-21-10, 10:09 PM

jj Gold....just look as his career now....the guy is a legend

**Herky** · 12-21-10, 10:12 PM

Drew Barrymore, Natalie Portman, Neil Patrick Harris, Christian Bale, Leonardo Dicaprio, Elijah Wood....

**Doug** · 12-21-10, 10:14 PM

I guess I'm wrong.

**SportsMushroom** · 12-21-10, 10:16 PM

most of the actors you are listing all had neglectible careers as todlers

I mean if you research it most actors usually start from a very yound age

i think the point here is to identify actors that were huge as kids and continued the same success later on

who even fking remembers dicaprio before titanic?

**JohnGalt2341** · 12-21-10, 10:20 PM

Originally posted by Doug

I can't think of a one ! Danny Bonaduce ( Partridge)... I think not. I see the 2.5 men kid becoming like him...in 30 years.

Not a chance... Bonaduce is ripped.. that 2.5 men kid will look like 2 and a half men when he is Bonaduce's age.

**THE PROFIT** · 12-21-10, 10:24 PM

Originally posted by JohnGalt2341

Not a chance... Bonaduce is ripped.. that 2.5 men kid will look like 2 and a half men when he is Bonaduce's age.

yeah, hes almost 2 now

**mtneer1212** · 12-21-10, 10:25 PM

Jason Bateman and Diane Lane

**DrStale** · 12-21-10, 10:31 PM

As far as huge star as a kid and huge star as an adult Drew Barrymore fits the bill best IMO.

A few other notables:

Neil Patrick Harris
Lindsay Lohan
Alyssa Milano
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Jodie Foster
Ron Howard
Kirsten Dunst

**Reload** · 12-21-10, 10:33 PM

**Doug** · 12-21-10, 10:45 PM

I see the potential for an Angus T Jones ( Jake Harper) to fall really flat on his face once 2.5 men ends in a few years.

He was in the right place at the right time, probably made a few million + as a teen. I can see him blowing it on coke or something and not having real acting ability or good looks to fall back on. Danny B certainly didn't make that kind of coin as Danny P.

Angus will be a good test case as the new kid actor with the added twist of being likely the wealthiest of them all. He's probably like 17-18 now.

I wish him well, but it will be interesting to see where he's at when he's 40 ! I expect to be dead by then from old age ( if nothing else). Angus can logically only fail once 2.5 men ends. Think about him being 21 and unemployed in a few years. I can see coke, hos, Vegas, etc. Does he turn into a Ron Howard....or a Charlie Sheen ?

Somebody please bump this thread in about 22-23 years.

**Living The Dream** · 12-21-10, 10:49 PM

Gary Coleman, Dana Plato, Michael Jackson, Corey Feldman... Wait a sec, whats this thread about??? LMAO

**Brock Landers** · 12-21-10, 10:52 PM

Originally posted by Living The Dream

Gary Coleman, Dana Plato, Michael Jackson, Corey Feldman... Wait a sec, whats this thread about??? LMAO

**Mr. Jones** · 12-22-10, 12:27 AM

Though it was released in 1984, Once Upon A Time in America was actually filmed in 1982. That makes Jennifer Connelly all of 11 years old when that classic film was shot. It was her first acting role. They used a body double for her brief nude scene.

She has made it big and is as hot as they get.

**szk1983** · 12-22-10, 12:29 AM

drew barrymore is probably the biggest

**krk1030** · 12-22-10, 12:35 AM

How about how many are not train wrecks now?

**tkim8404** · 12-22-10, 12:38 AM

Everyone I can think of are on celebrity rehab

**stikymess** · 12-22-10, 12:45 AM

jerry oconnoll was a child actor went on to marry a supermodel thats kind of big time

**hhsilver** · 12-22-10, 01:00 AM

someone named Jackie Coogan. I'll Add Jackie Cooper.

And the girl who played Winnie on Wonder Years made it big ---- in mathematics . Does that count.

**ronjon619** · 12-22-10, 01:11 AM

Brooke Shields

**scoobs** · 12-22-10, 01:12 AM

Originally posted by hhsilver

someone named Jackie Coogan. I'll Add Jackie Cooper.

And the girl who played Winnie on Wonder Years made it big ---- in mathematics . Does that count.

Math is evil, just sayin.

**d2bets** · 12-22-10, 01:13 AM

What about Leonardo DiCaprio?
Olsen twins
Michelle Trachtenberg
Anna Paquin
Reese Witherspoon

**marcoloco** · 12-22-10, 01:16 AM

there is some, but even more child actors who didnt make it big