15 Famous Child Actors You’d Never Recognize Today

We all change, none of us look like we used to when we were kids, but when you're

famous

since you were a kid, those changes are even more noticeable because every second of your life is in a movie, these are

famous

child

actors

. I would

never

recognize

the number 15

today

Daniel Radcliffe I know it is very difficult to hear this but it has been 17 years since the first Harry Potter movie came out the old man Daniel Radcliffe achieved it perfectly personified the young wizard touching the hearts of millions of

child

ren all over the world, but in reality radcliffe went through very difficult times during the filming of the harry potter franchise.

Fame for child

actors

can sometimes be difficult to handle, especially at the young age of 11. There's also the fact that I was doing several projects at the same time. All the while he was time-consuming, simultaneously acting in theater and starring in other films, and later in his career, Radcliffe began drinking alcohol as an outlet to cope with the difficulties of stardom. You can even notice in some scenes that he slurs his words. but thanks to the support of his friends and family, he managed to get out of his addiction and improve a lot, and even if

today

he publicly apologized to his fans, he is absolutely unrecognizable, he looks quite sick and people are starting to wonder about his state of health , like in this video.

Smash the subscribe button and click the notification bell right now or this centipede will crawl on your face when you're sleeping. Now it's time for the strange topic: Will and Jada Smith's son, Jaden Smith, has been famous since birth and has been reveling in it in every way. He has a fashion line. He is an actor. He has released music. He has done more in his young life than most of us and in that relatively short time a lot has changed. The picture on the left shows what most people remember what Jaden looked like, but the photo on the right shows what he looks like today.

He's a bold look, for sure, and a big change. What do you think? Which look do you prefer, old school or fresh, business as usual? Comment below with the hashtag. oddtopic and let us know your opinion in relation to what we just showed on screen with that said let's keep things moving number 14 juliana rose mariello the pretty pink haired stephanie from lazytown remember her no matter what happens to her well she certainly didn't get lazy Much People wondered where it disappeared, if it went to oblivion or even darker. Fortunately, we don't have to trust the tabloids to know the truth.

They said she was arrested for prostitution or ended her life due to a drug overdose, but there are no such dramatic and far-fetched stories. Julianne was simply studying, yes that's right, she left her acting career to go to Columbia University to study, not to act or dance, but to get a master's degree in occupational therapy, quite a change from the pink-haired alternative dancers who sing Stephanie to a full tune. Temporary therapist from plays to filming in Iceland in Lazytown, rising to stardom in 70 countries and appearing in numerous television commercials. She thought about her future. She

never

acted again.

Her last role was in 2013 in a television miniseries. The doc files. So yes. If you want to see her again, you'd better make an appointment with her in her new role as her therapist. The question is: will she even

recognize

her number 13? Davey Chase began acting at the age of three and amassed an impressive list of television shows as early as eight years old, the list is long, however, Davey Chase is probably best known for her role as little Samara in the film 2002 horror film The Ring. She scared us all when she appeared on screen, but you wouldn't recognize her now.

She was a scary girl but a beautiful young woman. Davey no longer has horror black hair, but rather California blonde locks where she now resides. In fact, the beautiful Davey has been inside your television for years, every pun is intended, she has been in numerous series such as, among others, CSI, if you don't recognize her, she looks good, her voice is also quite famous, I'm pretty sure it's bcbg. I'm not sure I chose it last night. I was in a bit of a rush, although she was the voice of the human girl Lilo in Lilo and Stitch and also the English voice of Chihiro in the award-winning Japanese animated film Spirited Away.

One thing is for sure. voice or physique you would never recognize her on the street now if you still have the image of the ring in your mind number 12 nico hughes remembers the adorable little boy in stephen king's pet cemetery who was hit by a truck and came back as a murderous brat well that one It was Miko Hughes and that was not his first role in film and television. At four years old, Mikko had already been in a public service announcement at 22 months and had his first feature film at 27 months. From there, Mikko did not stop. pet cemetery his acting career continued to grow with films such as his dramatic portrayal of an autistic boy alongside bruce willis in the box office hit head mercury rise he also starred in apollo 13 and kindergarten cop have a penis girls have a vagina a highly sought after child star of Native American origin, where her name means boss and girl saw that she worked with some of the biggest stars, but sometimes her later roles were unpredictable, although she still acts, has another passion: beekeeping and has 30,000 bees as pets , maybe it's better to look at what he looks like now instead of that creepy, scalpel-wielding zombie brat from the pet cemetery.

I mean, if you saw that kid, you'd run the other way number 11, Ivana Vicaro, so many child stars have been remembered for their roles in fantasy or horror movies, well, there's no exception here because Jeans Labyrinth by Ivano was one of Guillermo del Toro's most iconic films to date and yes, you guessed it. The dreamer Ofelia was played by Ivana Baquero. The original cast was for an eight-year-old girl. Guillermo was so impressed with his audition that he changed the role to meet his age of 11. Born in Barcelona, ​​Ivana began acting at the age of eight, but it was her role in Pan's Labyrinth that brought her international stardom and her performance was acclaimed. in the film that won him the goya award in 2007 and he still hasn't done it.

She hasn't stopped since she is 27 years old, she is far from the sweet girl that Guillermo del Toro hired for the role, as you can see, Ivana is now a beautiful young woman who worked with Kevin Costner and continues to work every year in English and Spanish speaking . roles ivana is certainly one to watch, this is a terrible plan, while ivana is still completely dedicated to her acting career, in parallel she is studying law, so be careful, you may have to think twice if Do you ever find yourself in a court of law? future number 10 taj maori the 90s gave us so many child stars but do you remember them all correctly? surely you haven't missed taj maori playing tj henderson in the disney comedy smart boy very wrong i'm going to go up to my room to think about what i did right, the pretty boy played many more roles, including sonic the hedgehog, who was all night where I live and, above all, he played Teddy to a full house.

He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was managed by his mother, who also managed his twin sisters in 1994, Maori. She joined her twin sisters Tia Mallory Hardrict and Tamara Mary Housley on their hit ABC sitcom Sister Sister and we have to mention her cameo and her friends in the Super Bowl episode, I mean who doesn't want to be friends, even Courtney Cox called him cute? Taj never stopped in 2015, he signed a record deal and released an ep to show his singing talent, not bad, from a cute kid to a handsome young man, I'm sure Taj is turning heads on the streets, the question is. you recognize that cheeky smile number nine mackenzie rossman some child stars go on to long careers while others have short and successful careers mackenzie rossman starred in an incredible 236 episodes of 7th heaven playing ruthie camden you must surely remember her role as parents eric's angsty teenager and annie at 16 had 10 years of acting experience behind her which is very impressive for such a young age but after a few more projects she seemed to disappear, where did she go?

Well, she is now a competitive jumper in her free time, but surely that is not where she is now, it seems that she has been quite selective in her roles because she also decided to defend and help others. Her stepsister has cystic fibrosis and Mackenzie decided to dedicate much of her time to raising money for cystic fibrosis. Part of that journey is educating. people about organ donation so that those with cystic fibrosis can have a better chance at a normal life. Not all child stars take the acting world by storm and continue to focus on their careers.

It's good that Mackenzie continues her charitable work and her personal work to help others. number eight jonathan lipnicki jerry maguire show me the money one of the famous lines from the movie spoken by cuba gooding jr but someone else had a cuter line in that movie and it wasn't tom cruise as renee zellweger's adorable son, he said very sweetly. Did you know that human heads weigh 8 pounds? A human head weighs 8 pounds. He remembers well that scene that was Jonathan Lipnicki at age 5. It became an instant hit in Hollywood. So where do you go after co-starring with Tom Cruise in your first movie? you can take another child role and make it your own, Stuart Little and Stuart Little too, yes, that was Jonathan too.

Jerry Maguire's cute little guy didn't stop there and continues to perform to this day before the age of 10. His films had grossed. almost three quarters of a billion dollars at the box office, yes almost a billion, he showed them the money for sure, although he decided to take a break in his teenage years, he wanted to be a normal teenager and enjoy prom, see his friends and graduate . However, he has grown into a very handsome young man and who knows what the world has in store for him. number 7 abigail breslin abigail breslin was born in 1996 in new york, you may know her from her miss sunshine days or her role as scream queen, but she is no longer a child, she has grown up and continues to triumph now that He is 20 years old.

She has made quite a name for herself. She has already been nominated for many different awards, including an Oscar. She is good at everything she does. film, television or music in 2014, she was the center of tabloid attention after she released a bitter song about an ex-boyfriend called "You Suck," but Abigail sees that part of her life as a crucial point in her path to adulthood and femininity. Who can blame her? We've all had our hearts broken in our teens and done things we're not proud of, but that's all in their past. Now she is preparing to take the big screen by storm once again with the iconic film Zombieland under her belt. and a potential stillwater hit in the making number six jaleel white you won't believe what jaleel white looks like today remember him in the all time classic american comedy family affairs he played steve urkel did i do that?

You know the nerdy kid with the thick glasses, did you know that he was supposed to appear only once on that show, but he was such a huge and instant hit that they decided to keep him as a cast member? Well, now he's older and he's a match, he's very athletic. and not at all shy like he was as a child, he even has a daughter named samaya who looks exactly like him since the show stopped airing, he has been doing a lot of different things, he has appeared on other tv shows like dream girls, ncis, CSI. and many others also lent his voice as sonic in the popular cartoon series sonic the hedgehog jaleel has said in the past that although he rose to stardom with the role of steve in his opinion, he only became a real actor later in his career, but of course, his love for little urkel will always be the same number 5.

Josh Peck Josh Peck was catapulted to fame with the television show Drake and Josh which first aired in 2004, but since then he has been working on many different things, his most recent projects. they are localizing Silver Lake in 2018 and Doors in 2021. She also has a recurring role on Fox's Mindy Project and voiced a character on Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 2015 and 2016. She also starred with John Stamos in Grandpa from Fox and on top of that. He has a deal with Disney Plus for his upcoming TV adaptation of Turner and Hooch. It's important to note that Josh is a jack of many trades and has also managed to make a name for himself online and on social media, previously having great success on Vine.

The platform was abruptly closed in 2017 and today he is a very big YouTuber, he is now 34 years old and is showing the world all his incredible talent, watch out for Josh, we will see more of him, number four, Malcolm David Kelly, remembers the child. of the mega hit TV show Lost, that show is probably one of the best ever, probably also the longest final episodedisappointing of all time, but don't worry, there will be no spoilers here. Malcolm David Kelly played the role of Walt Lloyd who was one of the most fascinating figures of the early seasons, amazing about to go on tour with demi lovato we're rooting for her so it's going to be a good time man this year seemed to have supernatural powers like telepathy and astral projection and the origin of his powers is among the show's biggest unsolved mysteries, but where is Malcolm David Kelly today?

Well, for starters, he is now 29 years old and a very successful rapper and songwriter. He formed the duo mkto with former co-star tony aller and them. They signed with Columbia Records with whom they released their self-titled debut album in 2014. He also did not stop acting, playing the character Finn Cantons in all 18 episodes of the series Teen Neck Gigantic in 2010 and was a guest actor on many important television series. shows like bones blindspot and closer number three alison stoner she needs no introduction alison stoner cutUpload literally every missy elliott music video from the early 2000s, you probably remember her from work or I'm really good.

This girl was the best dancer there was. He was also huge in the world of children's film and television throughout the 2000s. He starred in Cheaper by the Dozen on O3 and also starred in the sequel on O5 and let's not forget he appeared in the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock alongside Demi lovato and the jonas brothers, but where is he now? Well, first of all, she's not a she anymore. She's little, she's 27 years old and, by the way, she's still kicking ass in the dance department. She still works with Missy. In 2019, she rocked the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards, where she reprized her role as a child dancer and gave a fantastic performance. cameo on stage in an unforgettable yellow tracksuit, if you haven't seen it you should.

She is also making music in 2019. She released her original track Stripped Bear, which is about childhood fame and the problems that come with it, but luckily her stoner keeps her high. spirits but she still isn't willing to get off stage number two hilly joel osment why does it sound so much worse when a child utters a creepy phrase? I see dead people, that was the phrase spoken by Hayley Joel Osment in the 1999 film The Sixth Sense. At the age of 11, he starred in the film with Bruce Willis and it became a cult classic. Imagine that he had already played Tom Hank's son in Forrest. gump before that incredible many actors dream of starting with tom hanks and bruce willis but haley had already acted with both at the age of 11.

He was the first millennial man to receive an Oscar nomination for acting. He really was one of the best young actors of his generation from his days as a child actor. He has continued to do voice-overs for game films. and TV series, he also continued to act in lighter roles than his previous roles, the list is too long to list, oh but I have two in mind: comedy bang bang and Silicon Valley, great in both, anyway, it was quoted as saying it's hard to act terrified when you have 200 team members around you. Well, Hayley, you certainly convinced us, but I'm not sure you'd recognize him if you met him sporting a full beard.

He's definitely gone from being that cute boy to being the number one grown man. bug hall bug hall do you know him or brandon hall? This is the same person who was given the nickname Bug when he was very young, it stuck with him ever since and it became his stage name and what stage he took on when he played the lead role of Alfalfa in the 1994 children's classic, The Little Rascals was an instant success and his face became internationally known. We will both sing. They do it. It was an incredibly important film for this generation of children and the film is still loved to this day, but like so many. classic children's movies what happened to their star well, bug continued acting and does so to this day but he never achieved the same fame as he did at that young age, although you would think it was bug that was in one of the american pie movies. the book of love, yes, he was arrested in 2020 for huffing and we wish him all the best.

He has gone from having a beard to having no beard, but the audience can see what a handsome man, he is married and has a son. thank you for delighting us with the little scoundrels, as you can see, not all child actors end up sad and forgotten, some of them continue to do great things well into adulthood, but it is impossible not to notice how difficult it is for most know this if you could. go back in time. Could you try your hand at being a child star? Also check out our other cool stuff on screen right now.

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