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Child Actors (see Biography, Fiction, Cinema)

• Bibliography; see Category:Children--Biblio (film subject)

• Expertise : Actors -- Singers -- Child Actors -- Child Singers -- Film Composers -- Film Directors -- Scriptwriters

• Genres : Feature Films -- Short Films -- TV Films -- TV mini-series -- Animated Feature Films -- Animated Short Films -- Documentaries Film-operas -- Film-plays -- Video Recordings

Overview

Child Actors & Second Temple Judaism

Second Temple Judaism has given to child actors two big roles--Child Jesus and Amahl.

Among the many child actors who have played the role of Child Jesus in films on the Life of Jesus, are Percy Dyer, Renato Visca, Harold Quintin Driscoll, Erik Ode, Richard Palmer, Lorenzo Monet, David Bravo, Matteo Bellina, Gianmarco Giovi, Brando Pacitto, and Adam Greaves-Neal.

The best role for trebles (in films or on the stage) is that of Amahl in the Menotti opera. Among the most notable interpreters are Chet Allen, James Sammarco, Bill McIver, Kirk Jordan and Kurt Yaghjian.

Apart for these two roles, not many opportunities have been offered to child actors. Some notable exceptions are Mickey Moore and Muriel McCormac featured by Cecil B. DeMille in 1927 as Child Mark and a Blind Girl respectively, Paola Tedesco featured as Salome by Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1964, and Juliette Caton featured as the Devil by Martin Scorsese in 1988.

Most Famous Child Actors

Born in the 1880s

• Benoit Duval (1881-...) FRA

Born in the 1890s

• Tom Williamson (1891- ) GBR
• Jack Pickford (1896- ) CAN
• Adele DeGarde (1899- ) USA

Born in the 1900s

• Gladys Egan (1900-1985) USA
• Marie Eline (1902-1981) USA
• Maria Fromet (1902-1967) FRA
• Lewis Sargent (1903- ) USA
• Wesley Barry (1907-1994) USA
• Gordon Griffith (1907-1958) USA
• Georgie Stone (1909-2010) USA

Born in the 1910s

• Marie Osborne (1911-2010) USA
• Jean Forest (1912-1980) FRA
• Ernst Morrison (1912-1989) USA
• Jackie Coogan (1914-1984) USA
• Philippe De Lacy (1917-1995) FRA
• Diana Serra Cary (1918-2020) USA

Born in the 1920s

• Robert Lynen (1920-1944) FRA
• Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) USA
• Billy Mauch (1921-2006) & Bobby Mauch (1921-2007) USA
• Jackie Cooper (1922-2011) USA
• Freddie Bartholomew (1924-1992) GBR
• Sabu (1924-1963) IND
• Bobby Breen (1927-2016) CAN
• Carl Switzer (1927-1959) USA
• Roddy McDowall (1928-1998) GBR
• Shirley Temple (1928-2014) USA

Born in the 1930s

• Johnny Sheffield (1931-2010) USA
• Peggy Ann Garner (1932-1984) USA
• Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) GBR
• Claude Jarman (1934) USA
• Dean Stockwell (1936-2021) USA
• Bobby Driscoll (1937-1968) USA
• Ivan Jandl (1937-1987) CZE
• Margaret O'Brien (1937) USA
• Natalie Wood (1938-1981) USA
• Enzo Staiola (1939) ITA

Born in the 1940s

• Tommy Rettig (1941-1996) USA
• Brandon De Wilde (1942-1972) USA
• Lee Aaker (1943-2021) USA
• Billy Chapin (1943-2016) USA
• Patty McCormack (1945) USA
• Nikolaj Burljaev (1946-2021) RUS
• Johnny Crawford (1946) USA
• Patty Duke (1946-2016) USA
• Hayley Mills (1946) GBR
• Martin Stephens (1948) GBR

Born in the 1950s

• Mary Badham (1952) USA
• Ron Howard (1954) USA
• Bill Mumy (1954) USA
• Karen Dotrice (1955) GBR
• Matthew Garber (1956-1977) GBR
• Peter Ostrum (1957) USA
• Kevin Hooks (1958) USA
• Mark Lester (1958) GBR
• Johnny Whitaker (1959) USA

Born in the 1960s

• Jodie Foster (1962)
• Andrea Balestri (1963)
• Tatum O'Neal (1963)
• Melissa Gilbert (1964) USA
• Quinn Cummings (1967)

Born in the 1970s

• Danny de Munk (1970) NLD
• Rick Schroder (1970) USA
• Justin Henry (1971) USA
• Barrett Oliver (1973) USA
• Christian Bale (1974) GBR
• Leonardo DiCaprio (1974) USA
• Fred Savage (1976) USA
• Salvatore Cascio (1979) ITA

Born in the 1980s

• Macaulay Culkin (1980) USA
• Elijah Wood (1981) USA
• Kirsten Dunst (1982) USA
• Anna Paquin (1982)
• Joseph Mazzello (1983) USA
• Jamie Bell (1986) GBR
• Haley Joel Osment (1988) USA
• Daniel Radcliffe (1989) GBR

Born in the 1990s

• Giuseppe Cristiano (1990) ITA
• Thomas Brodie-Sangster (1990) GBR
• Emma Watson (1990) GBR
• Giorgio Cantarini (1992) ITA
• Freddie Highmore (1992) GBR
• Dakota Fanning (1994) USA
• Alex Etel (1994) GBR
• Tom Holland (1994) GBR

Born in the 2000s

• Sophie Nelisse (2000) CAN
• Zain al-Rafeea (2004) SYR
• Jacob Tremblay (2006) CAN
• Roman Griffin Davis (2007) GBR

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer

• 1996 - Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire)

• 1997 - Jurnee Smollett (Eve's Bayou)

• 1998 - Ian Michael Smith (Simon Birch)

• 1999 - Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense)

• 2000 - Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot)

• 2001 - Dakota Fanning (I Am Sam)
  • Haley Joel Osment (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)
  • Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

• 2002 - Kieran Culkin (Igby Goes Down)
  • Tyler Hoechlin (Road to Perdition)
  • Nicholas Hoult (About a Boy)
  • [[Daniel Radcliffe Harry Potter Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

• 2003 - Keisha Castle-Hughes Paikea "Pai" Apirana Whale Rider)
  • Emma Bolger (In America)
  • Sarah Bolger (In America)
  • Evan Rachel Wood Tracy Freeland Thirteen)

• 2004 (Best Young Actor) -- Freddie Highmore (Finding Neverland)
  • Liam Aiken (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events)
  • Cameron Bright Young Sean Birth
  • Daniel Radcliffe(Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • William Ullrich (Beyond the Sea

• 2004 (Best Young Actress) -- Emmy Rossum (The Phantom of the Opera)
  • [[Emily Browning (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
  • [[Dakota Fanning (Man on Fire)
  • [[Lindsay Lohan (Mean Girls)
  • [[Emma Watson (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

2005 (Best Young Actor) -- [5] Freddie Highmore Charlie Bucket Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

• • [[Jesse Eisenberg Walt Berkman The Squid and the Whale)
  • [[Owen Kline Frank Berkman
  • [[Alex Etel Damian Cunningham Millions)
  • [[Daniel Radcliffe Harry Potter Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

2006 [6] Paul Dano Dwayne Hoover Little Miss Sunshine) Cameron Bright Joey Naylor Thank You for Smoking) Joseph Cross Augusten Burroughs Running with Scissors) Freddie Highmore Max Skinner A Good Year) Jaden Smith Christopher Gardner Jr. The Pursuit of Happyness) 2007 [7] Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada Young Hassan The Kite Runner) Michael Cera Paulie Bleeker Juno) Freddie Highmore Evan Taylor / August Rush August Rush) Edward Sanders Tobias "Toby" Ragg Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) Best Young Actress (2004-2007) Year Performer Character Film 2004 [4] 2005 [5] Dakota Fanning Rachel Ferrier War of the Worlds) Flora Cross Eliza Naumann Bee Season) Georgie Henley Lucy Pevensie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) Q'orianka Kilcher Pocahontas The New World) Emma Watson Hermione Granger Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) 2006 [6] Abigail Breslin Olive Hoover Little Miss Sunshine) Ivana Baquero Ofelia Pan's Labyrinth) Shareeka Epps Drey Half Nelson) Dakota Fanning Fern Arable Charlotte's Web) Keke Palmer Akeelah Anderson Akeelah and the Bee) 2007 [7] Nikki Blonsky Tracy Turnblad Hairspray) Dakota Blue Richards Lyra Belacqua The Golden Compass) AnnaSophia Robb Leslie Burke Bridge to Terabithia) Saoirse Ronan Briony Tallis, aged 13 Atonement) Best Young Performer (2008-present) Year Performer Character Film 2008 [8] Dev Patel Jamal Malik Slumdog Millionaire) Dakota Fanning Lily Owens The Secret Life of Bees) David Kross Young Michael Berg The Reader) Brandon Walters Nullah Australia) 2009 [9][10] Saoirse Ronan Susie Salmon The Lovely Bones) Jae Head Sean "S.J." Tuohy Jr. The Blind Side) Bailee Madison Isabelle Cahill Brothers) Max Records Max Where the Wild Things Are) Kodi Smit-McPhee Boy The Road) 2010s Year Performer Character Film 2010 [11][12] Hailee Steinfeld Mattalyn "Mattie" Ross True Grit) Elle Fanning Cleo Somewhere) Jennifer Lawrence Ree Dolly Winter's Bone) Chloë Grace Moretz Mindy Macready / Hit-Girl Kick-Ass) Abby Let Me In) Kodi Smit-McPhee Owen 2011 [13][14] Thomas Horn Oskar Schell Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close) Asa Butterfield Hugo Cabret Hugo) Elle Fanning Alice Dainard Super 8) Ezra Miller Kevin Khatchadourian We Need to Talk About Kevin Saoirse Ronan Hanna Heller Hanna Shailene Woodley Alexandra "Alex" King The Descendants 2012 [15][16] Quvenzhané Wallis Hushpuppy Beasts of the Southern Wild Elle Fanning Ginger Ginger & Rosa Kara Hayward Suzy Bishop Moonrise Kingdom Tom Holland Lucas Bennett The Impossible Logan Lerman Charlie Kelmeckis The Perks of Being a Wallflower Suraj Sharma Piscine "Pi" Patel Life of Pi 2013 [17][18] Adèle Exarchopoulos Adèle Blue Is the Warmest Colour Asa Butterfield Andrew "Ender" Wiggin Ender's Game Liam James Duncan The Way Way Back Sophie Nélisse Liesel Meminger The Book Thief Tye Sheridan Ellis Mud 2014 [19][20] Ellar Coltrane Mason Evans Jr. Boyhood Ansel Elgort Augustus Waters The Fault in Our Stars Mackenzie Foy Murphy "Murph" Cooper Interstellar Jaeden Martell Oliver Bronstein St. Vincent Tony Revolori Zero Moustafa The Grand Budapest Hotel Quvenzhané Wallis Annie Bennett Annie Noah Wiseman Samuel Vanek The Babadook 2015 [21][22] Jacob Tremblay Jack Newsome Room Abraham Attah Agu Beasts of No Nation RJ Cyler Earl Jackson Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Shameik Moore Malcolm Adekanbi Dope Milo Parker Roger Munro Mr. Holmes 2016 [23][24] Lucas Hedges Patrick Chandler Manchester by the Sea Alex R. Hibbert Child Chiron / "Little" Moonlight Lewis MacDougall Conor O'Malley A Monster Calls Madina Nalwanga Phiona Mutesi Queen of Katwe Sunny Pawar Young Saroo Lion Hailee Steinfeld Nadine Franklin The Edge of Seventeen 2017 [25][26] Brooklynn Prince Moonee The Florida Project Mckenna Grace Mary Adler Gifted Dafne Keen Laura Kinney / X-23 Logan Millicent Simmonds Rose Wonderstruck Jacob Tremblay August "Auggie" Pullman Wonder 2018 [27][28] Elsie Fisher Kayla Day Eighth Grade Thomasin McKenzie Tom Leave No Trace Ed Oxenbould Joe Brinson Wildlife Millicent Simmonds Regan Abbott A Quiet Place Amandla Stenberg Starr Carter The Hate U Give Sunny Suljic Stevie Mid90s 2019 [29][30] Roman Griffin Davis Johannes "Jojo" Betzler Jojo Rabbit Julia Butters Trudi Frazer Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Shahadi Wright Joseph Zora Wilson / Umbrae Us Noah Jupe Otis Lort (12) Honey Boy Thomasin McKenzie Elsa Korr Jojo Rabbit Archie Yates Yorki 2020s

• 2020 - Alan Kim (Minari)
  • Ryder Allen (Palmer)
  • Ibrahima Gueye (The Life Ahead)
  • Talia Ryder (Sometimes Always)
  • Caoilinn Springall (The Midnight Sky)
  • Helena Zengel (News of the World)

• 2021 - Jude Hill (Belfast)
  • Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza)
  • Emilia Jones (CODA)
  • Woody Norman (C'mon C'mon)
  • Saniyya Sidney (King Richard)
  • Rachel Zegler (West Side Story)

• 2022 -- <Gabriel LaBelle> (The Fabelmans)
  • Frankie Corio (Aftersun)
  • Jalyn Hall (Till)
  • Bella Ramsey (Catherine Called Birdy)
  • Banks Repeta (Armageddon Time)
  • Sadie Sink (The Whale)

External links

• The Sky Kid: Young Talent in Music and the Arts