Child Actors: Jaleel Ahmad White
Even though Jaleel started acted at the age of 3, he is best known for the role of Steve Urkel on the show TV sitcom Family Matters. During the 9 year run of the show, Jaleel won multiple awards, wrote several episodes, and had a doll as well as a breakfast cereal (Urkel-Os) created after his Urkel character. Jaleel also voiced the character Sonic the Hedgehog in 3 different Sonic animated series and even a fan film. Jaleel continues to work as a TV actor and screenwriter in Los Angeles.
Much like his sister Justine, Jason was a prolific child actor in the 80’s working on shows like Little House on the Prairie and Silver Spoons. In 2003 Jason took the role of Michael Bluth in the TV show Arrested Development which hew won multiple awards for including a Golden Globe award. He since has picked up numerous roles in film and is currently reprising his role as Michael Bluth in the upcoming Arrested Development TV and Movie deal.
Child Actors: Daniel Jacob Radcliffe
In 2001, at the age of 12, Daniel starred as Harry Potter in the first film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Over the next 10 years, Radcliffe would go on to star in a total of 8 Harry Potter films finishing the film series with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2.
Film: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Tom was the first actor in history to star in five consecutive films that grossed $100 million in the USA: A Few Good Men (1992), The Firm (1993), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996), Jerry Maguire (1996).
Child Actors: Kevin Arnold from The Wonder Years aka Fredrick Aaron “Fred” Savage
Probably best known for playing Kevin on The Wonder Years for 6 seasons, his tenure in the show resulted in two Golden Globe nominations and two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series; at the age of 13 he was the youngest actor ever to receive these honors. Savage went on to direct and produce numerous episodes of television series, such as Hannah Montana, as well as the primetime series Ugly Betty and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
(See also: Danica McKellar)
Child Actors: Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay starred in her first feature film The Parent Trap at only 11 years old. She might look as if she has aged 35 years since then but it was in fact in only 1998.
Child Actors: Ralphie Parker aka Peter Billingsley
By age 11 Billingsley had acted in over 120 TV commercials, two feature films (1 of which was the 1983 classic “A Christmas Story”), two made-for-TV movies and three TV shows. In 2008 he was the Executive Producer on Jon Favreau’s Superhero epic Ironman.
