Top 10 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Child Actors

Top 10 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Child Actors

We bet you had no idea these stars are all former child actors! Watch Mojo is counting down big-name actors who got their start before turning 15-years-old. We’ve included surprising child stars like Ben Affleck, Kurt Russell and Elisabeth Moss.

#10: Ben Affleck
#9: Kurt Russell
#8: Elisabeth Moss
#7: Paul Walker
#6: Laurence Fishburne
#5: Milla Jovovich
#4: Jeff Bridges
#3, #2 & #1???

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[ChiVeraMedia]

No matter what I'm doing, I see Jake Gyllenhal, I click!😍

[ead]

Jake Gyllenhal as a kid looks like that one boy in your class who always gets teased.

[DanielMartActor]

Other HM's:
Christian Bale
Ryan Gosling
Leonardo DiCaprio
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Kristen Dunst

[jeffreyelya]

Okay, I gotta ask, does anyone remember Scarlett from Home Alone 3?? She played Alex's older

[hkoizumi]

I remember Kirsten Dunst in the interview with the vampire. One of my favorite movies.

[JonnySuite]

Now THAT was something about Bruce Lee, I NEVER knew about!

[abemcg]

Even though he started young, It’s sad that he died young still. We love & miss you, Paul. 😞 😢

[aaronruesch]

I used to watch a show called "15" that had Ryan Reynalds in it when he was just a little kid. His nostrils were enormous even then.

[alexmeyer]

The Elisabeth Moss version of Escape To Witch Mountain was one of my all-time favorite films as a little kid.

[darthstarkiller]

Another guy I can think of, Ron Howard (director of "Apollo 13" and "A Beautiful Mind") was the kid in "The Andy Griffith Show" and Winthrop in "The Music Man".

[KBAFourthtime]

The following I did know about:
Kurt Russell (sort of knew)
Elizabeth Moss
Scarlett Johanson
Jason Bateman
Fergie (some _Peanuts_ works)

I mean I had heard of Ben Affleck, Jeff Bridges, and Bruce Lee, but I never knew them to be child actors.

[NBK]

Do many people know that Micky Dolenz of the Monkees starred in "Circus Boy" as a kid?

[AC-ihjc]

Another child actor: William Daniels. Yeah, Mr Feeney, Kitt, John Adams and Dr Craig.

In the 1930's, he appeared on radio with his sister, and later went on to Broadway before serving during WWII and then getting into Northwestern on the GI bill (already with a resume that surpassed his classmates).

[spiderweb]

MCU actor who were childs
Kurt Russell - Ego - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Lawrence Fishburne - Bill Foster - Ant-Man and the Wasp
Jeff Bridges - Obediah Stane - Iron Man
Jake Gyllenhaal - Mysterio - Spider-Man: Far From Home
Scarlett Johansson - Black Widow - Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Thor Ragnarok (Footage), Avengers: Infinty War, Captain Marvel (Post-Credits), Avengers: Endgame, Black Widow (Upcoming 2020 movie)

[leighburton]

Laurence Fishburne played in Cornbread, Earl, and Me as a child.

[disneyfan]

Fergie, I believe, once voiced Sally in at least one "Peanuts" cartoon. I believe it was "Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown".

[FrancisXLord]

Wow. Watchmojo told me something I didn't know that was actually interesting (Bruce Lee was a child actor). Well done Watchmojo, I always knew you had it in you.

[wrxtasy]

Lucas Black (fast and furious Tokyo drift, also played "frank Wheatley" the little boy in Slingblade)

[NickCC]

Jason was once known as Justine Bateman's brother. Now it's the other way around!

[mezipe]

This is awesome but Mickey Roonie should've been on this list