Best Child Actor Performances

1. Aleksey Kravchenko

Aleksey Kravchenko was born on October 10, 1969 in Moskovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Come and See (1985), 9th Company (2005) and Zaverbovannyy. He is married to Nadezhda Borisova. He was previously married to Alisa ?.

Aleksey Kravchenko for Come and See

2. Justin Henry

Actor | Kramer vs. Kramer

Justin Henry had a dream start in the business, when he was chosen for a pivotal role in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) at the age of seven, without any acting experience. He was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), becoming one of the youngest...

Justin Henry for Kramer vs. Kramer

3. Haley Joel Osment

Actor | The Sixth Sense

Haley Joel Osment is an American actor who has proven himself as one of the best young actors of his generation. He is the first millennial male to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting.

Osment was born in Los Angeles, California, to Theresa (Seifert), a teacher, and actor Eugene ...

Haley Joel Osment for The Sixth Sense

4. Patty Duke

Actress | Valley of the Dolls

Patty Duke was born Anna Marie Duke on December 14, 1946 in Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, to Frances Margaret (McMahon), a cashier, and John Patrick Duke, a cab driver and handyman. She was seven eighths Irish and one eighth German. Her acting career began when she was introduced to her ...

Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker

5. Quvenzhané Wallis

Actress | Beasts of the Southern Wild

Wallis was born in Houma, Louisiana, to Qulyndreia (Jackson) Wallis, a teacher, and Venjie Wallis, Sr., a truck driver. She has one sister, Qunyquekya, and two brothers, Vejon and Venjie, Jr. "Quven", the first part of her name, combines the first syllables of her parents' first names. Wallis, at ...

Quvenzhané Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild

6. Jena Malone

Actress | The Neon Demon

Jena Malone was born in Reno, Nevada, raised in Sparks, Nevada; two cities that have merged together over time, to Deborah Malone and Edward Berge. Her grandfather owned a casino, Karl's Silver Club, in Reno. She was raised by her mother and her mother's partner. Beginning as a child actress, and ...

Jena Malone for Bastard Out of Carolina

7. River Phoenix

Actor | My Own Private Idaho

River Phoenix was born River Jude Bottom in Madras, Oregon. His mother, Arlyn (Dunetz), a Bronx-born secretary, and his father, John Bottom, a carpenter, met in California in 1968. They worked as itinerant fruit pickers, and later joined the Children of God religious group (John was originally ...

River Phoenix for Running On Empty

8. Natalie Portman

Actress | Black Swan

Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan (2010)).

Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an ...

Natalie Portman for Leon

9. Roman Griffin Davis

Actor | Jojo Rabbit

At eleven years old, Roman Griffin Davis was cast in his first professional acting role as the lead in Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit (2019). For which, among other awards, Roman received a Golden Globe Nomination and The Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Performer.

Since, Roman starred with Keira ...

Roman Griffin Davis for Jojo Rabbit

10. Haley Joel Osment

Actor | The Sixth Sense

Haley Joel Osment is an American actor who has proven himself as one of the best young actors of his generation. He is the first millennial male to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting.

Osment was born in Los Angeles, California, to Theresa (Seifert), a teacher, and actor Eugene ...

Haley Joel Osment for AI: Artificial Intelligence

11. Henry Thomas

Actor | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Henry Jackson Thomas Jr. is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and had a lead role in the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), for which he won a Young Artist Award and received Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, and Saturn Award nominations. Thomas also had roles in films ...

Henry Thomas for E.T.

12. Mara Hobel

Actress | Mommie Dearest

Mara Hobel was born on June 18, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Mommie Dearest (1981), The Hand (1981) and The Happening (2008). She has been married to Mark Richard Furrer since March 21, 1991. They have three children.

Mara Hobel for Mommie Dearest

13. Asa Butterfield

Actor | Hugo

Asa Butterfield was born in Islington, London, England, to Jacqueline Farr and Sam Butterfield. He began acting at the age of 8, after a talent spotting casting director saw him at his local after school drama club, The Young Actors Theatre in Islington. Following on from a couple of small roles in...

Asa Butterfield for Hugo

14. Anna Paquin

Actress | The Piano

Anna Paquin is the first millennial to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting, and the first to win.

She was born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Mary (Brophy), an English teacher from Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a Canadian phys-ed teacher. Anna moved ...

Anna Paquin for The Piano

15. Danny Lloyd

Actor | The Shining

Danny Lloyd was selected for the role of Danny Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980) because of his ability to concentrate for extended periods of time. Because of his age (6) and the genre of The Shining (1980) Danny was closely guarded by Kubrick during filming and didn't know it was a...

Danny Lloyd for The Shining

16. Mary Badham

Actress | To Kill a Mockingbird

Mary Badham was born on October 7, 1952 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. She is an actress, known for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Let's Kill Uncle (1966) and The Twilight Zone (1959). She has been married to Richard Wilt since 1975. They have two children.

Mary Badham for To Kill A Mockingbird

17. Ivana Baquero

Actress | El laberinto del fauno

Ivana was born in Barcelona, Spain. She graduated High School at The American School of Barcelona.

She got her big break in 2006 when Guillermo Del Toro cast her as the lead in his critically acclaimed fantasy thriller "Pan's Labyrinth." The role of Ofelia was originally intended for an ...

Ivana Baquero for Pan's Labyrinth

18. Jacob Tremblay

Actor | Room

Jacob Tremblay is a Canadian actor. He made his film debut as Blue in the live action animated film The Smurfs 2 (2013). His breakout performance was in the dark drama Room (2015), for which he received critical acclaim. In 2016, Tremblay played a supporting role in the comedy film Donald Trump's ...

Jacob Tremblay for Room

19. Christian Bale

Actor | The Dark Knight

Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny" (James) and David Bale. His mother was a circus performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial pilot. The family lived in different countries ...

Christian Bale for Empire of the Sun

20. Haley Joel Osment

Actor | The Sixth Sense

Haley Joel Osment is an American actor who has proven himself as one of the best young actors of his generation. He is the first millennial male to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting.

Osment was born in Los Angeles, California, to Theresa (Seifert), a teacher, and actor Eugene ...

Haley Joel Osment for Pay It Forward

21. Peter Billingsley

Actor | A Christmas Story

Peter Billingsley has been a member of the Hollywood community since he was a small child, achieving success and accolades, both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. The highly-successful child actor-turned-producer received an Emmy Award nomination, in 2005, as co-executive producer on ...

Peter Billingsley for A Christmas Story

22. Martin Stephens

Actor | The Innocents

Martin Stephens was the most popular child actor in Britain during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Having lost interest in acting as he became an adult, he moved to Belfast in 1968, where he studied architecture at Queen's University, Belfast. He later returned to England, where he pursued his new ...

Martin Stephens for The Innocents

23. Jodie Foster

Actress | The Silence of the Lambs

Jodie Foster started her career at the age of two. For four years she made commercials and finally gave her debut as an actress in the TV series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968). In 1975 Jodie was offered the role of prostitute Iris Steensma in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). This role, for which she received ...

Jodie Foster for Taxi Driver

24. Melanie Lynskey

Actress | Togetherness

At sixteen years of age, Melanie Lynskey captivated filmgoers with an astonishing debut in Peter Jackson's revered psychological crime picture, Heavenly Creatures (1994). Her electrifying portrait of the real-life Pauline Parker - a teenage outcast whose fierce rapport with her only friend (a ...

Melanie Lynskey for Heavenly Creatures

25. Dakota Fanning

Actress | War of the Worlds

Hannah Dakota Fanning was born on the 23rd of February 1994, in Conyers, Georgia, USA, to Heather Joy (Arrington) and Steven Fanning. Her mother played professional tennis, and her father, now an electronics salesman, played minor league baseball. She is of German, Irish, English, French, and ...

Dakota Fanning for I Am Sam

26. Pelle Hvenegaard

Actor | Pelle erobreren

Pelle Hvenegaard is a Danish actor and writer, best known for his role in the award-winning film Pelle the Conqueror (1987).

Hvenegaard is named after the title character of Pelle from Danish author Martin Andersen Nexø's 1910 novel Pelle the Conqueror.

At age 11, director Bille August chose ...

Pelle Hvenegaard for Pelle the Conqueror

27. River Phoenix

Actor | My Own Private Idaho

River Phoenix was born River Jude Bottom in Madras, Oregon. His mother, Arlyn (Dunetz), a Bronx-born secretary, and his father, John Bottom, a carpenter, met in California in 1968. They worked as itinerant fruit pickers, and later joined the Children of God religious group (John was originally ...

River Phoenix for Stand By Me

28. Sue Lyon

Actress | Lolita

Suellyn Lyon was born in Davenport, Iowa, the youngest of five siblings born to Sue Lyon (née Karr) and James Lyon. Sue Karr Lyon was 42 years old when she was widowed, when Suellyn was just 10 months old. Her mother worked in a hospital to provide for her children, and money was tight. The family ...

Sue Lyon for Lolita

29. Dillon Freasier

Actor | There Will Be Blood

Dillon Freasier has one of those incredible legendary Hollywood stories that doesn't happen often. A speeding ticket given to a casting director and a nice talk afterwards between that director and the police officer provided the chance of a lifetime to this local Texas kid in appearing in Paul ...

Dillon Freasier for There Will Be Blood

30. Freddie Highmore

Actor | Finding Neverland

Freddie Highmore is an English actor who came to prominence for his roles in Five Children and It (2004), Finding Neverland (2004), and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).

He was born Alfred Thomas Highmore in Camden Town, London, England, to Sue (Latimer), a talent agent, and Edward Thomas ...

Freddie Highmore for Finding Neverland

31. Abraham Attah

Actor | Beasts of No Nation

Abraham Attah was born on July 2, 2002 in Ghana. He is an actor and producer, known for Beasts of No Nation (2015), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Out of the Village (2016).

Abraham Attah for Beasts of No Nation

32. Brian Smith

Actor | The Browning Version

Brian Smith was born on December 24, 1932 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Browning Version (1951), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) and An Age of Kings (1960).

Brian Smith for The Browning Version

33. Billy Chapin

Actor | The Night of the Hunter

Billy Chapin was born on December 28, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Night of the Hunter (1955), Tobor the Great (1954) and Violent Saturday (1955). He was married to Susan Carole Briere. He died on December 2, 2016 in the USA.

Billy Chapin for The Night of the Hunter

34. Hailee Steinfeld

Actress | True Grit

Hailee Steinfeld was born on December 11, 1996 in Tarzana, California, to Cheri (Domasin), an interior designer, and Peter Steinfeld, a personal fitness trainer. She has a brother, Griffin. Her uncle is Jake Steinfeld, a fitness trainer, and her great-uncle is actor Larry Domasin. Her father is of ...

Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit

35. Saoirse Ronan

Actress | Hanna

Saoirse Una Ronan was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, to Irish parents, Monica Ronan (née Brennan) and Paul Ronan, an actor. When Saoirse was three, the family moved back to Dublin, Ireland. Saoirse grew up in Dublin and briefly in Co. Carlow before moving back to Dublin ...

Saoirse Ronan for Atonement

36. Brooklynn Prince

Actress | The Florida Project

Brooklynn Prince started acting since she was the age of two and knew she loved it. She gained popularity from her iconic, adorable role as Moonee in the beloved The Florida project. She is also well known for her roles as the inspiring Hilde Lisko in the new AppleTV+ show Home Before Dark and as ...

Brooklynn Prince for The Florida Project

37. Jacob Tremblay

Actor | Room

Jacob Tremblay is a Canadian actor. He made his film debut as Blue in the live action animated film The Smurfs 2 (2013). His breakout performance was in the dark drama Room (2015), for which he received critical acclaim. In 2016, Tremblay played a supporting role in the comedy film Donald Trump's ...

Jacob Tremblay for Wonder

38. Pamela Franklin

Actress | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

British actress Pamela Franklin has worked with many notable actors and directors throughout her career. A somewhat underrated actress, she had a wide range of emotions that she brought to her many versatile characters. Franklin was born in Yokohama, Japan, and her father was an importer/exporter. ...

Pamela Franklin for The Innocents

39. Raphael Fejtö

Actor | Au revoir les enfants

Raphael Fejtö is a French actor, he secured an important role in Louis Malle's classic film Goodbye, Children (1987) where Raphael plays Jean Bonnet, a Jewish boy who is sent to a boarding school during the early days of World War II. His status as a Jew is hidden from everybody except the school ...

Raphaël Fejtö for Au Revoir Les Enfants

40. Alex R. Hibbert

Actor | Moonlight

Alex R. Hibbert was born on July 4, 2004 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Moonlight (2016), Black Panther (2018) and The Chi (2018).

Alex R. Hibbert for Moonlight

41. Amelia Shankley

Actress | Dreamchild

Amelia Shankley was born on June 18, 1972 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Dreamchild (1985), A Little Princess (1986) and Red Riding Hood (1987).

Amelia Shankley for Dreamchild

42. Drew Barrymore

Producer | Charlie's Angels

Since melting audiences' hearts at the tender age of six - in Steven Spielberg's beloved sci-fi blockbuster, E.T. (1982) - Drew Barrymore has emerged as one of the most endearing and singularly talented actresses of her generation. Born in Culver City, California to actors John Drew Barrymore and ...

Drew Barrymore for E.T.

43. John Howard Davies

Actor | Oliver Twist

John Howard Davies was born on March 9, 1939 in Paddington, London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Oliver Twist (1948), Fawlty Towers (1975) and Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969). He was married to Linda Patricia, Dale Mackenzie Tillotson and Leonie Taylor. He died on ...

John Howard Davies for Oliver Twist

44. Wil Wheaton

Actor | Stand by Me

Wil Wheaton was born Richard William Wheaton III on July 29, 1972 in Burbank, California. He first gained international attention by starring in the Rob Reiner comedy-drama film Stand by Me (1986). He then played Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) for ...

Wil Wheaton for Stand By Me

45. Saoirse Ronan

Actress | Hanna

Saoirse Una Ronan was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, to Irish parents, Monica Ronan (née Brennan) and Paul Ronan, an actor. When Saoirse was three, the family moved back to Dublin, Ireland. Saoirse grew up in Dublin and briefly in Co. Carlow before moving back to Dublin ...

Saoirse Ronan for The Way Back

46. Tony Wager

Actor | Great Expectations

Tony Wager was born on June 24, 1932 in Willesden, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Great Expectations (1946), Silent Number (1974) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He died on December 23, 1990 in Bali, Indonesia.

Tony Wager for Great Expectations

47. Joe Breen

Actor | Angela's Ashes

Joe Breen was born in 1990 in Ferns, County Wexford, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Angela's Ashes (1999), On Home Ground (2001) and Heaven Is Home (2025).

Joe Breen for Angela's Ashes

48. River Phoenix

Actor | My Own Private Idaho

River Phoenix was born River Jude Bottom in Madras, Oregon. His mother, Arlyn (Dunetz), a Bronx-born secretary, and his father, John Bottom, a carpenter, met in California in 1968. They worked as itinerant fruit pickers, and later joined the Children of God religious group (John was originally ...

River Phoenix for The Mosquito Coast

49. Izabela Vidovic

Actress | Wonder

Izabela Vidovic is an American actress. She is known for Homefront (2013), Wonder (2017), iZombie (2015) and in the Freeform television series, The Fosters (2013). Izabela is the daughter of Mario Vidovic and actress Elizabeta Vidovic. She performed in stage productions by the time she was seven, ...

Izabela Vidovic for Wonder

50. Azhy Robertson

Actor | Marriage Story

Azhy Robertson is best known for Marriage Story (2019), Invasion (2021- ), The Plot Against America (2020) and Come Play (2020).

Moreover, he has won the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award for Marriage Story.

He plays the role of Luke Malik in the new AppleTV Plus drama series, Invasion (2021).

...

Azhy Robertson for Marriage Story

51. Erzsebet Foldi

Actress | All That Jazz

Erzsebet Foldi was born in 1966 in Queens, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for All That Jazz (1979) and All That Jazz: Reinking and Foldi (2014).

Erzsébet Földi for All That Jazz

52. Virginia Weidler

Actress | The Philadelphia Story

Delightful child/juvenile actress Virginia Anna Adelaide Weidler (her friends called her "Ginny") had that knowing gleam in her eye that usually spelled trouble in one form or another for anyone nearby. She was born in Eagle Rock, California, in 1927, one of six children. Her mother was former ...

Virginia Weidler for The Philadelphia Story

53. Sophie Nélisse

Actress | The Book Thief

Sophie Nélisse was born in Windsor, Ontario, but moved to Montréal with her family when she was just age four.

She began her career at the age of seven in commercials, then made her movie debut at age 10 in the 2012 French-Canadian film Monsieur Lazhar. For her performance in the film, she won a ...

Sophie Nélisse for The Book Thief

54. Tatum O'Neal

Actress | Paper Moon

Tatum Beatrice O'Neal is an American actress and author. She is the youngest person ever to win a competitive Academy Award, winning at age 10 for her performance as Addie Loggins in Paper Moon (1973) opposite her father, Ryan O'Neal. She also starred as Amanda Wurlitzer in The Bad News Bears (1976...

Tatum O'Neal for Paper Moon

55. James Bentley

Actor | The Others

James Bentley is known for The Others (2001), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) and Nero (2004).

James Bentley for The Others

56. Ciaran Owens

Actor | Angela's Ashes

Ciaran Owens was born in 1985 in Co. Cavan, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Angela's Ashes (1999), The Magdalene Sisters (2002) and Ballykissangel (1996).

Ciaran Owens for Angela's Ashes

57. Max Pomeranc

Actor | Searching for Bobby Fischer

Max was born in Manhattan, New York. He attended P.S.9 for elementary school and Wagner Jr. High for grades 6-8. He rarely talked about his film work and was part of the rowdier crowd. Max spent a lot of time playing handball or messing around with his friends in the neighborhood. He last film was ...

Max Pomeranc for Searching for Bobby Fischer

58. Abigail Breslin

Actress | Little Miss Sunshine

Academy Award-nominated actress Abigail Breslin is one of the most sought-after actors of her generation. Her unique and charismatic talents have contributed to her versatile roles in both comedy and drama.

Recently, Breslin headlined the first season of the horror-comedy series, Scream Queens (2015)...

Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine

59. Asa Butterfield

Actor | Hugo

Asa Butterfield was born in Islington, London, England, to Jacqueline Farr and Sam Butterfield. He began acting at the age of 8, after a talent spotting casting director saw him at his local after school drama club, The Young Actors Theatre in Islington. Following on from a couple of small roles in...

Asa Butterfield for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

60. Thora Birch

Actress | Ghost World

For some people, oatmeal starts the day off right - for Thora Birch, it launched a healthy career in front of the camera. It's hard to believe that the actress, who slunk into stardom with her turn as the disillusioned daughter in American Beauty (1999), is even related to the apple-cheeked blonde ...

Thora Birch for American Beauty

61. Owen Kline

Actor | The Squid and the Whale

Owen Joseph Kline is an American filmmaker, actor and cartoonist, best known for his directorial debut Funny Pages (2022) and his performance as Frank Berkman in The Squid and the Whale (2005). Owen Joseph Kline was born and raised in New York City, to theater and film actor Kevin Kline and actress...

Owen Kline for The Squid and the Whale

62. Dakota Fanning

Actress | War of the Worlds

Hannah Dakota Fanning was born on the 23rd of February 1994, in Conyers, Georgia, USA, to Heather Joy (Arrington) and Steven Fanning. Her mother played professional tennis, and her father, now an electronics salesman, played minor league baseball. She is of German, Irish, English, French, and ...

Dakota Fanning for Man on Fire

63. Elijah Wood

Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Elijah Wood is an American actor best known for portraying Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's blockbuster Lord of the Rings film trilogy. In addition to reprising the role in The Hobbit series, Wood also played Ryan in the FX television comedy Wilfred (2011) and voiced Beck in the Disney XD animated ...

Elijah Wood for Avalon

64. Jared Gilman

Actor | Moonrise Kingdom

A resident of South Orange, New Jersey, Gilman attended Newark Academy and attends NYU Tisch. When he was twelve years old, he was cast in the starring role of Sam Shakusky in Wes Anderson's 'Moonrise Kingdom', alongside an all-star cast of Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Harvey Keitel, ...

Jared Gilman for Moonrise Kingdom

65. Ellar Coltrane

Actor | Boyhood

Ellar Coltrane was born in 1994 in Austin, Texas. Their mother Genevieve Kinney is a autism therapist and their father Bruce Salmon is a musician. They are known for the role of Mason Evans Jr. in Richard Linklater's Boyhood (2012), which was filmed over a period of 12 years starting when Ellar was...

Ellar Coltrane for Boyhood

66. Ian Petrella

Actor | A Christmas Story

Ian Petrella started his acting career at the age of three, a suggestion by an Aunt who worked at the Herb Tannen Talent Agency. Ian was presented a contract and a S.A.G. card after his very first audition. Through the years he appeared in numerous television commercials and T.V. shows. In 1983 Ian...

Ian Petrella for A Christmas Story

67. Diane Lane

Actress | Unfaithful

Diane Lane was born on January 22, 1965, in New York. She is the daughter of acting coach Burton Eugene "Burt" Lane and nightclub singer/centerfold Colleen Farrington. Her parents' families were both from the state of Georgia. Diane was acting from a very young age and made her stage debut at the ...

Diane Lane for The Outsiders

68. Kirsten Dunst

Actress | Spider-Man

Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, who also holds German citizenship. She was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to parents Inez (née Rupprecht), who owned an art gallery, and Klaus Dunst, a medical services executive. She has a younger brother named Christian Dunst, ...

Kirsten Dunst for Interview With the Vampire

69. Lukas Haas

Actor | Inception

Lukas was born on April 16, 1976 in West Hollywood, California. His Texas-born mother, Emily Tracy, is a writer, and his German-born father, Berthold Haas, is an artist. He has twin brothers, Simon and Nikolai. It's widely noted that Lukas was discovered at the age of five by casting director ...

Lukas Haas for Witness

70. Tye Sheridan

Actor | Mud

Tye Sheridan was born on November 11, 1996 in Palestine, Texas as Tye Kayle Sheridan. Having been named 1 of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch, he has emerged as 1 of Hollywood's most sought after young talents. He has been seen in Ready Player One (2018) as the lead character Wade Watts. He also ...

Tye Sheridan for Mud

71. Brad Renfro

Actor | The Client

Brad Renfro was born on July 25, 1982 in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Angela Denise McCrory and Mark Renfro, a factory worker. He was discovered at age 10 by director Joel Schumacher and was cast in the motion picture The Client (1994), which starred Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. Although this ...

Brad Renfro for The Client

72. Max Records

Actor | Where the Wild Things Are

Max Records was born on June 18, 1997 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is an actor, known for Where the Wild Things Are (2009), I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016) and The Brothers Bloom (2008).

Max Records for Where the Wild Things Are

73. Zekeria Ebrahimi

Actor | The Kite Runner

Zekeria Ebrahimi was born in 1996 in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is an actor, known for The Kite Runner (2007).

Zekeria Ebrahimi for The Kite Runner

74. Bailee Madison

Actress | Bridge to Terabithia

This young actress has worked with a number of the industry's biggest stars in a variety of diverse and challenging roles. She won rave reviews and a Critics Choice Movie Award nomination for her powerful work on the feature film, Brothers (2009), opposite Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman and Jake ...

Bailee Madison for Brothers

75. Chloë Grace Moretz

Actress | Kick-Ass

Moretz is best known for her work in the sci-fi thriller series The Peripheral, created by Scott B. Smith; the Mattson Tomlin-directed sci-fi thriller Mother/Android; Neil Jordan's thriller Greta; Roseanne Liang's Shadow in the Cloud, which claimed the Midnight Madness People's Choice Award at the ...

Chloë Grace Moretz for Hugo

76. Elizabeth Taylor

Actress | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was considered one of the last, if not the last, major star to have come out of the old Hollywood studio system. She was known internationally for her beauty, especially for her violet eyes, with which she captured audiences early in her youth and kept the world hooked ...

Elizabeth Taylor for National Velvet

77. Heather O'Rourke

Actress | Poltergeist

Heather Michele O'Rourke was born on December 27, 1975 in Santee, San Diego, California, to Kathleen, a seamstress, and Michael O'Rourke, a construction worker. She had German, Danish, English, and Irish ancestry.

Heather entered American cinematic pop-culture before first grade. She was sitting ...

Heather O'Rourke for Poltergeist

78. Patty McCormack

Actress | The Master

As a testament to her passion and talent, former 1950s pig-tailed moppet star Patty McCormack has remained a consistent presence on film and TV for over five decades. While the lovely and talented blonde suffered her share of hard knocks and obvious stereotypes in adjusting to an adult career, she ...

Patty McCormack for The Bad Seed

79. Danny Pintauro

Actor | Cujo

Danny Pintauro was born on January 6, 1976 in Milltown, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Cujo (1983), Who's the Boss? (1984) and As the World Turns (1956). He has been married to Wil Tabares since April 3, 2014.

Danny Pintauro for Cujo

80. Linda Blair

Actress | The Exorcist

From the age of five, Linda Blair had to get used to the spotlight, first as a child model and then as an actress, when out of 600 applicants she was picked for the role of Regan, the possessed child, in The Exorcist (1973). Linda quickly rose to international fame, won the Golden Globe, and seemed...

Linda Blair for The Exorcist

81. Valeria Cotto

Actress | The Florida Project

Valeria Cotto was born on September 30, 2010 in Orlando, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for The Florida Project (2017), Backup Plan (2019) and Astro (2021).

Valeria Cotto for The Florida Project

82. Ayush Mahesh Khedekar

Actor | Slumdog Millionaire

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar is known for Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Marjaavaan (2019) and Gandhi of the Month (2014).

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar for Slumdog Millionaire

83. Max Pirkis

Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Born in 1989, Max Pirkis performed in several school plays before winning his first role in a motion picture, as the ultra kind and friendly Midshipman Lord Blakeney in the blockbuster Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) starring Russell Crowe, reading for the part alongside Max ...

Max Pirkis for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

84. Devon Gearhart

Actor | Funny Games

Devon Gearhart was born on May 5, 1995 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He is an actor, known for Funny Games (2007), Shorts (2009) and Canvas (2006).

Devon Gearhart for Funny Games

85. Kara Hayward

Actress | Moonrise Kingdom

Kara Hayward was born on November 17, 1998 in Massachusetts. She was discovered at an open call, landing her first movie role in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom (2012), and received critical acclaim and numerous award nominations for her performance as Suzy Bishop. At this point, she was 12 years ...

Kara Hayward for Moonrise Kingdom

86. Sarah Polley

Actress | My Life Without Me

Sarah Polley is an actress and director renowned in her native Canada for her political activism. Blessed with an extremely expressive face that enables directors to minimize dialog due to her uncanny ability to suggest a character's thoughts, Polley has become a favorite of critics for her ...

Sarah Polley for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

87. Jerry O'Connell

Actor | Stand by Me

Jerry O'Connell was born in New York City, to Linda (Witkowski), an art teacher, and Michael O'Connell, a British-born advertising agency art director. He spent his early years in Manhattan, with his parents and younger brother, Charlie O'Connell, who is also an actor. He is of one half Irish, one ...

Jerry O'Connell for Stand By Me

88. Sophia Lillis

Actress | It

Sophia Lillis was born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. She started her acting career at the age of seven, when her stepfather encouraged her to take acting classes at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Manhattan. While studying there, a teacher recommended her for a role in an NYU student film...

Sophia Lillis for It (2017)

89. Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

Actor | Slumdog Millionaire

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail was born in 1998 in Mumbai, India. He is an actor, known for Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Super 30 (2019) and Dukandar (2010).

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail for Slumdog Millionaire

90. Corey Feldman

Actor | Stand by Me

Corey Scott Feldman began his career at the age of three, starring in a Clio Award-winning McDonald's commercial and has sustained a career for nearly 50 years as a steadily working actor, with more than 80 films under his belt. Corey began his career in guest-starring roles on television series ...

Corey Feldman for Stand By Me

91. Vidal Peterson

Actor | Something Wicked This Way Comes

Vidal Peterson was born in California, USA. He is an actor, known for Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and The Thorn Birds (1983).

Vidal Peterson for Something Wicked This Way Comes

92. Oliver Robins

Actor | Poltergeist

Oliver began his career in the film industry at the age of ten, starring in "Poltergeist", executive-produced by Steven Spielberg. After acting in various film and television roles, he moved behind the camera. At the age of fifteen, he wrote, directed and produced The Crystal, which won first prize...

Oliver Robins for Poltergeist

93. Jaeden Martell

Actor | St. Vincent

Jaeden Martell is an American actor. He played the role of Bill Denbrough in the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel It and reprised the role in the film's 2019 sequel. He also appeared in the mystery film Knives Out (2019) and starred in the miniseries Defending Jacob (2020).

Martell was ...

Jaeden Martell for It (2017)

94. Fred Savage

Actor | The Wonder Years

Fred Savage was born July 9, 1976. He began acting at age 9 in a production produced by Lorimar called Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986). He was found by Roger Damon Price to play the role of Alan Bishop. During production Fred auditioned for The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) which launched Jay Underwood's...

Fred Savage for The Princess Bride

95. Marc Pickering

Actor | Sleepy Hollow

Pickering got his first acting role at the of age 8 appearing in "Oliver Twist" as the Artful Dodger in a community playhouse in Garforth, Leeds. He appeared in numerous productions with this amateur company, St Marys Youth Theatre in shows such as Jesus Christ Superstar, West Side Story. Aswell as...

Marc Pickering for Sleepy Hollow

96. Nell Potts

Actress | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

Nell Potts was born on April 8, 1959 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972), Rachel, Rachel (1968) and The Last Movie Stars (2022). She has been married to Gary Irving since February 17, 2005.

Nell Potts for The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

97. Tanay Chheda

Actor | Slumdog Millionaire

Tanay Hemant Chheda is an Indian child actor. He is best known for his performances in the critically acclaimed films Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) (2007) and Slumdog Millionaire (2008), with the latter earning him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a ...

Tanay Chheda for Slumdog Millionaire

98. Oksana Akinshina

Actress | Lilja 4-ever

Oksana Akinshina was born on April 19, 1987 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Lilya 4-Ever (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and Sputnik (2020). She was previously married to Archil Gelovani and Dmitriy Litvinov.

Oksana Akinshina for Lilya 4-Ever

99. Quinn Cummings

Actress | The Goodbye Girl

Quinn Cummings was born on August 13, 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Goodbye Girl (1977), Family (1976) and Remington Steele (1982).

Quinn Cummings for The Goodbye Girl

100. Kevin Hooks

Actor | Innerspace

Kevin Hooks was born on September 19, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Innerspace (1987), Last Resort (2012) and Passenger 57 (1992). He is married to Cheryl. They have two children. He was previously married to Regina Hooks.

Kevin Hooks for Sounder