Best young actors of all time
by mvickors | created - 15 Jan 2012 | updated - 16 Apr 2012 | Public
1. Jonah Bobo
Actor | Zathura: A Space Adventure
Jonah Bobo was born on January 24, 1997 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) and Disconnect (2012).
2. Josh Hutcherson
Actor | The Hunger Games
Joshua Ryan Hutcherson was born on October 12, 1992 in Union, Kentucky to Michelle Fightmaster, who worked for Delta Air Lines, and Chris Hutcherson, an EPA analyst. He has one younger brother, Connor Hutcherson. From the age of four, Josh knew that he wanted to be an actor. In order to pursue his ...
3. 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).
4. Joel Courtney
Actor | Jesus Revolution
Joel Courtney is an American actor, known for his starring roles in the Steven Spielberg blockbuster Super 8 (2011) and the Netflix hit The Kissing Booth (2018).
Joel was born into a Navy family in Monterey, California, and is the youngest of four children - an older sister and two older brothers. ...
5. Jake Short
Actor | A.N.T. Farm
Jake Short was born on May 30, 1997 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for A.N.T. Farm (2011), The First Team (2020) and Dexter (2006).
6. Jake T. Austin
Actor | Wizards of Waverly Place
Jake T. Austin was born Jake Austin Szymanski in New York City, to Giny Rodriguez Toranzo and Joe Szymanski. His middle initial is taken from his mother's name Toranzo. He has a younger sister, Ava. His father has Polish, English, and Irish ancestry, and his mother is of Puerto Rican, Argentinian, ...
7. Dylan Sprouse
Actor | Beautiful Disaster
Sprouse was born August 4, 1992, in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, to American parents, Melanie (Wright) and Matthew Sprouse. Dylan and his younger identical twin Cole Sprouse were raised in their parents' Long Beach, California. He has acted from the age of six months, initially with Cole, and continues ...
8. Cole Sprouse
Actor | Riverdale
Cole Mitchell Sprouse was born in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy to American parents, Melanie (Wright) and Matthew Sprouse, and was raised with his older identical twin Dylan Sprouse in Long Beach, in their parents' native California. Cole began his acting career alongside Dylan at the tender age of six ...
9. Leo Howard
Actor | Conan the Barbarian
An only child and born on July 13, 1997 in Newport Beach, California, as Leo Richard Howard and raised in Fallbrook, California (near San Diego), Leo is an accomplished movie actor, Kickin' It (2011) and Conan the Barbarian (2011). He is also a model, and martial artist who won a Young Artist Award...
10. Nat Wolff
Actor | Paper Towns
Nat Wolff is an American actor, musician, and singer-songwriter. He was born in Los Angeles, to jazz pianist Michael Wolff and actress/writer Polly Draper. He is the older brother of actor/musician Alex Wolff, and grew up in New York City.
Nat is known for his work starring in the television series ...
11. Alex Wolff
Actor | Hereditary
Alex Wolff, an award-winning actor, musician, singer, and composer, was born on November 1, 1997 in New York, New York. He is the son of actress Polly Draper and jazz pianist Michael Wolff. His elder brother is actor and musician Nat Wolff.
He is most known for his work on The Naked Brothers Band (...
12. Christian Beadles
Actor | Drop Dead Diva
Christian Beadles was born on November 22, 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He is an actor, known for Drop Dead Diva (2009), Seance (2010) and Drama Club (2011).
13. Cameron Boyce
Actor | Mrs. Fletcher
Cameron Boyce was an American actor, with Afro-Caribbean and African-American descent. His paternal grandmother Jo Ann Allen was one of the "Clinton Twelve", the first African-Americans to attend an integrated high school in the Southern United States (specifically in Clinton, Tennessee).
In 1999, ...
14. Alex Etel
Actor | Millions
Alexander Nathan Etel is a former English actor. His film debut was the starring role of Damian Cunningham in 2004's Millions, a family film directed by Danny Boyle. He played the lead in his second film, Jay Russell's The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep. The film, based on a Dick King Smith story ...
15. Matthew Nogues
Actor | The Suite Life Movie
Matthew Nogues was born on January 14, 1993 in Burbank, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Suite Life Movie (2011), The Suite Life on Deck (2008) and Yay Me! Starring London Tipton (2007).
16. Lucas Cruikshank
Actor | Fred
Lucas Cruikshank is a teenage director and actor who got his start by making videos with his cousins John and Katie, and posting them on You Tube. Together, the trio is known as JKL Productions. Lucas decided to make videos by himself a while after he came up with the character you all love, Fred, ...
17. Jaden Smith
Actor | The Karate Kid
Jaden Smith is an actor, known for The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), The Karate Kid (2010) and After Earth (2013). In addition to being an actor he is also a dancer, songwriter and rapper who won an MTV award for his performance in The Pursuit of Happyness. He co-starred with his father Will Smith ...
18. Tyger Drew-Honey
Actor | Outnumbered
Tyger was born on 26th January 1996 in Epsom, Surrey. His career started at the age of nine when he was spotted by a top London agent whilst performing in a school production of Treasure Island. The agent was so impressed by Tyger's performance that she signed him up straight away. Just weeks later...
19. Richard Wisker
Actor | Tracy Beaker Returns
Richard Wisker is known for Tracy Beaker Returns (2010), The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007) and Flatmates (2019).
20. Chase Ellison
Actor | Tooth Fairy
Chase Ellison was born on September 22, 1993 in Reno, Nevada, USA. He is an actor, known for Tooth Fairy (2010), Mysterious Skin (2004) and That's What I Am (2011).
21. Gage Munroe
Actor | Nobody
Gage Munroe was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gage is an actor, known for Nobody (2021), Tales of the Walking Dead (2022) and Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017).
22. Avan Jogia
Actor | Zombieland: Double Tap
Vancouver native, Avan Jogia landed his first acting role as Danny Araujo on the award-winning TV movie drama A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006), directed by Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland. Jogia followed up with a recurring role on the SyFy Channel hit series Caprica (2009) as well as ...
23. Zac Efron
Actor | High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Zachary David Alexander Efron was born October 18, 1987 in San Luis Obispo, California, to Starla Baskett, a secretary, and David Efron, an electrical engineer. He has a younger brother, Dylan. The surname "Efron", which is Hebrew and a Biblical place name, comes from Zac's Polish Jewish paternal ...
24. Charlie Tahan
Actor | Ozark
Charles Tahan is an American actor. His notable roles include Wyatt Langmore in the Netflix original crime drama Ozark (2017-2022), the voice of Victor Frankenstein in the Disney 3D stop-motion-animated fantasy horror comedy Frankenweenie (2012), Ben Burke in the Fox dystopian mystery thriller ...
25. Dylan Everett
Actor | Degrassi: The Next Generation
Dylan Everett is a Canadian TV actor who both appeared in the role of Campbell Saunders in the series, Degrassi and voiced the character of Wolly in the PBS animated series, Super Why!. He is best known for his roles in How To Be Indie, Wingin' It, Degrassi and Open Heart.
Dylan was born on January ...
26. Davis Cleveland
Actor | Shake It Up
Davis Cleveland was born in Houston, Texas. He began his acting career by doing commercial work in Texas. After moving to Los Angeles, he began appearing in national commercials for big name companies. Davis has guest-starred in many shows, and co-stars as Flynn Jones in Disney's hit show "Shake It...
27. Atticus Mitchell
Actor | Fargo
Atticus is an actor and musician born and based in Toronto, Canada. Starting out on kids and teen shows such as "How To Be Indie" and "My Babysitter's a Vampire", he quickly transitioned to more adult fare, with roles in "The Colony", "Stonewall" and "Fargo (TV Series)". Nominated for a Canadian ...
28. Mitchel Musso
Actor | Monster House
Born in Garland, a suburb of Dallas, Texas, Mitchel Musso began his professional acting career at the age of 8 years old
Mitchel Musso stars as responsible and anxious twin Brady, who is eager to prove his worth as king, in Disney XD's Emmy-nominated comedy series "Pair of Kings." He can also be ...
29. Kendall Ryan Sanders
Actor | The Best of Enemies
Kendall began acting at the age of 7 in his home town of Atlanta, GA. He now lives and works between Los Angeles and Atlanta. Kendall played the role of Ben Butler alongside Sam Rockwell and Wes Bentley in The Best of Enemies. He played the lead role of James Singer alongside Noah Centineo in ...
30. Kristopher Nimbley
Actor | Welcome to My Country
Born on January 26, Irvine, North Ayrshire in Scotland, Nimbley began acting around 2007, but did not fully star in a production until 2010 when he starred in the indie movie Scarlett + the Ned. This led to Nimbley being cast the following year in the successful Beat the Bully, which received it's ...
31. Nathan Gamble
Actor | The Dark Knight
Nathan Gamble was born on January 12, 1998 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Dark Knight (2008), Dolphin Tale 2 (2014) and Bones (2005).
32. Dalton E. Gray
Actor | Dumb and Dumber To
Dalton was born in Houston Texas and shortly moved Katy, Texas. His dad is a sheriff deputy and his mom started her own aviation business to be able to travel with Dalton to all his auditions and acting jobs. He has an older sister Katie. At age 13, Dalton was asked to do print work, didn't do it ...
33. Austin MacDonald
Actor | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Austin started acting in film and television when he was young. When he was on set, Austin spent most of his time with the crew. Austin discovered his passion for camera and film by following them around asking millions of questions. Austin graduated from Sheridan Colleges Media fundamentals ...
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