20 Actors Who Made Their Screen Debut As Kids/Babies

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Some Hollywood stars are known by their names and faces, but rarely by their earliest acting roles. They started their acting careers much earlier than you know. Some worked in small parts on TV shows or made-for-TV films, while many worked on critically acclaimed movies while they were kids.

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Get ready to have your minds blown with the pictures of some now-famous A-lister who have starred in films we watched, but didn’t register their roles in them as they were kids or way too young to identify.

1. Laurence Fishburne played Josh West Hall In One Life To Live (1974–1976)

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2. Jodie Foster played Becky Thatcher In Tom Sawyer (1973)

3. Jake Gyllenhaal played Danny Robbins In City Slickers (1991)

4. Jerry O’Connell played Vern Tessio In Stand By Me (1986)

5. Mila Kunis As Jill In Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves! (1997)

6. Christian Bale As Jim Hawkins In Treasure Island (1990)

7. Sean Astin As Mikey In The Goonies (1985)

8. Kristen Stewart As Sarah Altman In Panic Room (2002)

9. Joseph Gordon-Levitt As Oliver In The Juror (1996)

8. Brie Larson As One Of The Six Chicks In 13 Going On 30 (2004)

9. Natalie Portman As Mathilda In Léon: The Professional (1994)

10. Scarlett Johansson As Katie Armstrong In Just Cause (1995)

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11. Alyson Hannigan As Jessie Mills In My Stepmother Is An Alien (1988)

12. Ryan Gosling As Himself In The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989-1995)

13. Kirsten Dunst As Campbell Mccoy In The Bonfire Of The Vanities (1990)

14. Ethan Hawke As Ben Crandall In Explorers (1985)

15. Saoirse Ronan As Izzie In I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)

16. Elijah Wood As Stu Simmons In The War (1994)

17. Seth Green As Egg In The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)

18. Drew Barrymore As Gertie In E.t. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

19. Aaron Taylor-Johnson As Charlie In Shanghai Knights (2003)

20. Elisabeth Moss As Lucky (Age 6) In Lucky Chances (1990)

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