27 Child Actors Who Grew Up And Are Totally Killing It Now

It’s possible that the stereotypical burned-out child star is the exception, rather than the rule.
27 Child Actors Who Grew Up And Are Totally Killing It Now

Child actors who crash and burn are a gossip site staple. The thing is, there are also child stars who grew up, left show business (or stayed in it), and became incredibly successful and well-adjusted. Admit it, you're surprised.

Michael Bollner, who played Augustus Gloop in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, went into law. 2000 1 Bollner starred in a few German movies after

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Jason Zimbler played the money-obsessed Ferguson W. Darling on Nickelodeon's Clarissa Explains It All. Remember how Clarissa used to program video gam
Canadian actress Sarah Polley is widely recognized as Sally Salt in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). She continued to star in feature films
ARIANA RICHARDS, best remembered for her roles in Tremors and Jurassic Park, grew up and became a successful PORTRAIT ARTIST. CRACKED COM
llan Mitchell-Smith became famous for his role as Wyatt Donnelly in Weird Science''. However, he gave up acting in the '90s and is now an English pro
DYLAN SPROuSE IS BEST known FOR HIS ROLES AS JULIAN In BIG DADDY AnD ZACH MARTIN In THE SUITE LIFE OF ZACH & CODY OOTERS He GREW UP TO open HIS ow
You would expect the nine-year-old actress who portrayed Newt in the film Aliens (1986) to be emotionally scarred for life. But Carrie Henn leads a ha
Christopher Castile, who played the nerdy kid on Step by Step, is now a history teacher at Downey s0 Ton High School Oont and a professor of political
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Alisan Porter played the titular character in John Hughes' last film CURLY Sue Since then, she has starred in the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Li
Lara Jill Miller got her start on Gimme a Break! as tomboy Sam. She later went to law school and passed the Pennsylvania and New Jersey bar, but soo
27 Child Actors Who Grew Up And Are Totally Killing It Now
Peter Ostrum is known for playing Charlie in 1971's Wily WONK EHE CHOCOLAT FACTORY He was offered more acting work after the film's success but turned
JUSTIN BERFIELD The dim-witted bully 4Reese in MCOM IN THe MDDle ...is actually quite bright. He co-founded Virgin Produced, an entertainment- develo
Fred Savage, whom you remember as Kevin Arnold from The Wonder Years (1988) has gone on to acquire 65 directing credits in various TV shows such as It
melissa Joain Hart is now a successful writer, director, producer, singer and businesswoman. She was well known for her role in CLARISSA EXPLAINS IT A
Scarlett Pomers is CRACKEDCOR widely known as Naomi Wildman from Star Trek: Voyager. After quitting acting, she founded Arch- Angels, a non-profit TS
Heather Langenkamp starred as Nancy Thompson in the cult-classic A Nightmare on EIm Street'. Heather is now CO-owner of the award-winning make-up FI
27 Child Actors Who Grew Up And Are Totally Killing It Now
MALCOLM DAVID KELLEY played Walt on GRAu LOST Now he's half of the pop duo MKTO. The group scored a top 20 hit with Classic before releasing their d
Masiela Lusha played the older daughter, Carmen Lopez, on the sitcom George Lopez. Now she's a children's book author and a humanitarian. Lusha became
CHRISTIAN JACOBS APPEARED IN NUMEROUS TV SHOWS AND FILMS LIKE PRETTY IN PINK AND GLEAMING THE CUBE. SINCE THEN, HE'S FRONTED THE AQUABATS BAND WHILE C
27 Child Actors Who Grew Up And Are Totally Killing It Now
27 Child Actors Who Grew Up And Are Totally Killing It Now
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