This was simply the top comment so I know it's old. I think you aren't exactly wrong, but he wasn't entirely appreciated while he was still with us, and critics were often split on whether he'd wash up or become the next big thing. It seemed at the time, considering how his last night was spent, that he could've easily gone either way. I think he could've very well remained relevant to this day in my opinion
No Corey Haim? What about Leonardo Dicaprio? And most importantly, RIVER PHOENIX??? He was extremely talented as a child, especially in Stand By Me, and was still as talented as an adult.
Elijah Wood is also pretty well known as a child actor and he got really big when he reached adulthood in Lord of the Rings. Kirsten Dunst also reach stardom as a child and raised to prominence as an adult.
Macauly Culkin is hands down the best child actor and I really want to see him return with another home alone but a different generation with him being the father of the main character
#1. Shirley Temple. #2. Jodie Foster - 2-time Oscar winner. #3. Saoirse Ronan - 2-time Oscar nominee. #4. Abigail Breslin - Oscar nominee. #5. Dakota Fanning - Huge child star (I Am Sam, Coraline, Charlotte's Web, Uptown Girls, The Cat In The Hat, My Neighbour Totoro & Sweet Home Alabama). But she rarely acts nowadays and I feel she has lot that something special that she possessed as a child. #6. Emma Watson. #7. Chloe Grace Moretz. #8. Macaulay Culkin - Huge child star (Home Alone 1&2, My Girl, Richie Rich, Uncle Buck & The Good Soon.) with a promising career ahead of him. But he ruined it with drugs, and so he moved away from Hollywood and out of the spotlight. #9. Haley Joel Osment - Huge child star (The Sixth Sense, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Forrest Gump & Pay It Forward.) He even got nominated for an Oscar for The Sixth Sense. But he threw it all away. He has had a few cameos in films recently but that's about it for his once shining career. #10. Quvenzhane Wallis. Honourable Mentions: Daniel Radcliffe Freddie Highmore Corey Feldman Mara Wilson
Well, she WAS the very best: smart as a whip, bright as a new penny, and she could do it ALL - sing, dance, act, entertain, steal the show, lol. Absolutely nothing not to like.
Don't know how you can fail to mention Roddy McDowell, Elizabeth Taylor, Tatum Oneal. Their performances as children were lead roles in oscar-type movies like "How Green Was My Valley", "National Velvet", "Paper Moon". Maybe 10 is too few for this category. You had more honorable mentions than you usually do as it is.
Haley Joel Osment's performance in The Sixth Sense is easily the best child performance i've ever seen and also one of the best performances i've ever seen
My favorite child star was Shirley Temple, Freddie Highmore, Dakota Fanning, Margaret O'Brien, Macaulay Culkin, Aileen Quinn, McKenna Grace, Jade Pettyjohn and Mackenzie Foy. That Dakota Fanning was my number 1 female child actor and Freddie Highmore also my number 1 male child actor in The Spiderwick Chronicles.
I'm glad you didn't just list only 90 or 2000's child stars, Shirley temple and Mickey Rooney were incredible!!! I agree with every number on the list :p Are you going to do tv child stars? Or are there too many? XD
What about Kristen Dunst? She really made a name for herself by being one of the best things about “Interview With A Vampire.” And then perhaps her most remembered childhood role in the original “Jumanji!” She’s one that has successfully transitioned to adult roles. She began that transition with the teen classic “Bring It On!”
Me too. She's the one who started the popularity of child actors. I kind of wish Natalie Wood had been put on this list, though, since she was best known for starring in the original "Miracle on 34th Street" when she was little. Also, Elizabeth Taylor should be on this list too, or at least be part of the honorable mentions list. I'm also kind of surprised that Kristen Stewart wasn't mentioned on this list or named as an honorable mention. Despite the fact that she's not a spectacular adult actress, she did a lot of movies when she was a kid that she was actually really good in. Heck, she even got to star alongside Jodie Foster (who's on this list) in "Panic Room" when she was 12 years old. And, let's not forget Jodelle Ferland, who's been starring in horror movies since she was a little girl.
You all forgot Ron Howard, Clint Howard, Kurt Russell, River Phoenix, Corey Haim, Elijah Wood, And all the LITTLE RASCALS, they were the greatest, taking into account all the advercities they had to endured. Definitely, There are a lot more, so watch mojo should do several videos to be fair and include most of them.
For me, Freddie Highmore is the child star by excellence, I know that kid by heart... And, the E.T. kid also entirely deserved more than Honorable Mentions... I mean, has anyone actually seen this kid's audition tape for E.T. ?
Corey Feldman is most Defo my fav.. Well all the guys from Stand by me/Goonies which reminds me.. Where are the rest of the crew in those? Will Wheaten, River Phoenix,Jerry o'Connell etc. They were all great child actors!
Where’s Christian Bale?!!! He carried ‘Empire of the Sun’, as the lead, at aged 13 - one of the biggest films of the 80s, and he was mind blowing! He also went on to be one of the most versatile actors of his generation. Cannot believe that such a powerhouse wasn’t even on this list.
also mentions Veronica Cartwright, Patty Mac Cormack, Bonita Grandville, Marcia May Jones, Jackie Cooper, Margret O Brian, Brandan De Wilde, Peggy Ann Garner Little Rascals Spanky, Darla, Buckwheat, Stymie, Farina, Jackie Cooper, Roddy McDowall, and Elizabeth Taylor.
RICKY SCHROEDER (The Champ, Silver Spoons) didn't mentioned at all? Man... he's the best child actor and still exist as an actor. The Champ was one of the Best Picture in Oscars!
Thank you so much for including Saoirse Ronan on this list! She's my #1 favorite actress and I am amazed to see how far she's come in her career so far.
“most people know Mickey Rooney as the grandfather in... but their grandparents know him in the andy hardy films” i’m 14 and i knew Mickey Rooney from love finds andy hardy series and being Judy Garland’s on screen partner.
sengama 4 real Oh I skip the beginning the intro goes on for too long, nevertheless child actors are 90% TV... this is just another scheme by watch mojo as they haven't got anymore ideas... anyway my bad
I plan to create an animated TV series when I grow up and the main character, Christian Copeland, while being 13 since the beginning of the series, will have been acting since age 8 and will continue to take the world by storm in-universe
>Child actors
>Full grown man on thumbnail
10/10
Ahahahah!
+GMD Extrimeman meme arrows on youtube - a perfect 5/7
Lol yeah he's not on the thumbnail cos he was a massive child actor at all😏
+GMD Extrimeman "10/10" well the full grown man was number 10 on this list
Yup thats why i clicked the video becouse i saw corey field man and i found out obout him from the game Minecraft storymode
Natalie Portman, honorable mention at least, Leon The Professional was one of the best performances ever by a child star.
Possibly the greatest child performance I've seen.
I wish i want to go back in time to become a child star.
River Phoenix always #1 ❤️
Yes!❤️
Ty Simpkins and Jaden Smith.
+JazzMJFAN RIP
+Isabella Edmondston yeah he is great, idk about Jaden though...
JazzMJFAN you got that right he was to young to die
River Phoenix?
Leonardo DiCaprio?
Toby Maguire?
Elijah Wood?
Kirsten Dunst?
Natalie Portman?
River Phoenix? He was one of the most memorable and talented child stars ever. Should have been on the list.
This was simply the top comment so I know it's old. I think you aren't exactly wrong, but he wasn't entirely appreciated while he was still with us, and critics were often split on whether he'd wash up or become the next big thing. It seemed at the time, considering how his last night was spent, that he could've easily gone either way. I think he could've very well remained relevant to this day in my opinion
No Corey Haim? What about Leonardo Dicaprio? And most importantly, RIVER PHOENIX??? He was extremely talented as a child, especially in Stand By Me, and was still as talented as an adult.
leo was a teenager
River Phoenix ❤️❤️
Elijah Wood is also pretty well known as a child actor and he got really big when he reached adulthood in Lord of the Rings. Kirsten Dunst also reach stardom as a child and raised to prominence as an adult.
River Phoenix?
How can you have Corey Feldman but not have Corey Haim
True!
Hey he's cool man even he's got a band!
Ariel Mc fangirl Mendez Ofcourse Corey Feldman is cool
Thank you and besides he is vampire hunter
Ariel Mc fangirl Mendez He's much more than that
where's Asa Butterfield tho? he deserves a spot for the role as Hugo in Hugo and Bruno in The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
Indeed - he most definitely should have got an honourable mention for those two movies alone.
That's true. Hugo was one of his best acting roles.
@Super Lame Nick True. I completely forgot about him until I saw your post!
...No Elijah Wood? He was the other kid in The Good Son. Anyone ever see North? Come on!
that's what I'M saying! not even an honorable mention.. what a world we live in.
And "the war" awesome movie
Tank Dempsey I LOVE that movie!!
YEEES!!! So glad to see Shirley Temple here!! 😄😄😄
where is the girl from Matilda and Mrs.Doubtfire
+Sam Ibraheem Mara Wilson
Macauly Culkin is hands down the best child actor and I really want to see him return with another home alone but a different generation with him being the father of the main character
that's unlikely , he's probably drunk right about now
He's pretty scary these days...
No way. He hasn't been in literally anything apart of the Home Alone movies.
Judy Garland should have been on the list
monkee5th nah
monkee5th she was 16 in the wizard of oz but they said kids under the age of 16
#1. Shirley Temple.
#2. Jodie Foster - 2-time Oscar winner.
#3. Saoirse Ronan - 2-time Oscar nominee.
#4. Abigail Breslin - Oscar nominee.
#5. Dakota Fanning - Huge child star (I Am Sam, Coraline, Charlotte's Web, Uptown Girls, The Cat In The Hat, My Neighbour Totoro & Sweet Home Alabama). But she rarely acts nowadays and I feel she has lot that something special that she possessed as a child.
#6. Emma Watson.
#7. Chloe Grace Moretz.
#8. Macaulay Culkin - Huge child star (Home Alone 1&2, My Girl, Richie Rich, Uncle Buck & The Good Soon.) with a promising career ahead of him. But he ruined it with drugs, and so he moved away from Hollywood and out of the spotlight.
#9. Haley Joel Osment - Huge child star (The Sixth Sense, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Forrest Gump & Pay It Forward.) He even got nominated for an Oscar for The Sixth Sense. But he threw it all away. He has had a few cameos in films recently but that's about it for his once shining career.
#10. Quvenzhane Wallis.
Honourable Mentions:
Daniel Radcliffe
Freddie Highmore
Corey Feldman
Mara Wilson
mara wilson has to be in top 10 list
Leonardo DiCaprio?
Elijah Wood?
Tobey Macguire?
+margareth michelina Neil Patrick Harris...
+ Christian Bale
Ricky Schroeder?
Leonardo was a TV star and this is a list for movie stars
I love Abigail Breslin!!! 💜
And I love you too
Twilight is bullshit. The worst love story ever. Don't throw a hissy fit about this, it's the truth! :)
I SAID NO HISSY FITS!!
try with 50 shadows of gray, then you can talk shit. is even worse.
+Charlie Buck 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sherly temple always
Well, she WAS the very best: smart as a whip, bright as a new penny, and she could do it ALL - sing, dance, act, entertain, steal the show, lol. Absolutely nothing not to like.
Don't know how you can fail to mention Roddy McDowell, Elizabeth Taylor, Tatum Oneal. Their performances as children were lead roles in oscar-type movies like "How Green Was My Valley", "National Velvet", "Paper Moon". Maybe 10 is too few for this category. You had more honorable mentions than you usually do as it is.
Haley Joel Osment's performance in The Sixth Sense is easily the best child performance i've ever seen and also one of the best performances i've ever seen
Drew Barrymore isn't in the Top 10? Kirsten Dunst?? Lindsay Lohan??
Elijah wood?
Helen Y Yes, Wood should've been here too
+irina1296 Mara Wilson, best known for being in Mrs. Doubtfire, Matilda, etc
Macaulay Culkin has been my #1 favourite actor since I was 8 years-old, he should've been Number 1
My favorite child star was Shirley Temple, Freddie Highmore, Dakota Fanning, Margaret O'Brien, Macaulay Culkin, Aileen Quinn, McKenna Grace, Jade Pettyjohn and Mackenzie Foy. That Dakota Fanning was my number 1 female child actor and Freddie Highmore also my number 1 male child actor in The Spiderwick Chronicles.
I'm glad you didn't just list only 90 or 2000's child stars, Shirley temple and Mickey Rooney were incredible!!! I agree with every number on the list :p Are you going to do tv child stars? Or are there too many? XD
Elijah Wood and Mara Wilson belong here
I'm really surprised that the Olsen twins aren't on this list...
Rachel Young they were tv stars
Elijah Wood
River phoenix and Corey Haim??
Where's Elijah Wood??
What about Kristen Dunst? She really made a name for herself by being one of the best things about “Interview With A Vampire.” And then perhaps her most remembered childhood role in the original “Jumanji!” She’s one that has successfully transitioned to adult roles. She began that transition with the teen classic “Bring It On!”
Shirley Temple As No 1? Agree! :D
Just came here to make sure Shirley Temple was number 1
Me too. She's the one who started the popularity of child actors. I kind of wish Natalie Wood had been put on this list, though, since she was best known for starring in the original "Miracle on 34th Street" when she was little. Also, Elizabeth Taylor should be on this list too, or at least be part of the honorable mentions list. I'm also kind of surprised that Kristen Stewart wasn't mentioned on this list or named as an honorable mention. Despite the fact that she's not a spectacular adult actress, she did a lot of movies when she was a kid that she was actually really good in. Heck, she even got to star alongside Jodie Foster (who's on this list) in "Panic Room" when she was 12 years old. And, let's not forget Jodelle Ferland, who's been starring in horror movies since she was a little girl.
And that Mickey Rooney was #2 .....
Elijah Wood? Natalie Portman?
No Elijah Wood???? :(
I love river phoenix and Jonathan brandis
I know, me too- they were both so talented. So sad what happened to them 😢❤️
Shirley Temple is phenomenal. Oh man, I love her so much.
Where is River Phoenix huh?
You all forgot Ron Howard, Clint Howard, Kurt Russell, River Phoenix, Corey Haim, Elijah Wood, And all the LITTLE RASCALS, they were the greatest, taking into account all the advercities they had to endured.
Definitely, There are a lot more, so watch mojo should do several videos to be fair and include most of them.
dakota fanning is also a great Child actress
+alex kanyima She's #4 on this list.
Freddie Highmore was such an adorable child actor! now hes badass as Norman Bates in Bates Motel
No mention of Christian Bale eh
and what about Brooke Shields?
For me, Freddie Highmore is the child star by excellence, I know that kid by heart... And, the E.T. kid also entirely deserved more than Honorable Mentions... I mean, has anyone actually seen this kid's audition tape for E.T. ?
I thought Natalie Portman would have made the list. Leon was a masterpiece and largely cause of her captivating performance as Matilda.
river phoenix?
My favorite was always the Olsen twins
like these kids act better than new actors these days.
Christian Bale - Empire of the Sun
Asa Butterfield - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Jacob Tremblay - Room
Definitely needed a mention!
Maybe not Jacob just yet
Tatam O'Neil, Anna Paquin?
DAKOTA FANNING SHOULD BE NO. 1 ❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
That was a great list!
With that thumbnail the tittle of the video should be "Top ten child molesters" dude looked like he was about to pull a Bill Cosby lol
+Bryan Drift He isnt a molester.... he was molested
Corey Feldman is most Defo my fav.. Well all the guys from Stand by me/Goonies which reminds me.. Where are the rest of the crew in those? Will Wheaten, River Phoenix,Jerry o'Connell etc. They were all great child actors!
He did played the hot chick's brother in the tales from the crypt movie with vampires where he became a vampire
Bro, Shirley temple is my great great aunt. Sweet.
I wanted Edward Furlong to be on the list because he was a total BADASS in Terminator 2.
Where’s Christian Bale?!!! He carried ‘Empire of the Sun’, as the lead, at aged 13 - one of the biggest films of the 80s, and he was mind blowing! He also went on to be one of the most versatile actors of his generation. Cannot believe that such a powerhouse wasn’t even on this list.
pretty nice video)) I like it
I think Corey Haim was far more popular and famous than Corey Feldman
what's with the thumbnail
also mentions Veronica Cartwright, Patty Mac Cormack, Bonita Grandville, Marcia May Jones, Jackie Cooper, Margret O Brian, Brandan De Wilde, Peggy Ann Garner Little Rascals Spanky, Darla, Buckwheat, Stymie, Farina, Jackie Cooper, Roddy McDowall, and Elizabeth Taylor.
RICKY SCHROEDER (The Champ, Silver Spoons) didn't mentioned at all? Man... he's the best child actor and still exist as an actor. The Champ was one of the Best Picture in Oscars!
Kudos on getting the pronunciation of Saoirse spot on Watchmojo not many do!
That kid from Room was fantastic
Margaret O'Brien, Robert Blake, Judy Garland, Natalie Wood
Corey Haim? River Phoenix?
Thank you so much for including Saoirse Ronan on this list! She's my #1 favorite actress and I am amazed to see how far she's come in her career so far.
Corey Feldman is on the list, but you don't even mention Friday The 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter.
Top 10 tv child actors!
River Phoenix and Corey Haim
drew Barrymore should have been on the top ten
Jodie Foster imfo is the greatest child actor of all-time, the maturity she brought to her Performances as a kid is unbelievable
Where's MattyB?
Um... He's a rapper😐
He's not a actor
Da fuq he is a RUclipsr
Let's get right into the noose Joke. It is a joke.
You're joking right?
where's the love for Jonathan Brandis? at least an honorable mention...
@@TheFirstGoomba a very talented actor who played in Ladybugs, Seaquest, Blossom, The Stepfather 2, etc.
Unfortunately he’s no longer alive
@@TheFirstGoomba yeah but his was suicide.
Oh My Goodness!
Great choices
Neel Sethi was pretty good, for his first movie (The Jungle Book 2016).
sorry, i didn't realize you were an expert on acting
I don't to be an expert to realize that you're taking this too seriously
Ok then, but there's no need to get all serious about a movie, especially on youtube
Okay then, but I'm not looking for a discussion, I posted this in April 2016
number 1: Shirley Temple
YES! my favorite child actress! she’s so adorable, her smile, dimples, curly hair are so cute!
“most people know Mickey Rooney as the grandfather in... but their grandparents know him in the andy hardy films”
i’m 14 and i knew Mickey Rooney from love finds andy hardy series and being Judy Garland’s on screen partner.
top 10 ways to lure a toddler into ur van
Hornswoggle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol
No Tatum O'Neal? She won the academy award when she was 10 years old.
+Ferdinand Celine this isnt abt the bets but the biggest child stars
What about Asa Butterfield?
Kurt Russel?
David Krumholtz?
Tatum O'Neil?
AnnaSophia Robb?
Elijah Wood?
River Phoenix?
Seth Green?
Dakota Fanning
I TOTALLY agree with Shirley Temple.
Without even an "honorable mention", Hayley Mills is a glaring omission IMO!
Where is River Phoenix, Corey Haim, and Jonathan Brandis? At east they added Corey Feldman, but he deserved better than #10
What about Elijah Wood ??
Omg, I loved Shirley Temple. I also love Elijah Wood.
Shirley temple is no doubt #1 she both paved the way for everyone on this list and is overall the most talented
Finally a list I can completely agree wit and the way the list went
Where is Natalie Portman ..then?
+Khaleel Ul Rahman they were going for child actors not teen actors
lauren ralph
I thought she was leven or twelve, but amazing
What!? No Ron Howard?
good vid
Miranda Cosgrove deserved ATLEAST an honorable mention
Patty Duke
Bobby Driscoll
Hayley Mills
Margaret O’Brien
Lindsay Lohan
Elijah Wood
Joseph Gordon Levitt
Kirsten Dunst
How about Aileen Quinn? Annie's one of the most iconic movies of all time, after all.
Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner?!
they are tv stars* not movie stars
sengama 4 real "Top 10 Child Actors"
An actor is both Tv and Movie you muppet!
+Dec Roberts wtf i know ... they said the begining of the video ..... tv actors will not be included
sengama 4 real Oh I skip the beginning the intro goes on for too long, nevertheless child actors are 90% TV... this is just another scheme by watch mojo as they haven't got anymore ideas... anyway my bad
+Dec Roberts ikr
I plan to create an animated TV series when I grow up and the main character, Christian Copeland, while being 13 since the beginning of the series, will have been acting since age 8 and will continue to take the world by storm in-universe