List of American current child actors

This is a list of child actors from the United States. These actors are aged 17 and under. When they turn 18, they become adults and are no longer listed as child actors but will be moved to the list of former child actors from the United States.

A

• Isabella Acres (born 2001)
  • Monk (2007)
  • Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
  • The Mentalist (2008)
  • Hannah Montana (2008)
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
  • Phineas and Ferb (2009)
  • Better Off Ted (2009)

• Zackary Arthur (born 2007)
  • Transparent (2014)
  • The 5th Wave (2016)

• Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (born 2007)
  • Modern Family (2011–present)

• Iris Apatow (born 2002)
  • Knocked Up (2007)
  • Funny People (2009)
  • This Is 40 (2012)
  • Love (2016–present)
  • Sausage Party (2016)

B

• Preston Bailey (born 2000)
  • Strong Medicine (2005)
  • Alpha Mom (2006)
  • Criminal Minds (2006)
  • Dexter (2007–09)
  • How I Met Your Mother (2007)
  • Numbers (2007)
  • Seven Year (2008)
  • Nothing But the Truth (2008)
  • Amusement (2008)
  • Children of the Corn (2009)
  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas (2008)
  • The Crazies (2010)
  • Cold Case (2010)
  • Adalyn (2010)
  • Eagleheart (2010)

• Samantha Bailey (born 2001)
  • The Chelsea Handler Show (2006)
  • NCIS (2007)
  • The Hottie and the Nottie (2008)
  • Criminal Minds (2008)
  • Pushing Daisies (2008)
  • The Young and the Restless (2009–12)
  • Ghost Whisperer (2010)
  • Weeds (2010)
  • Mad Love (2011)
• Gabriel Bateman (born 2004)
  • Stalker (2014–15)
  • American Gothic (2016-)
  • Lights Out (2016)

• Talitha Bateman (born 2001)
  • The 5th Wave (2016)
  • Annabelle 2 (2017)

• Maggie Batson (born 2003)
  • Killing Winston Jones (2013)

• Rowan Blanchard (born 2001)
  • Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)
  • Girl Meets World (2014–17)
  • Invisible Sister (2015)

• Jackson Brundage (born 2001)
  • Lime Salted Love (2006)
  • One Tree Hill (2008–12)
• Hayden Byerly (born 2000)
  • 11/11/11 (2011)
  • Parenthood (2012–15)
  • The Fosters (2013–18)

C

• Francesca Capaldi (born 2004)
  • Dog with a Blog (2012–15)
  • The Peanuts Movie (2015)
• Caitlin Carmichael (born 2004)
  • In the Motherhood (2008)
  • 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
  • The Peanuts Movie (2016)

• Kyle Catlett (born 2002)
  • The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
  • Poltergeist (2015)

• Max Charles (born 2003)
  • November Christmas (2010)
  • The Three Stooges (2012)
  • Least Among Saints (2012)
  • The Neighbors (2012–14)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
  • Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) (voice)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
  • American Sniper (2015)

• Mason Cook (born 2000)
  • Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)

D

• Madison De La Garza (born 2001)
  • Desperate Housewives (2008–12)
  • Sonny with a Chance (2009)
  • Princess Protection Program (2009)
• Ethan Dizon (born 2002)
  • The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)

F

• Oakes Fegley (born 2004)
  • Fort Bliss (2014)
  • Boardwalk Empire (2014)
  • Person of Interest (2014)
  • Pete's Dragon (2016)

• Elsie Fisher (born 2003)
  • Despicable Me (2010)
  • Dirty Girl (2010)
  • Despicable Me 2 (2013)
  • McFarland, USA (2015)
  • Eighth Grade (2018)

• Benjamin Flores, Jr. (born 2002)
  • Happy Feet Two (2011)
  • The Haunted Hathaways (2013–15)
  • Game Shakers (2015–present)

• Alina Foley (born 2003)
  • In the Motherhood (2007)
  • Days of Our Lives (2008)
  • Outnumbered (2009)
  • The League (2009–15)
  • The Spy Next Door (2010)

• Mackenzie Foy (born 2000)
  • Strong Medicine (2004)
  • Charmed (2006)
  • 'Til Death (2009)
  • FlashForward (2010)
  • Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)
  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)
  • R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2012)
  • The Conjuring (2013)
  • Wish You Well (2013)
  • Interstellar (2014)
  • The Little Prince (2015)
  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

G

• Pierce Gagnon (born 2005)
  • One Tree Hill (2012) (recurring)
  • Looper (2012)
  • Extant (2014–15)
  • Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014)
  • Rio 2 (2014) (voice)
  • Wish I Was Here (2014)
  • Tomorrowland (2015)

• Mckenna Grace (born 2006)
  • Crash & Bernstein (2012–2014)
  • The Young and the Restless (2013–2015)
  • Mr Church (2016)
  • Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
  • Designated Survivor (2016–18)
  • Gifted (2017)
  • How to Be a Latin Lover (2017)
  • I, Tonya (2017)

• Lizzy Greene (born 2003)
  • Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn (2014–present)

H

• Nikki Hahn (born 2002)
  • Pretty Little Liars (2010–17)
  • The Jimmy Kimmel Show (2011)
  • The Fosters (2013–18)

• Jonathan Morgan Heit (born 2000)
  • Close to Home (2006)
  • General Hospital (2006)
  • ER (2007)
  • The Showbiz Show with David Spade (2007)
  • Bedtime Stories (2008)
  • Monk (2009)
  • How I Met Your Mother (2009)
  • Santa Buddies (2009) (voice)
  • Valentine's Day (2010)
  • Date Night (2010)

J

• Sterling Jerins (born 2004)
  • World War Z (2013)
  • The Conjuring (2013)
  • Lullaby (2014)
  • No Escape (2015)
  • The Conjuring 2 (2015)

• Frankie Jonas (born 2000)
  • Jonas (2009–10)
  • Ponyo (2009)
  • Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010)

K

• Dylan Kingwell (born 2004)
  • To the Mat (2011)
  • The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
  • The Tomorrow People (2013)
  • Big Eyes (2014)
  • Soldiers of Earth (2014)
  • The Returned (2015)
  • Ice Sculpture Christmas (2015)
  • The Christmas Note (2015)
  • Supernatural (2015)
  • Wish Upon a Christmas (2015)
  • The Wilding (2016)
  • Manny Dearest (2017)
  • Campfire Kiss (2017)
  • Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (2017)
  • The Good Doctor (2017)
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–present)

L

• Avi Lake (born 2004)
  • Deep in the Heart (2012)
  • Meeting Evil (2012)
  • Bigfoot Wars (2014)
  • Chicago Fire (2012–present) and Chicago P.D. (2014–present)
  • The One I Wrote For You (2014)
  • The Age of Reason (2014)
  • Returning to Ananda (2014)
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–present)

• Oona Laurence (born 2002)
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2014)
  • I Smile Back (2015)
  • Lamb (2015)
  • Southpaw (2015)
  • Damsel (2015)
  • Orange is the New Black (2015)
  • Little Boxes (2016)
  • Bad Moms (2016)
  • Pete's Dragon (2016)
  • The Beguiled (2017)
  • A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)

• Judah Lewis (born 2001)
  • Deliverance Creek (2014)
  • CSI: Cyber (2015)

• Kristen Li (born 2002)
  • The Powerpuff Girls (2016–present)

• Jaeden Lieberher (born 2003)
  • The Book of Henry (2017)
  • It (2017)

• Emily Alyn Lind (born 2000)
  • The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
  • Enter the Void (2009)
  • The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
  • Dear Dumb Diary (2013)

• Emma Rayne Lyle (born 2003)
  • I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)
  • Return (2011)
  • House Hunting (2011)
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2012)
  • Predisposed (2012)

M

• Kaitlyn Maher (born 2004)
  • Santa Buddies (2009)

• Gaten Matarazzo (born 2002)
  • Stranger Things (2016–present)

• David Mazouz (born 2001)
  • Amish Grace (2010)
  • Touch (2012–13)
  • Sanitarium (2013)
  • Incarnate (2014)
  • Gotham (2014–present)
  • 6 Miranda Drive (2014)

• Amiah Miller (born 2004)
  • War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

N

• Jace Norman (born 2000)
  • Henry Danger (2014–present)

O

• Raymond Ochoa (born 2001)
  • 10 Items or Less (2006–09)
  • American Family (2007)
  • Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
  • Einstein Pals (2009)
  • Lank (2009–present)
  • House Under Siege (2009)
  • A Christmas Carol (2009)

• Chloe O'Malley (born 2001)
  • Northpole (2014)
  • The Strain (2014–17)

P

• Grant Palmer (born 2002)
  • The Loud House (2016) (voice)

R

• Terrell Ransom, Jr. (born 2003)
  • Days of Our Lives (2008–present)
  • Childrens Hospital (2010)
  • Courage (2010)
  • The Chicago 8 (2011)

• Isabella Rice (born 2006)
  • True Blood (2014)
  • Jem and the Holograms (2015)
  • Unforgettable (2016)

• Kylie Rogers (2004)
  • Fathers and Daughters (2015)
  • The Whispers (2015)
  • Miracles from Heaven (2016)

S

• Noah Schnapp (born 2004)
  • Bridge of Spies (2015)
  • The Peanuts Movie (2015)
  • The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
  • The Circle (2016)
  • Stranger Things (2016–present)

• Johnny Sequoyah (born 2002)
  • Family Game Night (2011)
  • Ass Backwards (2013)
  • Wind Walkers (2013)
  • I Believe in Unicorns (2014)
  • Believe (2014)
  • Among Ravens (2014)
  • Black Eyed Dog (2014)

• Willow Shields (born 2000)
  • In Plain Sight (2009)
  • The Hunger Games (2012)
  • R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2012)
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

• Jason and Kristopher Simmons (born 2002)
  • Charmed (2003–06)
  • Pushing Daisies (2008)

• Madisyn Shipman (born 2002)
  • Game Shakers (2015–present)

• Ty Simpkins (born 2001)
  • War of the Worlds (2005)
  • Little Children (2006)
  • Gardens of the Night (2008)
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008)
  • Pride and Glory (2008)
  • Private Practice (2008)
  • Revolutionary Road (2008)
  • Abracadabra (2009)
  • Revolutionary Road (2008)
  • The Next Three Days (2010)
  • Insidious (2011)
  • Arcadia (2012)
  • Iron Man 3 (2013)
  • Extracted (2013)
  • Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
  • Jurassic World (2015)

• Presley Smith (born c. 2016)
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–present)

• Willow Smith (born 2000)
  • I Am Legend (2007)
  • Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) (voice)
  • True Jackson, VP (2009)
  • Merry Madagascar (2009) (voice)
  • Amulet (2010)

• Ripley Sobo (born 2003)
  • Jenny (2011)
  • Team Umizoomi (2011–13)
  • Winter's Tale (2014)
  • Wallykazam! (2014)
  • Ricki and the Flash (2014)
  • Steve Jobs (2015)
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
  • Ace the Case (2016)
  • BrainDead (2016)
  • Three Christs (2017)
  • The Punisher (2017–present)

• Benjamin Stockham (born 2000)
  • Sons of Tucson (2010)
  • 1600 Penn (2013)
  • About a Boy (TV series) (2014–15)
  • B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (2015) (voice)

T

• Mia Talerico (born 2008)
  • Good Luck Charlie (2010–14)
  • Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011)

• Jeremy Ray Taylor (born 2003)
  • It (2017)

• Ella Bleu Travolta (born 2000)
  • Old Dogs (2009)

• KItana Turnbull (born 2005)
  • Monster in a House (2014)
  • Goodnight Lucy (2014)
  • Kid-A-Ma-Jigs (2015)
  • Members Only (2015)
  • Supergirl (2016)
  • The Bachelors (2017)
  • Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2017)
  • Elena of Avalor (2017)
  • Shimmer and Shine (2017)
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events (2018–present)

V

• Izabela Vidovic (born 2001)
  • Homefront (2013)

W

• Quvenzhané Wallis (born 2003)
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
  • Boneshaker (2013)
  • 12 Years a Slave (2013)
  • Annie (2014)

• Malina Weissman (born 2003)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
  • Difficult People (2015–2016)
  • Supergirl (2015–present)
  • Thirsty (2016)
  • Nine Lives (2016)
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–present)

• Finn Wolfhard (born 2002)
  • Aftermath (2013)
  • The Resurrection (2013)
  • The 100 (2014–present)
  • Supernatural (2005–present)
  • Stranger Things (2016–present)
  • It (2017)

See also

• List of former child actors from the United States

Notes

• For estimating the age at the time of shooting, note that above the years of release are given.
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