Best Child Acting Performance

BIG_ROB

Gotta start with Haley Joel Osment, the lad in The Sixth Sence

Also the four in Stand By Me stand out, a bit older, but brilliant performances

Thomas Turgoose in This Is England is another....

Anymore?

GroveParkAddick

Neil Warnock during 20 years on the touchline.

soapy_jones

My youngest whenever she never wanted to go to school. Never fooled me I was at my desk at work but the Mrs got conned far to easily.

kigelia

Would go with:

Ricky schroder in 'the champ'
Chloe moretz in 'kick-ass'
Asa butterfield in 'hugo'

McBobbin

The cast of Bugsy Malone

Mosscat

Hayley mills

nth_london_addick

stand by me

Will Wheaton
Corey fieldman
River Pheonix
Jerry o Connell

best bar none

BIG_ROB

What about her in Leon?

soapy_jones

Kid in Kramer Vs Kramer

HarryHutchens

Dakota Fanning

stonewallpenalty

BIG_ROB said:

What about her in Leon?

Natalie portman.


I thought kirsten dunst was good in an interview with a vampire.

cafctom

Stand By Me is an all time classic which never gets old.

Not 'acting' as such, but worth a mention considering the size of the occasion:

youtube.com/watch?v=tniSz2FB-Kc

Absurdistan

Mark Lester (Oliver), Jenny Agutter and David Bradley (Kes)

maybe_baby

Mosscat said:

Hayley mills

This.

Stig

Bryan Madorsky as the little boy in Parents
Ramona Marquez as Karen Brockman in Outnumbered

Stig

Absurdistan said:

David Bradley (Kes)

Brilliant call.

seth plum

The lad in Made in England, got to say Kes is a great call. Stand by Me is almost unbeatable. Hayley Mills in Whistle Down. Also the first Home Alone worth a shout. Jenny Agutter and all the young cast of walkabout. Jodie Foster. Some good 'uns actually. Like the bossy kid in School of Rock too.

Weegie Addick

Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Dave2l

A lot of people rated what was the little ginger kid in corrie, can't remember his name.

Joshuk87

Nicholas hoult started in about a boy now in xmen

GroveParkAddick

Dave2l said:

A lot of people rated what was the little ginger kid in corrie, can't remember his name.

Chesney ...

Bournemouth Addick

Christian Bale was pretty good but don't think you any look further than Jodie Foster.

*edit* late entry for young jackmasterflash or whatever his name is. Gives a very mature performance for such a young lad.

kentaddick

Absurdistan said:

David Bradley (Kes)

This, surprised I had to scroll so far down for this

Karim_myBagheri

Tatum O'Neal in paper moon

BlackForestReds

Jodie Foster - Taxi Driver

FishCostaFortune

Di Caprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape I think is worth a mention.

ValleyGary

The fat kid in the goonies

Stand by me is a classic. They are all good in that.

AddickUpNorth

Nods of approval to most of the above but can't have this thread without a mention to the collective cast of the Goonies. Absolute classic film, worthy of an Oscar for the truffle shuffle alone.
Drew Barrymore and the kid who played Elliott in ET.
Thought Abigail Breslin who played Olive in Little Miss Sunshine was exceptional.
Also mentions to Alisan Porter from Curly Sue and Ross Elliot Bagley who played Buckwheat in the Little Rascals for being far too adorable.

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Dean stock well

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McBobbin

That girl in little miss sunshine. An absolute classic of a film

Stig

Andy Lindberg as Lardass in Stand By Me ;-)