Now 26, most know him best as the baby-faced Jojen Reed in the third and fourth seasons of HBO’s Game of Thrones, as well as the voice of Ferb Fletcher in Disney Channel’s Phineas and Ferb. Particularly at this time of year, you’ll see him in the unofficial Christmas movie Love Actually, which was released in 2003 when the actor was just 13 years old. You may not recognize the name, but you certainly know this actor’s face. ![]() Thomas Brodie Sangster Image used with permission by copyright holder It’s refreshing to see that Chlumsky has resurfaced in another (very different) starring role, now at the age of 36. She was just 11 years old at the time, but delivered a powerful performance. It isn’t your imagination: Chlumsky is indeed the sweet little girl who read a teary poem in class about her friend who had passed away (played by Macaulay Culkin) in the 1991 film My Girl. But chances are, you can’t shake that feeling you’ve seen her face before. ![]() We know Anna Chlumsky best today for her Emmy-nominated role on HBO’s Veep. Anna Chlumsky Image used with permission by copyright holder Today, Galecki is one of the highest-paid actors on television alongside his Big Bang co-stars, who reportedly rake in $1 million per episode. He was just 14 at the time, and is one of six actors who played the character over the years, the first being Anthony Michael Hall, and the second Jason Lively, the older half brother of actor Blake Lively. But you may not know that Galecki also played Rusty, the eldest Griswold son, in 1989’s National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, one of the more successful films in the franchise. Most older fans realize that Johnny Galecki, who plays Leonard Hofstadter on CBS’ The Big Bang Theory, is indeed the same actor who played Darlene’s boyfriend David on the ground-breaking ‘90s sitcom, Roseanne. Johnny Galecki Image used with permission by copyright holder After Robert De Niro handpicked DiCaprio for a starring role in the 1993 film This Boy’s Life, the actor’s career skyrocketed, and the rest is Hollywood royalty history. Before he was an A-list lead in films like Titanic, Inception, and The Revenant – the list goes on and on - Dicaprio played a homeless boy named Luke Brower, whom the Seaver family took in. The recent unfortunate death of Alan Thicke may have reminded everyone that Leonardo DiCaprio actually had a role in the final season of Thicke’s popular sitcom, Growing Pains. Leonardo DiCaprio Image used with permission by copyright holder But it was his role in the romantic Nicholas Sparks flick The Notebook in 2004 that really set his career in motion. Additionally, he appeared in kids shows like Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Goosebumps. He worked alongside others who went on to have equally successful careers in music or acting, including Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Keri Russell. But the Canadian actor with the perfectly chiseled jaw first started acting as a 12-year-old on Disney’s Mickey Mouse Club. When you think Ryan Gosling today, you may think of the dreamy, 36-year-old who’s had starring roles in top-grossing movies like The Notebook, The Big Short, and, most recently, La La Land. Ryan Gosling Image used with permission by copyright holder When art imitates life: TV characters that were nixed when their actors died ![]() Taika Waititi can’t save Star Wars unless Lucasfilm gets out of his way ![]() Star Wars: Who are the Inquisitors in Obi-Wan Kenobi?
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