With some actors, we never lost touch with, since they went on to become massive movie stars. However, some others either decided to move away from the spotlight or their career couldn’t move past their breakout role. However, we still love and adore all of them and it’s nice to see what they look like today and what they’ve done with their lives.
1. Keanu Reeves as Jack Traven in Speed
2. Sean Astin as Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. Renée O’Connor as Gabrielle in Xena: Warrior Princess
4. Kevin Sorbo as Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
5. Billy Crystal & Meg Ryan as Harry Burns & Sally Albright in When Harry Met Sally
6. Audrey Tautou as Amélie Poulain in Amélie
7. Jean Reno & Natalie Portman as Léon & Mathilda in Léon: The Professional
8. Ben McKenzie as Ryan Atwood in The O.C
9. Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Simon in Nanny McPhee
10. Daryl Sabara as Juni Cortez in Spy Kids
11. Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga films
12. Freddie Highmore as the twins Jared and Simon Grace in The Spiderwick Chronicles
13. Jennifer Coolidge as Paulette in Legally Blonde
14. Chad Michael Murray as Lucas Scott in One Tree Hill
15. Rose McGowan as Paige in Charmed
Do you miss any actors from your childhood shows that you would like to see how they are today and what they’re doing?
Please note: This article was updated in October 2021 to correct source material and factual inaccuracies.