List of American current child actors

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (born 2007)
  • Modern Family (2011–2020)
• Iain Armitage (born 2008)
  • Big Little Lies (2017–19)
  • Young Sheldon (2017–present)
  • Scoob! (2020)
  • PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021)
• Zackary Arthur (born 2006)
  • Transparent (2014–19)
  • The 5th Wave (2016)
  • Mom and Dad (2017)
  • Kidding (2018–20)

B

• Vivien Lyra Blair (born 2012)
  • Band Aid (2017)
  • Bird Box (2018)
  • Waco (2018)
  • Station 19 (1 episode, 2019)
  • Indebted (3 episodes, 2020)
  • We Can Be Heroes (2020)
  • Mr. Corman (2 episodes, 2021)
  • The Guilty (2021)
  • Dear Zoe (2022)
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
  • The First Lady (1 episode, 2022)
  • Fatal Attraction (3 episodes, 2023)
  • The Boogeyman (2023)
  • Heritage Day (2023)
• Asher Blinkoff (born 2008)
  • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
  • The Jungle Book (2016)
  • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)

• Julia Butters (born 2009)
  • Criminal Minds (1 episode, 2014)
  • The Rusted (short film, 2015)
  • Best Friends Whenever (2 episodes, 2015-2016)
  • Transparent (8 episodes, 2015-2016)
  • 13 Hours (2016)
  • Term Life (2016)
  • A Family Man (2016)
  • The Kicks (1 episode, 2016)
  • Pals (2016)
  • American Housewife (90 episodes, 2016-2020)
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
  • Short Circuit (voice, 1 episode, 2020)
  • I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (1 episode, 2021)
  • Adventure Time: Distant Lands (voice, 1 episode, 2021)
  • The Gray Man (2022)
  • The Fabelmans (2022)
  • Queen of Bones (2023)

C

• Darby Camp (born 2007)
  • The Leftovers (2015–17)
  • Big Little Lies (2017–19)
  • Benji (2018)
  • The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
  • Dreamland (2019)
  • The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
  • Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

• Gordon Cormier (born 2009)
  • Gabby Duran & the Unsittables (2021)
  • Ready Jet Go! (2023)
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024-Present)

E

• Scarlett Estevez (born 2007)
  • And Then There Was You (2013)
  • Redeeming Dave (1 episode, 2013)
  • The Massively Mixed-Up Middle School Mystery (2015)
  • Daddy's Home (2015)
  • Lucifer (2016-2021)
  • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (voice, 18 episodes, 2017-2021)
  • Daddy's Home 2 (2017)
  • The Grinch (voice, 2018)
  • Bunk'd (2019-2021)
  • Raven's Home (1 episode, 2020)
  • Christmas...Again?! (2021)
  • Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion (2023)
  • Dew Drop Diaries (2023)
  • Le Jeune Ahmed: La Francophonie Aux Etats-Unis (2023)

F

• Priah Ferguson (born 2006)
  • Suga Water (short film, 2015)
  • Deus ex Machina (short film, 2016)
  • Coffee X Cream (2 episodes, 2016)
  • Atlanta (1 episode, 2016)
  • BB Brown & Friends (2 episodes, 2016)
  • Ends (short film, 2017)
  • La Vie Magnifique De Charlie (2017)
  • Mercy Street (1 episode, 2017)
  • Daytime Divas (1 episode, 2017)
  • Stranger Things (21 episodes, 2017-2022)
  • The Oath (2018)
  • Bluff City Law (1 episode, 2019)
  • Cast Black Talent Virtual Reading Series (1 episode, 2020)
  • Glitter Ain't Gold (short film, 2022)
  • The Curse of Bridge Hollow (2022)
  • Hamster & Gretel (voice, 2022-present)
  • My Dad the Bounty Hunter (voice, 2023-present)
• Abby Ryder Fortson (born 2008)
  • The Mindy Project (1 episode, 2013)
  • Transparent (2014)
  • Playing It Cool (2014)
  • The Whispers (2015)
  • Ant-Man (2015)
  • Togetherness (2015-2016)
  • Miles from Tomorrowland (voice, 1 episode, 2016)
  • Room 104 (1 episode, 2018)
  • Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (voice, 1 episode, 2018)
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
  • Forever My Girl (2018)
  • T.O.T.S. (voice, 1 episode, 2019)
  • A Dog's Journey (2019)
  • DuckTales (voice, 2 episodes, 2020)
  • Tales from the Loop (2 episodes, 2020)
  • Trolls: TrollsTopia (voice, 3 episodes, 2020-2021)
  • Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)

G

• Mckenna Grace (born 2006)
  • Gifted (2017)
  • Amityville: The Awakening (2017)
  • The Bad Seed (2018)
  • Troop Zero (2019)
  • Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
  • Malignant (2021)

• Ariana Greenblatt (born 2007)
  • Liv and Maddie (1 episode, 2015)
  • Legendary Dudas (1 episode, 2016)
  • Stuck in the Middle (2016-2018)
  • A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
  • Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
  • Scoob! (voice, 2020)
  • The One and Only Ivan (2020)
  • Love and Monsters (2020)
  • In the Heights (2021)
  • Awake (2021)
  • The Boss Baby: Family Business (voice, 2021)
  • The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib (voice, 16 episodes, 2022-2023)
  • Ahsoka (1 episode, 2023)
  • 65 (2023)
  • Barbie (2023)
  • Borderlands (2024)

H

• Jalyn Hall (born 2006)
  • Star (1 episode, 2017)
  • The Quad (1 episode, 2017)
  • Tales (1 episode, 2017)
  • Black-ish (2 episodes, 2018)
  • Atlanta (1 episode, 2018)
  • NCIS: Los Angeles (1 episode, 2018)
  • Family Time (1 episode, 2018)
  • The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
  • All American (2018-present)
  • Shaft (2019)
  • Family Reunion (2 episodes, 2019-2020)
  • The App That Stole Christmas (2020)
  • All Day and a Night (2020)
  • John Henry (2020)
  • Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
  • Sawyer Sharbino (1 episode, 2021)
  • Bruiser (2022)
  • Till (2022)
  • The Crossover (2023)
• Sophia Hammons (born 2006)
  • Lemonade (short film, 2018)
  • Dirt (short film, 2018)
  • The Divisible (short film, 2019)
  • Rumor (short film, 2020)
  • The Social Dilemma (2020)
  • Under Wraps (2021)
  • Under Wraps 2 (2022)
  • Up Here (2023)
  • The Absence of Eden (2023)

J

• Leah Jeffries (born 2009)
  • Empire (6 episodes, 2015-2016)
  • Faith Under Fire (2018)
  • Rel (11 episodes, 2018-2019)
  • PawParazzi (2019)
  • Beast (2022)
  • Something from Tiffany's (2022)
  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023-present)

K

• Alan Kim (born 2012)
  • Minari (2020)
  • Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (1 episode, 2021)
  • Little America (1 episode, 2022)
  • Theater Camp (2023)
  • PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (voice, 2023)
  • Mickey Mouse Funhouse (voice, 1 episode, 2023)
  • IF (2024)
• Ava Kolker (born 2006)
  • Scary Movie 5 (2013)
  • Sydney to the Max (2019–2021)

L

• Calah Lane (born 2009)
  • Please (short film, 2016)
  • Happy Jack's Treehouse (short film, 2016)
  • Shero (short film, 2016)
  • Mother's Day (short film, 2017)
  • All That Matters (short film, 2017)
  • Bad Things (short film, 2017)
  • One in Five (short film, 2018)
  • Kidding (3 episodes, 2018)
  • Seberg (2019)
  • The Day Shall Come (2019)
  • Junebug (short film, 2020)
  • Hollywood (1 episode, 2020)
  • This Is Us (1 episode, 2021)
  • Family Reunion (1 episode, 2021)
  • Firebuds (singing voice, 2 episodes, 2023)
  • Wonka (2023)

P

• Brooklynn Prince (born 2010)
  • The Florida Project (2017)
  • The Turning (2020)
  • Home Before Dark (2020)
  • The One and Only Ivan (2020)

R

• Isabella Rice (born 2006)
  • True Blood (2014)
  • Pretty Little Liars (2014-15)
  • Jem and the Holograms (2015)
  • Unforgettable (2017)
  • Our Friend (2019)

S

• Walker Scobell (born 2009)
  • The Adam Project (2022)
  • Secret Headquarters (2022)
  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023-present)

• Saniyya Sidney (born 2006)
  • The Babysitters (short film, 2012)
  • Roots (1 episode, 2016)
  • American Horror Story: Roanoke (4 episodes, 2016)
  • Hidden Figures (2016)
  • Fences (2016)
  • Fast Color (2018)
  • Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History (2019)
  • The Passage (2019)
  • King Richard (2021)
  • The First Lady (5 episodes, 2022)

T

• Thalia Tran (born 2006)
  • Tiny Feminists (3 episodes, 2016)
  • Hotel Du Loone (1 episode, 2018)
  • Little (2019)
  • Council of Dads (2020)
  • Sydney to the Max (1 episode, 2020)
  • Raya and the Last Dragon (voice, 2021)
  • Station 19 (1 episode, 2022)
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024)

W

• Izaac Wang (born 2007)
  • Teachers (1 episode, 2019)
  • Good Boys (2019)
  • Think Like a Dog (2020)
  • Infinity Train (1 episode, 2021)
  • Raya and the Last Dragon (voice, 2021)
  • Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)
  • White Now Please (short film, 2022)
  • The Santa Clauses (6 episodes, 2022-present)
  • Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai (2023–present)
  • Stillwater (voice, 1 episode, 2023)
  • Dìdi (2024)

• Keith L. Williams (born 2007)
  • Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas (2012)
  • Suburgatory (1 episode, 2014)
  • Selfie (4 episodes, 2014)
  • Tosh.0 (1 episode, 2015)
  • The Goldbergs (1 episode, 2015)
  • Cora (short film, 2016)
  • Teachers (4 episodes, 2016-2018)
  • Red Nose Day Actually (short film, 2017)
  • Lemon (2017)
  • The Bachelors (2017)
  • The Last Man on Earth (18 episodes, 2017-2018)
  • Moving On (short film, 2018)
  • Sadie (2018)
  • Kidding (1 episode, 2018)
  • Good Boys (2019)
  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride (1 episode, 2020)
  • The Astronauts (2020-2021)
  • Secret Headquarters (2022)

See also

• List of American former child actors

Notes

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