Directors successful child/adult actor tourney (1 Viewer)

[Arman]

2nd
Sean Astin
Jennifer Connolly

 

[Ric Bagoly]

Third-

Dean Stockwell

Jennifer Connolly

Reese Witherspoon

And Michael J. Fox should be eligible, as Midnight Madness and Class Of 1984 are BOTH good movies...

 

[Ric Bagoly]

Second-

Robert Blake

 

[JonZ]

Anna Paquin
Jena Malone

 

[Dave Morton]

how about Anthony Michael Hall? Great child actor: 16 candles, weird science. And now he's great in The Dead Zone

 

[SteveGon]

Second Paquin and Malone.

 

[george kaplan]

Noms are closed.

I'll sort this out and start it later today.

 

[george kaplan]

OK, we've got 17 entries, so we'll start with a wild-card matchup.

Obviously in evaluating 'successful', quality is important, but so is quantity, all other things being equal. Just to be clear, you're supposed to vote for the actor whom, in your opinion, best personifies having both an extremely successful career as a child actor, and an extremely successful career as an adult actor. How you sort that all out in each case, is up to you.

However, I will provide an estimate of the number of films/tv shows (not including guest appearances) that the person did as a child and as an adult. I'll also list 1 to 3 examples of each, though what I think are good examples might not agree with others. Feel free to go to imdb.com yourself to find out more, or to make your case when you vote, and mention what you think are the appropriate highlights or lowlights of someone's career.

So, without further ado:

Jennifer Connelly vs. Reese Witherspoon

Jennifer Connelly:
Child: 7 (Once Upon a Time in America)
Adult: 18 (Dark City, A Beautiful Mind, Requiem for a Dream)

Reese Witherspoon:
Child: 7 (The Man in the Moon)
Adult: 16 (Pleasantville, Election, Legally Blonde)

 

[Jim_K]

Jennifer Connelly

 

[SteveGon]

As Mr. Rice would say:

Reese!

 

[BrettB]

Jennifer Connelly

 

[Arman]

Jennifer Connelly

 

[Brook K]

Jennifer

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Gotta go with my nom: Jennifer Connelly

 

[Rob P S]

Reese.

 

[John C. Wilson]

Jennifer Connelly

 

[george kaplan]

Jennifer Connelly gets the wildcard slot.

So our first official matchup:

Jackie Coogan vs. Diane Lane

Jackie Coogan:
Child: 21 (The Kid, Oliver Twist, Tom Sawyer)
Adult: 51 (The Addams Family, The Shakiest Gun in the West)

Diane Lane:
Child: 11 (Rumble Fish, The Outsiders)
Adult: 31 (The Perfect Storm, Lonesome Dove, The Cotton Club)

 

[Jim_K]

Diane Lane

 

[Arman]

Diane Lane

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Diane Lane